TigerWoods.com Scoop: First Lawyer Approved Quote From Bryon Bell!

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That Soltau did it again!

I wonder how many filters this quote from new/old Tiger bagman Bryon Bell went through before it made it to the website:

"Tiger asked me to work with him this week and I'm glad to do it," said Bell. "Although I have a busy schedule with Tiger Woods Design, it's fun to come out here again. We've had success on the course together before. I hope I'm a good asset for him while he searches for a permanent caddie, and I'm looking forward to Firestone."

Stallings Wins And Immediately Blogs About It

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Several players have blogs written by some poor sap, but Scott Stallings sure sounds like he writes his posts and even after all of the post-victory obligations that come with winning an event like the Greenbrier Classic, he still found time to put up

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.

Helen Ross explains:

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...