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The Annual Plea to Make the FedExCup About Par, Not Points
Before the FedExCup ever began in 2007, I was offering suggestions for how the system could be improved. After each of the new schemes have been introduced, I've offered other suggestions. When the season ends, I usually tack on a couple. I've made too many at this point. I have none more to offer,...
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...
Dustin Johnson Breaks Final Round Curse in BMW Triumph
It was an ominous statistic: Dustin Johnson's final round scoring average. The figure put him near the bottom of the barrel on the PGA Tour. With the money and glory on the line, Johnson has not exactly been a stone cold killer. Certainly the final round 82 in the US Open skewed the average against...
Luke Donald Explains His Barclays 28-40 & How Monty May Have Cost Him $10 Million
Remember that front nine 28 that probably landed Luke Donald a spot on the European Ryder Cup team? And then the 40 coming home that made half of the universe second guess what in the world they just saw? Well, the Englishman has a perfectly fine explanation. In his blog through sponsor Mizuno,...
FedExCup Foursquare: How to Bribe Players to Do Their Jobs
A whole lot of newsworthy things have happened on the PGA Tour in recent weeks. The Wyndham Championship allowed fans to bring in cell phones during tournament play. Jim Furyk missed his pro-am tee time by five minutes and was DQ'd, prompting a Phil Mickelson repudiation of the Tour and a...
Phil Mickelson: Rules Czar?
Phil doesn't make the rules, and maybe that's why he has found gripes with several of them. Mickelson exploited the USGA and PGA Tour settlements with Karsten Manufacturing to play wedges with non-compliant-but-approved-for-play grooves earlier in the year. His mockery/protest of the grooves...
PGA Tour Suspends Pro-Am DQ Regulation for Remainder of 2010
As part of the brushback from the Jim Furyk DQ last Wednesday at The Barclays, the PGA Tour has opted to suspend its rule leading to a disqualification for a missed tee time in a pro-am. This rule will be suspended for the rest of the 2010 season, with a review to follow. In a statement, the PGA...
How PGA Tour Parity Is Driving FedExCup Interest
For the first time in four years of existence, the bitching and moaning about the FedExCup seems to be balanced by a genuinely piqued interest at the prospect of a pseudo-definitive close to the PGA Tour season. Some fellow media members have tepidly embraced the Playoffs for what they are: not a...
Once Exempted Mickelson Has A Point on Furyk DQ
As we reminded you yesterday, Phil Mickelson has been one of a fortunate few to miss his pro-am tee time in the last four years and not be disqualified for it. Naturally, since that little nugget was resurrected yesterday, Mickelson was asked about his thoughts on the Furyk DQ - particularly in...
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