Our POTY Campaigning Nightmare Isn't Over Yet

Doug Ferguson reports that player-of-the-year ballots are not going out to the PGA Tour's finest yet after officials realized the upcoming HSBC Champions in Shanghai counts as an official win. Translation: the bordering-on-painful, utterly meaningless POTY debate...has been extended two weeks!

"It's important because it's an official win for a member, and that should hold the ballot open," said Andy Pazder, the tour's chief of operations. When we send out the ballot, we have a brief summary of the player's year on the PGA Tour. It would be a glaring omission if someone won the tournament and that wasn't on there."

Luke Donald became a strong favorite for player of the year when he won Disney on Sunday, making six straight birdies on the back nine for a 64 to win by two shots. It was his second victory of the year - as many as six other plays - and Donald also captured the money title and Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average. Donald has said he likely would play in Shanghai if his wife has given birth to their second child.