fedexcup playoffs Stories - Waggle Room
What If Majors Were Valued the Same as Playoff Events?
This is just a quickie post in response to John Feinstein's largely lauded, but obvious examples of where the FedExCup may overstate its worth. (For what it's worth, I wrote an article similar to Feinstein's in May 2006 - before they ever even contested the first FedExCup. Nothing's changed here...
Defending Kevin Streelman and the FedExCup Top 30
Every year, someone does it. Someone sneaks into the top 30 on the FedExCup points list via one good week in the three Playoff events. Marc Leishman did it last year. This year, it's Kevin Streelman. The difference? Last year, Leishman was lauded for the one week that defined his season and saved...
Is the PGA Tour to Blame for Its Own Schedule Woes?
Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. The gang at SI - led this week in charge by Gary Van Sickle - hypothesized about what could be the culprit for the slew of tournament fields deemed "weak" by Tour critics. There were four majors once upon a time, and several bigger-than-average Tour...
Shut Up, You Overpaid Crybaby PGA Tour Players
For years, I have defended that golf is a sport. I have argued that it is because you do walk, there is a physical swining motion, and there is serious skill involved. But, after Camilo Villegas' Tweet yesterday, I am more convinced than ever that I should stop defending golf as a sport. Here's...
Poor Brandt Snedeker: A Four Jack from 13 Feet
It has to be a tough morning for Brandt Snedeker. He was assured a spot in the Tour Championship if he could just two putt from above the 18th cup from 12 feet, 9 inches. Instead, he four-putted. Now he's got a few weeks off until he can start playing in Fall Series events. Snedeker had been...
Getting Closer, But This Playoff Reset Thing Just Isn't Going To Work
It's bad enough that Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, and other players are openly professing to be tired from the whirlwind that began at Hazeltine and has continued to Cog Hill in the FedExCup Playoffs. Now, the players will be even more brain-fried after this weekend when the points of the top 30...
Whetting Your Whistle For East Lake
Waggle Room is rounding out the PGA Tour Playoffs for the FedEx Cup by heading down to the ATL for the Tour Championship. Esteemed photographer and friend of the blog Rob Matre will be a part of the Waggle Room staff for the week, and will be shooting the championship for us. You'll be able to...
Deutsche Bank Happy With Golf Sponsorship, But Still Trimming Fat
Deutsche Bank came into focus with a couple of articles about the German bank and their sponsorship of the PGA Tour's Labor Day weekend event - the Deutsche Bank Championship. Pieces on the Bloomberg news site and in the Boston Herald spotlight their view of a relationship with the PGA Tour, its...
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