Johnny: Ryder Cup Task Force "Grasping At Straws"

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Adam Schupak quotes PNC Father/Son participant Johnny Miller on a variety of topics, including Johnny's view that Tiger has "one great fight left" in him.

There was this on the Ryder Cup task force Task Force "Task Force":

“They are definitely grasping at straws. You have to sort of admit that Europe is a better team…Medinah could’ve turned it around. I mean, I wanted to throw up for about a week. We had that Ryder Cup. It was just brutal to see that happen. That probably still haunts guys like Stricker, Tiger and Furyk."

Rex Hoggard spoke to Tom Lehman about the group's recent conference call and you'll be glad to know that Tiger, Phil and Ray Floyd not only didn't snooze off, they "took charge." Merica!

“Tiger took charge. Raymond took charge, Phil took charge. We have guys who are very confident, very smart and sure of themselves. Somebody is going to step up and be the leader of this thing and that’s what we need,” said Love, the 2012 captain.

“I can tell you that Tiger, Furyk and Stricker have been blowing my phone up since the meeting. It’s not like we had a meeting and said we’ll see you again in February. Everybody is excited and engaged.”

Noteworthy Pebble Beach Tree Goes Down In Winter Storm

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John Strege with the lowdown on the small cypress tree that went down at Pebble Beach's iconic finishing hole.

The tree was one of two planted down the fairway in 2004 when two trees on 18 were diseased and also out of play due to the elite, Olympic-caliber athletes now playing the game, unlike in the past.

One of the two cypress trees in the landing area of the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links was toppled Thursday by strong winds that were a part of what the National Weather Service predicted would be one of Northern California’s strongest storms in years.

The photo below, a screenshot taken during the storm from Pebble Beach’s Live Cam looking down the 18th fairway, shows the downed tree in the upper left-hand corner.

In a later post Strege reports that winter conditions will preclude a replacement tree prior to the AT&T National Pro-Am and also features a close up photo of the downed tree.