Vijay In Fine Spirits! "No comment to you. No comment to anybody."

Bob Harig calls the PGA Tour's deliberate handling of Vijay Singh's admission to violating the tour's doping policy "pathetic" and hopes Singh contends so that the World Golf Hall of Famer can display his grumpy attitude for all the world to see.

Harig writes:

Singh would not even give a PGA Tour media official a few cursory comments about his round.
"No comment to you. No comment to anybody," were Singh's relayed words.

It would be great if he won the tournament and said the same thing.

It would be even better if he captured his fourth major championship at the Masters, becoming the oldest major champion in the game's long history.

What then?

Harig goes on to remind us that Commissioner Finchem said there was "no time urgency" in this case of a player admitting to violating the rules. What could possibly take so long to process that claim?

No doubt, the folks at WADA are watching this farce play out.

Silva Named Back9Network Head, Confirms Channel Still Exists

For Immediate Release from the "lifestyle multiplatform television network and media company" which named a new president today, Carlos Silva.

The channel's mission, elaborated on in its press release, sounds like a noble one. Minus the "hang" part.

Back9Network was developed as a complementary alternative to traditional media's focus on professional golf tournament coverage. Focused on compelling storytelling, interesting personalities, features and fashions, interviews and instruction, travel, gear and so much more, fans of all kinds will want to hang with the Back9Network.

Rory WD's From Medalist Member-Guest, Sparing World From Excessive Coverage Of Rich-Guys Gathering

Rex Hoggard reports that Rory McIlroy has been replaced by Keegan Bradley as Michael Jordan's Medalist member-guest partner.

This means there might be a little less media coverage of the hoped for pairing with Tiger Woods and Ahmad Rashad until Ahmad rehashes it all next week on Morning Drive.

This also means just one more pre-Masters competitive appearance for McIlroy.

Hallmark's "Who Let The Dogs Out": Tillman Visits La Costa

A year ago Tillman the wonder dog visited Irene Cho at La Costa for a Kia Classic golf lesson, and the episode of Petco's Who Let The Dogs Out finally airs on Hallmark Channel Friday at 1:30 PT.

I know many of you haven't forgotten my spine-tingling post and video Tweet from last year.  Because really, can you ever tire of watching Tillman riding a skateboard? I think not.

Here's a YouTube preview:

Next Stop On The Charlie Beljan Low Blood Sugar Attack Tour!

Amazingly, NBC News continues to perpetuate the saga of Charlie Beljan's "panic attack" from last fall's Disney event, the same "attack" that came after not ingesting food for 20 hours.

In my day, not eating for that long and feeling faint on the course would be a low blood sugar or energy issue. But these days it's a panic attack.

Thanks to reader DTF for warning me about Friday's Rock Center maudlinfest...and I love Mary Carillo, but this is absurd:

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Tiger: The Ultimate Horse For A Course

Bob Harig dissects Tiger's remarkable track record at a select group of courses, including his last five victories: Bay Hill, Memorial, Congressional, Torrey Pines and Doral.

And it is true that 40 of Woods' 76 PGA Tour victories have come at seven courses: Torrey Pines (8), Firestone (7), Bay Hill (7), Muirfield Village (5), Cog Hill (5), Augusta National (4) and Doral (4).

At those venues alone, his victory total is just one fewer than that of Phil Mickelson, one more than Tom Watson, six more than Vijay Singh.

A video segment accompanies the story:

On-Course Interviews And Rocco

Champions Tour rookie and winner of his first event, Rocco Mediate, held court today in the Toshiba Classic interview room.

Specifically, he talked about his win at the Allianz Championship despite those pesky on-course interviews by Billy Ray Brown. The same mid-round chats that would cause today's PGA Tour players to whine endlessly about the sheer horror of having to speak while maneuvering their scalpel so close to the patient's brain stem.

ROCCO MEDIATE:  Yeah, on‑course interviews.  We would love you to talk to people on the course, you know.  Billy Ray and I have talked 600 times already in the first two weeks.  I went, I can't wait for that to happen because we should do that on the regular tour.  See, it's not any different.  That's what drives me crazy.  Like, oh, you can't talk to the guys because they're playing.  What?  It's still a trophy.  I don't care if it's a million dollars or 300,000 to win.  It's a trophy.  So why is the Tour going, You can't talk to the guys because God forbid if you talk to them?  It's horse crap.  There's no difference.  It's just as ‑‑ I mean, winning anywhere is the same or being in contention is the same.  Why can't you say something walking on the fairway? 

Could you imagine talking to Tiger coming down the last hole?  Wouldn't it be cool though?  What he's actually thinking?  He might be going, yeah, I'm thinking of dinner tonight, thinking of where I'm going to dinner.  Who knows what he'd say?  But I'd like to hear it, see.  As a fan, I'd like to hear what he's thinking.  It's got to go that way because, you know, money is tough to come by.  They need something else.  We have it here. 

Video: Chinese Can't Get Enough Of Michael Phelps' (Golf) Balls

A sneak preview of next week's episode of The Haney Project and I must say, this is a problemtic habit of the Chinese galleries at Mission Hills.

The Next Nicklaus Files: Eddie Pearce

Jason Sobel comes in just under the 7000 word barrier in looking at the ultimate "Next Nicklaus" and eventual Roger Maltbie drinking buddy, Eddie Pearce.

A sampling:

Sports Illustrated once deemed him “The Next Nicklaus." His buddies agreed with the magazine – and his buddies knew a thing or two about talent.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone with as much talent as him,” says Ben Crenshaw, himself a two-time Masters champion. “Eddie had such a gorgeous, powerful swing. He could just hit the most beautiful shots you’ve ever seen.”

“Eddie had as much talent as anybody I’d ever seen,” agrees Lanny Wadkins, Pearce's teammate at Wake Forest and a 21-time PGA Tour winner.

“This was a guy who was going to win frequently and win majors,” maintains accomplished amateur Vinny Giles, who also served as his manager. “He was going to be one of the best players in the game.”

Forget the spoiler alert: It never happened. Eddie never became The Next Nicklaus. Hell, he never became Eddie Pearce, if you listen to the stories.

Tiger Still Has Skeptics Files!

Following Tiger Woods's second win of 2013 and just a month before the Masters, it's hardly a surprise that many are back on the bandwagon.

Derek Lawrenson in the Daily Mail wasn't so impressed:

Reading some of the reports coming out of America on Monday they might just as well skip the tournament part of the Masters next month and head straight to the green-jacket ceremony.

But they ignored one vital fact. Tiger won’t win the Masters playing like he did at Doral. Or rather, he won’t win driving the ball like he did at Doral.

Add Ron Sirak to that list too.

The thing about bandwagons is that they are moving targets. Jumping on and off comes with its share of risk. Right now, the Tiger Woods bandwagon, light of load in recent years, is once again buckling under the weight of its cargo.