Getting In The Mood For The Players...Agronomy Blog Edition

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Whether you are interested in turfgrass management or not, you must check out the great content being posted at the TPC Sawgrass's outstanding agronomy blog. There is no shortage of videos and insights into what Tom Vlach and team are doing to make the TPC play so well.

I believe they will also be Tweeting pretty heavily during the week at the TPC Agronomy account, as evidenced by Tuesday's activity.

A sampling...

"Yeah, it would be slow, but death by typewriter is what the [bleep!] deserves."

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Ron Sirak pays tribute to Dan Jenkins and there is no way you can pass up a column quoting the single greatest lede in the history of literature.

And there was this from Sirak about Jenkins' place in the world of sport:

But even more than his best-selling novels, Jenkins joined journalists Bernard Darwin and Herbert Warren Wind in the WGHOF because he reinvented sports writing. If the late Hunter Thompson gets credit for creating "Gonzo Journalism" -- the art of immersing yourself in a story and making fact read with the entertainment of fiction -- Jenkins is the guy who brought that attitude to sports, although he will hate to have his name mentioned in the same sentence with Thompson. Both blew up the form and invented a new one.

Video: Phil Mickelson's World Golf Hall Of Fame Inductee Case

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You're getting to see Phil's exhibit case just about the same time he did. I got to eavesdrop on his proud parents talking a friend through the cases. These really are the highlight of the Hall of Fame. Having seen past exhibits, I'd say this year's inductees came through with the most impressive donations of memorabilia yet.

Alright, the first three videos, Phil Mickelson, 2012 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee.

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Hall Of Fame Content With Inducting Players In Their Prime

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Garry Smits previews Monday's World Golf Hall of Fame ceremony. I'll be there and internet connection willing, posting some video Tweets along with ceremony Tweets as a stellar cast goes into the Hall.

(DVR alert: the Ceremony is at 6 p.m. ET and televised by Golf Channel at 10 p.m.)

To answer one last time the many people who've asked why Phil is going in now while still in his playing prime, Smits has the answer and the defiant stance from the Hall on its age minimum.

“Careers are going to be extended 10 or 12 years beyond what they used to,” Mickelson said. “I think it would be a good thing for the Hall [age] requirement to go to 50.”

Mickelson offered himself as an example. He recently won his 40th career victory at Pebble Beach, two months after his election to the Hall of Fame was announced.

However, World Golf Hall of Fame chief operating officer Jack Peter said there are no plans to consider increasing the age.

“We’re comfortable with 40 for players on the PGA Tour and International Tour ballots,” he said.

In profiling Mickelson for Phil's hometown San Diego Union Tribune, Tod Leonard writes:

If Tom Brady had five years remaining on his contract, would he be posing for a bust so they could get his hair just right in Canton? Would Derek Jeter be picking out just the perfect piece of lumber to donate for the display case in Cooperstown?

The answer, of course, is no. Premier athletes don’t want to think about honors and accolades when they’re in the prime of their competitive careers, still trying to hold that mental edge over the next great player.

And that’s what has Phil feeling a little perplexed. The San Diegan has all the credentials he needs to enter the Hall; he just doesn’t want to spend too much time patting himself on the back, because he figures there are many tournaments to play, untold titles to be won.