In his weekly golf notebook for the Associated Press, Doug Ferguson tells the story of the LPGA golfers who were having a putting contest on the practice green and had to ask another player's caddie to step out of their line. He obliged. Afterward, the players went to the commish and complained about crowded conditions on the practice green. So the LPGA now has a rule the prohibits caddies from being on the practice green and chipping areas between 8 a.m.-4 p.m. No helping their players. Too crowded.

What does Juli Inkster think about that? Glad you asked:

Good stuff in the notebook this week. Other tidbits:

• The PGA Tour tournament in Tampa was on the endangered list, but Tim Finchem inadvertently let slip that a new sponsor is almost on board.

• The LPGA is also looking at adding a tournament in Tampa, and at the same TPC facility (different course, though).

• And Finchem was not pleased with John Daly's no-shirt, no-shoes performance on that video that made the rounds recently.
  
  
  "There are certain things about presentation that we must insist on," Finchem said. "There are certain things about presentation that are not going to be tolerated. I think that the world changes and you make adjustments, but I think perhaps we need to be more direct in our comments to players about specific do's and don'ts, and increase focus in that area to make sure that we have a level of professionalism going forward that we're comfortable with."