Finchem: Player Banned For Cheating An "Individual Thing"

Whenever anyone accuses PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem of lacking a sense of humor, I will come to the man's defense. After all, who could be faced with a player suspension from a partnering golf association that will impact status on the PGA Tour's Web.com Tour, and claim what the Commish did?

From Doug Ferguson's story on the infancy of golf in China, where PGA Tour China leading money winner Xin-Ju Zhang was recently suspended six months for multiple scorecard incidents.

The one setback on PGA Tour China was the other Chinese winner — Zhang Xin-Ju, whom the CGA banned for six months after he was disqualified for the second time for turning in an incorrect scorecard. He is leading the money list on the PGA Tour China, though the ban means Zhang cannot play on any tour until the middle of March. The PGA Tour will not comment on whether it plans its own sanction.

PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem described it as an "individual thing" and said the topic did not come up in two days of meetings with Chinese golf officials.

Didn't come up in a meeting, therefore it's like it never happened! It's an individual thing!

Remind me again which country the Commissioner is based in? Communist China or the Land Of The Free?