Good Monday to you, I hope everyone had a great golfing weekend. Hittin’ the links is here to help get you by until you can tee it up again on Saturday.
In this edition we look at Choi’s wire-to-wire win at the Sony, the PGA Tour’s new goofy cut policy, and the fate of Tadd Fujikawa. Also on the menu, we examine a 16-year-old phenom from Japan, contemplate the way the Aussies throw a golf tournament, and congratulate a Tour veteran on the birth of his twin boys. Read on!
Hole 1: Choi Goes Wire to Wire
K.J. Choi gets hot at the Sony Open in Hawaii. [Link]
Hole 2: You Made the Cut. Go Home.
The new PGA Tour cut rule has some shaking their heads. [Link]
Hole 3: Young Japanese Pro has Big Plans
16 year old Ryo Ishikawa turned pro and has some big plans. [Link]
Hole 4: Tilghman Gets Suspended
Kelly Tilghman gets a two-week vacation for her off-color comment about Tiger Woods. [Link]
Hole 5: Ferrie’s Sickness Costs Him
Kenneth Ferrie’s recent withdrawal from the Sony Open has added extra confusion to the Tour’s new cut policy. [Link]
Hole 6: Tadd Fujikawa
Pint-sized professional Tadd Fujikawa will have to wait a little longer to pick up his first professional paycheck. [Link]
Hole 7: Lickliter’s Seeing Double
Frank Lickliter withdrew from the Sony Open Friday to get home and welcome his twin boys into the world. [Link]
Hole 8: Golf Tournament Aussie Style
Check out this professional event in Australia, complete with machinegun fire! [Link]
Hole 9: Steve Marino
PGA Tour Professional Steve Marino’s second season on the tour has started off considerably quieter this year. [Link]
I think the implementation of the cut is a good thing. I think the PGA is basically welfare for these rich golfers, who don’t work hard to challenge the top 5.
What I would like to see happen is the following, if there is a 5 or 6 stroke difference between the 1st place and 2nd place, then 90% of the purse should go to the winner and 10% distributed to 2-9 and send everyone else home without anything. Get them out of professional golf and lets get players that are willing to work really hard to dislodge the top.
It should be a business and not a sport. The PGA sucks as it is, its not competitive, players don’t play courses they don’t like and yet are considered the best player in the world. Imagine a skier saying, well I don’t like the snow in Utah, I wont’ compete. This needs to change.