Olympics Should Use Old World Cup Qualifying Format Instead of World Rankings

The World Cup will be played in a few weeks at Royal Melbourne in Australia. With golf going into the 2016 Olympics, maybe Olympic officials need to take a look at the history of the World Cup and make some revisions in format and selection process. After a number of changes, the Olympics will have 72-holes, stroke play, without a team competition. The way they have chosen to select participants assures... 

Webb Simpson Says FedEx Points Incentivized Him to Play Fall PGA Tour Events

While some may be vacationing, getting new equipment fitted, conducting clinics or playing in overseas events for sponsors, 2012 U.S. Open champ Webb Simpson is getting a leg up on 2014. He may be showing the rest of the big names a new way to approach their seasons: Win early and then take time off. “For us to play for a full purse and full FedEx Cup points, I mean it gets our interest more... 

PGA Tour Borrows Schedule from Euros; Euros Borrow Finals from PGA Tour

Surprise! The 2014 PGA Tour season started last week. It’s taking a page from the European Tour and starting early. Starting a season before the calendar year changes is an idea that the Europeans have used for at least a decade. This year, the 2014 European Tour season begins in December of 2013. In seasons past, it started in early November. If they can handle it, we can. Right? While Euros... 

Nick Price Would Repeat; Fred Couples Said He’s Done; Team Friendships Created

Another President’s Cup is in the books. Fred Couples swears this is his last one. Yet the members of his teams love him. He thinks he’s too old to do this again, and said there are other people in line.  “The guys were asking me what time the bus was, just to mess with me,” Couples said. “’Cause they know I don’t know.” He tells them his job is... 

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott Beaten by Presidents Cup Stormy Weather

At the conclusion of the third-round better-ball matches at the Presidents Cup, it was clear that there was a third team involved in the competition: the weathermen, and not the militant group from the 1960s. After golfers had battled rain and thunderstorms for two days at Muirfield Village Golf Club, on Saturday skies again turned charcoal and a deluge fell as though the course were under its own... 

Woods and Mickelson Go Low; Internationals Surprise at Presidents Cup

Alternate shot, or foursomes as it is properly called, is the hardest format in golf. A team of two golfers hit every other shot. Imagine you and your buddy having to play each other’s tee shots or sand shots or hacking out of something unmentionable where he/she put your ball. It’s just plain impossible for most normal humans. And yet, both the Internationals and the U.S. made it look... 

Web.com Championship: Good and Bad Aspects Still Give 50 Guys PGA Tour Cards

If you thought the FedEx Cup points—with the resets and the Tour Championship points addition and subtraction—were a lot of fun, then you had to love the Web.com Tour Championship. Other than knowing who was leading the tournament, it was practically impossible to understand the money and the cards and who was in and who was out until the dust had settled. Of course, if you are a human... 

Tiger Woods Gets Player of the Year, Jordan Spieth Is Rookie of the Year

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem announced on Friday that Tiger Woods had garnered the votes from PGA Tour players to earn Player of The Year honors. In addition, Jordan Spieth is Rookie of The Year.   Finchem said in a statement: On behalf of the PGA TOUR, my congratulations to Tiger and Jordan for their impressive performances in 2013. Tiger’s five wins came against some of the... 

Tiger Woods and Others Tired; Playoffs Not for the Weak or Weary

At the beginning of the golf season, it looked like the PGA Tour finally had it right with the scheduling of the playoffs. Two weeks on, a week break, two weeks back on, a week break, Presidents Cup. Yet even Tiger Woods, who has great physical conditioning, said that it’s a lot of golf at the end of the year. Do the best golfers, those who contend the most, need more rest before starting the... 

Rookie Jordan Spieth Challenges Scott and Stenson at Tour Championship

Jordan Spieth has had a pinch-me year. Right now, he’s in third place, behind Henrik Stenson and Adam Scott at the Tour Championship. He’s an anomaly.  Spieth turned professional instead of finishing college. He had no playing credentials anywhere. He was relying on talent.   His first attempt to play on the PGA Tour as a pro was earlier this season. He tried on Monday to... 

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