Hoggard: "Chicago deserves better."

Rex Hoggard takes on the always sensitive topic in Ponte Vedra circles about the end of Chicago's annual tour stop in July and replaced with the midwest rota for the event formerly known as the Western Open.

He views this week's play at Conway Farms as a safe alternative to the reviled Rees-do of Cog Hill, but in a town of great courses doesn't sound very inspired.

Maybe Olympia Fields isn’t the U.S. Golf Association’s cup of coffee and Butler National’s membership policies are too archaic for the folks in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., but considering the scope and scale how does that leave the Windy City persona non grata on the golf calendar?

What the WGA does, primarily through the BMW, is a true feel-good story, which is why the event deserves better. The Evans Foundation deserves better. Chicago deserves better.