Happy Halloween, everyone! What is everyone dressed up as? I'm dressed as a golf blogger who is slowly becoming disheartened with the world. It didn't even involve a chance in clothes!
- Farewell to the old, unsightly tree off the tee box of number six at TPC Sawgress. The tree succumbed to disease and old age and had to be removed. If you ask me, it was about time. The tree was an eyesore, and was only a problem for anyone who mishit their shots high. Normally I am one for obstacles on a golf course, but that tree needed to go.
- Could Gary Player become Tiger Woods' next swing coach? I doubt it, but in a recent interview, Player said Woods could get back to his winning ways if he spent an hour with the Hall of Famer. Player said he wants to pass on some of his knowledge to Woods, and tweak a few minor things with his swing that would ease some of the pressure it puts on Tiger's back. Seeing as Tiger is without a swing coach at the moment and he hasn't won a major since 2008, I would, at the very least, pick up the phone if Player made the call. The worst thing that could happen for Tiger is that he wastes an hour of his time.
- The next Ryder Cup captain appears to be down to two players - Paul Azinger and Fred Couples. The arguments for both are a mile long, and it got even longer with Couples' interview this week. When asked how he would turn things around, Couples suggested adding "fun" to the proceedings. Couples reminisced about his President's Cup victories and said it was helped primarily to the fact that the players were able to play without much pressure on them. Both Couples and Azinger have indicated that they would take the job if they were asked.
- How about that for luck? For the second time in eight days, Danielle Kang scored a hole in one in LPGA competition, and in doing so, won her second car. She will leave Asia (barring another hole in one) with a Buick LaCrosse and an Audi A6. It was also Kang's third hole in one on the season, tying the LPGA record of aces in a season. Kang has never won on the LPGA Tour, but if she ever gets strapped for cash, she now has a fleet of cars she can sell.
- Former PGA President Ted Bishop apologized for his comments, but claimed that the punishment didn't fit the crime. This will be the last time I ever discuss Bishop in a blog post, as I no longer consider him relevant to the world of golf.
- The dream some equipment junkies had of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson one day uniting under a single brand has been tossed out the window. Mickelson signed a new five year deal with Callaway, meaning he is under contract until age 49. A lot of players switch equipment after they turn 50, but considering Lefty is entering his 11th year under contract with Callaway, and they have paid him enough to purchase the entire city of Dover, he is unlikely to leave the company anytime in playing career.
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