When 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 should probably leave the last word on the Tiger selection by Captain Couples to Geoff Ogilvy, who summed it up best during a pre-Presidents Cup teleconference call today:
Thanks to reader Chris for Ben Bland's story on the transport minister cracking down on government officials enjoying their golf a little too much during a down economy.
Glen Nager will be the next USGA president, four newbies come on to the Committee and four, including current President Jim Hyler, are retired. The outgoing: Brigid Shanley Lamb (4 years), Christopher A. Liedel (three years) and golf architect Steve Smyers (six years).The 2012 list includes a Monday finish at Kapalua, flipping of the Dallas swing events, a July 4th weekend date for the Greenbrier and a delayed finish to the Fall Finish to work around the new Asia event.
Oh and this organic quote from Commissioner Pizzazz:
"The 2012 schedule again demonstrates the strength of our sport with a very strong collection of tournaments, venues and sponsors that provide outstanding playing opportunities for our members and attractive viewing options for our fans," PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem said. "The FedExCup and the PGA TOUR Playoffs continue to generate interest and excitement through September, with the Fall Series focusing on the drama of players fighting for their playing privileges."
I know status quo is comforting for a lot of folks and sponsor retention in this economy is a minor miracle, but shouldn't there be more twists along the lines of the Monday finish for Kapalua? Something to prevent us from going all Harry Belafonte on this schedule?
**Sean Martin explains why the Disney event was moved back, adding a lot of time for players on the cusp of retaining their card even more time to think about what could go wrong.
Doug Ferguson reports that in the matchup of Asian golf tournaments, the IMG has eliminated the PGA Tour 8&7. That's because next week the PGA Tour has the Asia Pacific Classic in Malaysia, with a $6 million purse and Brandt Snedeker
I have to admit, the Carl Spackler option presented by Yahoo's Jeanne Rose would be tempting...if I was 13 again.In an unbylined Herald Sun story, Presidents Cup captain Fred Couples is quoted responding to Greg Norman's multiple comments about the Tiger Woods captain's selection.
"I have no problem with Greg. He can say whatever he wants, but I'm not really into that. I play golf with my clubs,'' Couples said.
"Robert Allenby is his (captain's) pick, and Aaron Baddeley, and they're Australians and I think they're great picks.
"But I think I can sit here and say Robert Allenby hasn't won a tournament in 10 years.''
Cat fight!
Allenby's last US PGA Tour win was 10 years ago in the Pennsylvania Classic, although he has seven wins elsewhere since then, including Australian's Triple Crown - the Masters, PGA and Open - in 2005.
"The truth is, Tiger Woods is the greatest or the second-greatest player to ever play, and he's going to be down in Australia, and I hope he plays up to his capabilities,'' Couples said.
"But I think Tiger is used to getting picked on, and it's irrelevant to me.''
Well, not entirely irrelevant.
E. Michael Johnson reports that orders are way up for belly putters and even more disturbing for the people who should have banned the act of bracing a putter against your body but were too afraid to act, acceptance is now trending toward coolness!
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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