Major golf publications have ripped off of my ideas - either word for word, or in concept - for a few years now.  I was one of the people clamoring for the FedEx Cup and even called for the design of FEC v 1.0.  (Sorry about that, apparently.) 

And now Golfweek has done it again.  This time, it's about the concept of a golf all-star game.  (Admittedly, their's is funnier.)

From Golfweek's Monday Scramble:

We’d even bet about 50 dozen Pro V1s that ol’ Timmy Finchem has a folder in his file cabinet up there in Camp Ponte Vedra dedicated to this exact topic:

PGA Tour All-Star Weekend.

Seriously. How does one not already exist?

While the Tour is trying to build excitement with its FedEx Cup Playoffs system, a properly-constructed weekend with the stars also seems like a great way to bring more attention to its product. The NBA’s All-Star Weekend, of course, is a three-day infomercial. The message being, the NBA is cooler than all those other sports, or something like that.

How to create such a weekend with guys that can’t dunk a Titleist from the 3-point line while blindfolded?

But, after the jump, here comes the egg to Golfweek's face.

I beat them to it ...by FOUR MONTHS.

While watching Josh Hamilton belt 28 home runs in a single round, I could not help but think back to golf. Golf does not really have something like an all-star game. If you go to a tournament on any circuit, you basically get to watch the players play (quietly), stripe ball after ball (quietly), and maybe get an autograph or two. That is the standard experience.

Baseball has a similar experience for the other 162 games per season. Their All-Star Game and Weekend stands out as something to break from the norm. It serves largely as a commercial for the sport — even if home field advantage in the World Series is determined in the game. Golf needs an experience for fans that largely serves as a commercial for the sport and provides fans with a new level of intimacy with the game. Golf needs an all-star game.

You know that noise that you hear when someone loses a game on the Price is Right?  Play that on your mental MP3 player now.

Even if Golfweek probably read the article and then waited four months until the Timbelake Vegas event to trot it out, I still want to hear what you think about the concept.