- Congratulations to Inbee Park, who is set to marry her fiance Gi Hyub Nam on Monday. She released a few pre-wedding photos on Twitter, most notably this one which features Park and two of her bridesmaids, So Yeon Ryu and Na Yeon Choi. Park took this week off in order to plan for her wedding, but is expected to play in the Hana Bank Championship, along with Ryu and Choi. Congratulations, Inbee!
- Congratulations Carlos Ortiz for winning the Web.com Tour Player Of The Year Award. Ortiz became the 10th player in Tour history to win three times in a season and earn a battlefield promotion to the PGA Tour. Since his last victory came late in the season, Ortiz decided to push back membership to this year, and will be exempt from the reshuffle all season. Ortiz began his rookie season this week by making the cut at the Frys.com Open.
- We are two weeks from the Ryder Cup, and yet the fallout continues from the US's blow out loss to Europe. First, Lee Westwood came out this week and said he was disappointed in how the United States handled their loss. Westwood said that, despite some of the issues players had with Captain Nick Faldo following their loss in 2008, everyone remained silent and did not air their dirty laundry to the public. Westwood said that the fallout will only help the European side, because they will remember how the United States handles these losses going forward. Secondly, the PGA of America announced that it will create a task force to overhaul the entire Ryder Cup system, from how they select captains to how the captain's picks and qualifiers are made. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are among the names on that task force. Unless those two are going to start making putts in a Ryder Cup competition, however, I don't see how much difference this makes. Finally, Hunter Mahan spoke prior to the Frys.com Open and said that the fallout from the Ryder Cup will lead to a positive change for Team USA going forward. I understand that Mahan has to look at this with rose colored glasses, but I have heard this before from several losses in the past. I will believe it when I see it.
- Jarrod Lyle's comeback is off to a great start, as he not only Monday qualified for the Frys.com Open, but then turned around and made the cut. Lyle will be one of the biggest stories of the season, and I'm ok with writing good things about him all year.
- Happy 25th birthday to Michelle Wie, who is set to return from her thumb injury next week in South Korea. Wie still has a slim chance to win the Player Of The Year Award, but she would need a massive five week stretch for that to happen.
- Hall Of Famer Se Ri Pak was on the cover of Golf Digest Korea this week. Pak revealed that she has no desire to retire, and that fellow Hall of Famer Karrie Webb's two victories and near miss at the Evian this season gave her extra motivation to compete. Pak has been hampered with injuries the last couple of seasons, and it appears as if she's going to take it easy for the rest of the year, playing primarily in Korea. Pak did finish in third place at the Kraft Nabisco Championship earlier this year.
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