"Until the final 15 minutes on Sunday, Pat's record was more Bobby Wadkins."

The SI/golf.com/Golf Magazine/all-other-Time-Inc.-people-involved-with-golf's weekly roundtable is entertaining again, though the danger of these weekly novelettes has become clear: each week's winner is the next Nicklaus. Still, I enjoyed this exchange:

Bamberger: Perez has a Lanny Wadkins look, in his face and in his game. I could see this guy getting really, really good.

Farrell Evans, writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated: Perez is nothing like Lanny Wadkins. And winning a birdie-fest doesn't mean he's ready for anything except winning the Bob Hope Classic.

Van Sickle: Bamberger's Lanny Wadkins comparison is the smartest thing anyone has said so far. He's very Lanny — quick tempo, aggressive, swagger, emotional and always in a rush. Perez's game is more based on power, but he's got the energy of a young Lanny, who also wasn't averse to a party. I hope this means we're going to see more of him.

Bamberger: Lanny was super feisty, fast with the hands, often annoyed, a jock's jock, a good talker, an emotional player and superb with the irons.

Morfit: Until the final 15 minutes on Sunday, Pat's record was more Bobby Wadkins.