| To build top golf course?you must consider the | | | | tougher task than fending off the broader |
| size of it. | | | | constituency. |
| In eyeballing 2010, of the 46 tournaments on the | | | | Would remaking the first three FedEx Cup events |
| schedule, 12 are what can accurately be called | | | | into full-field events be such a travesty? You can |
| limited-field events -- those that trim the number | | | | still keep the points tally on the side, but |
| of entrants by choice, not because of reduced | | | | everybody plays. |
| daylight hours. Most are short-field invitationals of | | | | discount golf clubs |
| 120 players or WGC stops with even fewer | | | | a joke: |
| entries. | | | | An enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman |
| Enough is enough. Or, rather, too little is too much. | | | | goes to the first house in his new territory. He |
| As evidenced by Heath Slocum's clutch victory at | | | | knocks, a real mean and tough looking lady opens |
| The Barclays, where he was the second-to-last | | | | the door, and before she has a chance to say |
| man to qualify for the 125-man field, and the | | | | anything, he runs inside and dumps cow patties all |
| upset by Y.E. Yang at the PGA Championship, | | | | over the carpet. |
| depth is a crucially important component in this | | | | He says, "Lady, if this vacuum cleaner don't do |
| age. No. 150 can beat No. 1 in a given week. | | | | wonders cleaning this up, I'll eat every chunk of it." |
| Woods won six times last year, which is a terrific | | | | She turns to him with a smirk and says, "You |
| accomplishment, but five of the wins came | | | | want ketchup on that?" |
| against WGC or invitational-sized fields of 120 | | | | The salesman says, "Why do you ask?" |
| players or fewer. In the global age, nobody can | | | | She says, "We just moved in and we haven't got |
| say that just beating the "elite" fields was a | | | | the electricity turned on yet. |