Finchem Vows Playoffs Will Go On In Spite Of Vijay's Elimination

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It is hard to imagine, but one of the great ratings draws will not be moving on to Cog Hill and East Lake. Some people might rejoice when hearing they are being spared two weeks of Rees Jones redesigns, but not when you're defending FedEx Cup champion. It didn't help that the PGATour.com team didn't even list you in the "Fell Out Of The Top 70" list, but big guy, we remembered to look you up here at GS.com.
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"None of the greats go a career without having a futile moment with the putter."

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There are a couple of worthwhile looks at Tiger's recent putting "woes" of late (wouldn't we all love to putt so poorly). Thanks to reader Joey for Thomas Boswell's take in the Washington Post. Boswell says Tiger has "learned how to lose" and makes an interesting but ultimately hard-to-buy comparison with Jack Nicklaus's career arch.
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"It looks like 'Potpourri for $100, Alex.'"

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That's Gary Van Sickle's line from this week's SI Roundtable, which was joined by yours truly even though I vowed not to do it again until they found an old AOL chat room to make life easier.

Uh, I think it's safe to say I won't be offered a job at CBS or Liberty National anytime soon, and my friend Peter Oosterhuis probably won't be wild about my laughing gas comment either (he is giggly these days!).

 

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Heath Slocum Win Means He Can Take Next Two Weeks Off And Still Reach The World Series

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There's some nice reporting to check out on Heath Slocum's upset win at The Barclays. The scribblers surely had plenty of time to whip up some fun lines, since twosomes of the world's best took four and a half hours to get around Liberty National. I doubt it was because they were busy sketching out the architectural details. More likely all of the lift, clean and cheat drops to get away from the catch basin divot clusters.
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in·ter·est·ing (in-t(ə-)rəs-tiŋ) : holding the attention : arousing interest

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It's hard to interpret the early reviews of Liberty National, but it seems like most of the players are trying their best not to blast the design. Shoot, Norman Vincent Ogilvy is tweeting about how great it is that players are actually discussing design. Granted, it took a Cupp-Kite nightmare, but he's finding the positive in that. Impressive restraint!
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