"From what I hear from people a lot smarter than me, the car industry is really having a tough time right now."

I checked with a media member present for Anthony Kim's defending champ press conference to plug the Wachovia Wells Fargo Quail Hollow Championship, and my source says Kim was most definitely not making a joke, nor was he winking with a sense of irony or in any other way suggesting that he actually has much idea what is going on in the world when issuing this answer:

Q. Anthony, everybody has been talking about the economy. Fellows like yourself out there every week, what are some of the things you're seeing that are different this year from years past that you can relate directly to wherever the economy is?

ANTHONY KIM: I'm not that smart, so I just let my business people take care of whatever business needs to be taken care of. I know that at one of the tournaments this year we didn't have courtesy cars, and I'm sure that will be the case, because from what I hear from people a lot smarter than me, the car industry is really having a tough time right now.

I've only played four events on the PGA TOUR this year, and I haven't seen too many things change.

Yes we know, you've been on the IMG gravy train tour. 

Now I know this is not the first or last time Kim will have seemed out of touch, but comments like this make you a lot more sympathetic with Tim Finchem's attempts to get players to play more in light of the economy. After all, if the player doesn't really understand how bad things are (and getting his news from his agent!), it's going to be tough to get them to play more.