| I suppose that after Bart Bryant's three
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| | Championship up is a great idea because
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| wins in 15 months, capped by the Tour
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| | it comes closer to the last major and
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| Championship romp last week, I'll have to
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| | finishes up the season before the NFL
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| start paying more attention to the
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| | really gets going. There's a potential
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| soft-spoken Texan with the groovy
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| | problem with the FedEx Cup, at least as
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| mustache. But what a fitting way to end
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| | it stands now (Tiger has said he's met
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| the 2005 golf season. With Tiger Woods,
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| | with Finchem several times about the
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| Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen in the
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| | proposed changes and each time has gotten
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| field, along with most of the rest of the
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| | a different answer, so much is still in
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| top thirty players in the world, it was
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| | the air---you can bet Tiger is in mind by
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| Bryant who walked away with the
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| | Finchem, et al, down there in Ponte Vedra
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| season-ending win in Atlanta, a
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| | as they try to put this together), which
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| tournament that has more and more
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| | is that three tournaments leading up to
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| prestige and will have even more by 2007
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| | the Tour Championship will comprise the
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| when it becomes a sort of Super Bowl of
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| | bulk of the Cup, or the bulk of the
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| golf.So here's to you, Bart Bryant.
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| | points earned toward winning the Cup,
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| Here's to you, Ted Purdy. Here's to you,
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| | even though points will supposedly be
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| Wes Short, Jr. Here's to you, Jason Bohn.
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| | accrued from the start of the season.
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| Here's to you, Olin Browne.
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| | This means that a player could win the
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| Somewhere,someone saw something in you
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| | FedEx Cup without actually winning the
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| that not many others did. Somewhere,
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| | season-ending Tour Championship, which is
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| someone won big on you guys.For all my
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| | meant to be golf's Super Bowl. The Super
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| focus on wins by unknowns this year,
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| | Bowl has one winner, not an accrued
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| plenty of lead horses won as well. Woods
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| | winner. Who wants to be doing math on
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| and Singh won early---Singh in the second
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| | Sunday during the Tour Championship:
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| week of the season, Woods the third. Phil
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| | "Let's see, Tiger's eight back of leader
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| Mickelson won in the fifth and sixth
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| | Jason Gore, but Tiger had more points
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| weeks. By the end of April, all three
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| | coming in because he won one of the three
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| would win at least one more time,
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| | playoff events and finished in the top-10
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| including Tiger's dramatic win at The
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| | in two others, so if he can finish in the
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| Masters in April. Woods would also win
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| | top 25 of the Tour Championship, where he
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| the British Open and he contended in all
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| | is now, even if Gore wins by eight
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| four majors in 2005. This was his best
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| | strokes, Tiger'll win the Cup...all he
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| season since 2000.Mickelson won the PGA
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| | needs is to par out in his last six holes
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| Championship later in the year. Also
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| | assuming Gore doesn't go any lower."
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| winning in 2005 were Goosen, Sergio
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| | That's no good. It's like stages in the
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| Garcia, Adam Scott (an unofficial,
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| | Tour de France. Who wants to see that?
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| rain-shortened win in February at the
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| | Not I.None of these changes will go into
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| Nissan Open), Jim Furyk, Stuart Appleby
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| | effect until 2007 anyway. I'm sure we'll
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| (who repeated in Kapalua to start the
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| | be a hearing a lot more about it as we
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| year off), David Toms and Padraig
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| | move into 2006.I'm already looking
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| Harrington, who won twice (the first in
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| | forward to Kapalua for all the usual
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| March, his first Tour victory).Rain again
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| | reasons: it's nice to vicariously visit
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| was a frustrating theme for the first few
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| | Hawaii in the dead of winter, to see sun
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| months of the season. It took until the
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| | and sea,cutaways of surf, and to watch a
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| summer to dry out. And by mid-August, the
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| | small, competitive field. Kapalua also
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| majors in the books, the season limped to
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| | yields prodigious drives and after
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| its close with unexciting tournament
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| | watching Tiger average well over 300
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| after unexciting tournament, fielded by
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| | yards with his drives last week, hitting
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| fewer and fewer stars. Wednesday of last
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| | one 378 on Sunday, I'm wondering if he
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| week, before the Tour Championship, Tour
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| | might just drive the mainland from the
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| commish Tim Finchem unveiled plans to
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| | top of Kapalua. He's going to be exciting
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| address the issue of flagging interest
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| | to watch in 2006, as is Mickelson in the
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| after the PGA Championship because many
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| | majors. It'll interesting to follow
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| top players don't play in late season
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| | Singh, to see if he can fix his putting
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| tournaments together. I bitched about
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| | woes of 2005. Will Ben Crane stop
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| these lame events just about every week
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| | shimmying and shaking, speed up his play?
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| down the stretch, so I'm glad to see the
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| | Whether he does or doesn't, his skill
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| issue is being addressed. What little we
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| | with the putter is worth watching in
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| know of the plan for 2007, though, raises
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| | 2006. Gore's worth watching, too. And
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| questions.The idea is to move the Tour
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| | O'Hair. Will Charles Howell III go from
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| Championship to September as the
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| | competitive golfer, always in the mix, to
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| culminating event in a kind of playoff
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| | winner? Chris DiMarco? His grit at
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| series called the FedEx Cup. The lame
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| | Augusta was impressive and may portend a
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| post-PGA-Championship events I referred
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| | win in one of 2006's majors. I've written
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| to will still be played, under the rubric
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| | him off many times, after many second
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| of "Quest for the Card." Virtually none
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| | place finishes, but he may have turned a
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| of the game's top players will play in
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| | corner. And who of the unknowns---who of
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| these events, as few do now, because
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| | the mini-tour set, who of the multiple Q
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| they're not aiming for #125 or better in
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| | School set---will emerge in 2006?We have
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| the world to retain their Tour cards.
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| | two months to figure it out.Jeremy Church
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| This will, in effect, become a silly
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| | is a documented member of the
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| season without star power.Moving the Tour
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| | Professional Handicappers League.
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