Another Awkward Presidents Cup Consequence Of The Tiger Selection
/As Tiger drops to 29th in Presidents Cup points and 44th in the official world golf ranking,
12th, Steve Elling points out that a name lost in the Presidents Cup shuffle is Bill Haas, who just dropped out of the top 10 this week (to 12th). And his dad is an assistant captain to Fred Couples.
Making matters worse, if Haas is selected, there will inevitably be charges of favoritism even though he's 8 spots clear of Keegan Bradley.
Pretty clearly, picking Haas, if it comes to that, would leave the door open for charges of nepotism. Haas was offended by the suggestion that it would be secoind-guessed, because it implied that he doesn’t warrant being considered.
"They're ignorant," he said. "Then they haven’t been paying attention. To hell with them ... It would be a fair pick if they picked me."