Tiger And Stevie's First Tee Reunion Delayed At Least Until The Weekend
/GolfChannel.com has "learned" that the opening round pairing for Tiger is with buddy Darren Clarke.
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
“We want to give a good foundation to the Foundation."
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Mike Hlas was at Zach Johnson's first foundation fundraiser Monday and the former Masters Champ sprung a shocker on the gathered attendees.Update On No-Kids Restaurant And Driving Range
/The Today Show profiled the McDain's Restaurant and Golf Center to see how operator Mike Vuick's ban on kids under six is going and found the place busy.
Janet Shamlian files the report and finds other businesses following the McDain's lead. Finally a trend-setting golf facility!
Golf Magazine Top 100 Lists Are Out...
/And we'll have our quibbles, though I did enjoy Joe Passov's write up and praise for a certain project!
Read MorePGA Bettors Loving Tiger At 15-1!?
/Darren Rovell Tweeted that betting has been hot and heavy for Tiger, dropping his PGA odds at Sportsbook.com from 20-1 to 15-1. And sure enough, there he is at an unfathomable number considering the state of his game and that, according to Tim Rosaforte, he just started practicing last Tuesday.
Read MoreAnother Reason Four Majors Is Enough
/In the grand scheme of things, the LPGA going to five majors is not life changing, but after reading this unbylined AP story on the amazing Yani Tseng becoming the youngest to ever hold five majors, I couldn't help but wonder if this stat would have been cheapened had the LPGA's five major rotation already been in place.
Read More"Not every course has to end with a strong par-4."
/Andrew Ramspacher files what should be required reading for anyone who thinks a par-3 is a lousy way to end a golf tournament, documenting the thrills the finishing one-shotter at Greenbrier. I did get a chuckle reading Gary Woodland went with wedge after being torn between that and a 9-iron...from 169 yards!
Read MoreStallings Wins And Immediately Blogs About It
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Now, this is a cause for concern, but there is an explanation:
When I played Transitions this year, I wrote about how my third place finish changed everything. But this is totally different. Winning Greenbrier means I also won 500 FedEx Cup points, boosting my ranking from 88th to 26th. I’m more excited about that than the money. (But obviously the money is a huge bonus — I earned $1.08 million for finishing first.)
Besides the obvious hit on greater Ponte Vedra area drug store sales of ED refills in an already beleaguered economy, there is an explanation for this blatant FedEx Cup pandering.
Stallings, who started the final round one stroke off the lead, jumped 62 spots to 26th in the season-long race for the $10 million bonus. That increased security is particularly important to the native New Englander who dearly wanted to make field for the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second event in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, which is played in Foxborough, Mass.
"One of the biggest goals we had was to get to Boston," Stallings said. "I was born just outside of the city (in Worcester), and I'm huge, huge, diehard Red Sox fan. To have them have the pairings party at Fenway (Park) ... I told them just to have an opportunity to go in the gates at Fenway any time I can, I would be signed up for as many as I could."
Here is Stallings' winning putt:
And his post round press conference...
Golf Channel Execs: Tiger To Tee Up At Australian Open
/American television coverage of this event in recent years has been sporadic and even before Tiger committed to the Open, a great field was lined up to play over Mike Clayton's rejuvenated The Lakes. So let's make sure this one is beemed back to America!
Read More2011 Greenbrier, U.S. Senior Open, Women's Open And Haskell Open Comment Thread
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Busy, busy, Sunday.
Caroline Masson will try to hold off Inbee Park and Meena Lee to win the Women's Open Championship at suddenly vulnerable Carnoustie.
Anthony Kim must fend off Scott Stallings, Gary Woodland and Webb Simpson to win at the Greenbrier.
Olin Browne tries to hold off Pavin, O'Meara and age shooter Hale Irwin.
Pepperdine's Jeff Gove made two eagles Saturday (video included!) and goes for his fourth career Nationwide Tour win.
And most important of all, Shackleford faces Belmont winner Ruler On Ice and the surging Coil in the $1 million Haskell at Monmouth Park.
"Inverness is not doing itself any favors. The club is trying to land the real U.S. Open, but the scores this week are a slap in the face to such a bid."
/Jim Achenbach isn't too wild about the low scoring at the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic U.S. Senior Open, but considering last week's weather, the rain and the extra time the old geezers have been spending in the gym, the vulnerability of Inverness was inevitable.
"The U.S. Open was just a factory to take your money."
/Aaron McFarling in the Roanoke Times walks around the property Friday and lists all of the ways the Greenbrier Classic excels. While I giggle at the references to the Old White Guys TPC playing "too easy" last year (wasn't it also one of the most exciting events of the year?), this little note about the fan experience caught my eye:
Read More"You'll be laying in bed and you think about that 2 1/2 footer you missed and [how] it could have changed your life. I wake up in a cold sweat sometimes."
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After 36 holes Zach Johnson bagman Damon Green remains 4-under in the U.S. Senior Open and on the edge of the top 10, setting up a possible weekend run after a similar hot start in the Senior Open Championship at Walton Heath. 
