Before I go into golf news, I'd love to announce my involvement in a charity fundraiser known as 8-Bit Salute, which is a video game marathon designed to raise money for Operation Supply Drop, which gives video game care packages to soldiers serving overseas and recovering in hospitals. Your support would be appreciated. Onto the golf!
- This year will be the end of an era, as the LPGA has announced that Kraft-Nabisco will no longer sponsor the Kraft-Nabisco Championship after this year. The Kraft-Nabisco has the longest history of any of the majors (except the sponsor-less US Women's Open), so the fact that there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding this event is worrisome. Hopefully the LPGA is able to find another sponsor quickly, and hopefully a sponsor who is going to allow the event to remain at the Dinah Shore course and keep the traditions of this event alive.
- The LPGA, though, does not have to worry about another classic tournament, as ShotRight announced an extension through 2016.
- Blayne Barber, a former Auburn University and current Web.com Tour player, was disqualified from this week's Web.com Tour event for signing an incorrect scorecard. This is the third disqualification for Barber in 18 months. There are certain news stories that just make you shake your head and wonder "how?"
- Speaking of news stories that make us shake our heads, John Daly carded a 90 in the second round of the Valspar Championship. That's a 90 with a "9". I like John Daly, honestly. He makes golf interesting, he interacts with the crowd in a way very few do, and he doesn't take the sport seriously; however, it's time to move on. He no longer deserves sponsor exemptions. If tournament sponsors need some advise on who to give an exemption to, I encourage them to give me a call. I could give them a few names.
- I'm just going to put this here...you can come up with your own commentary
- Florida has been brutal to the golfers so far. High winds blew the top players off the course at the Cadillac Championship, and so far through 2 rounds (second round not complete yet), the leader is sitting at -4, with only 25 players under par. A big difference from what we saw early in the year during the West Coast Swing.
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