Forward Press: Who Says Growing The Game Is Safe & Easy?

We've got disease, international conflict and host countries that ban golf this week. What's not to love about the fall?

For GolfDigest.com, I sum up the various issues facing the world's best male and female golfers as they travel to Malaysia, Turkey and China this week in search of all-vital cup points and golf growth. It's not every week that two out of the three tours have to issue assurances of safety for players, as long as they don't drink the water and declare their love for certain Kurds supported by the coalition!

And for your fantasy fun, Alex Myers chimes in with who's hot and not in his latest edition of The Grind. As an oddly intriguing week unfolds, especially for us West Coasters who get to see late night golf in pretty but otherwise issue-plagued places!

Oh, and I share an update on when Tin Cup will air again on Golf Channel. It's been...a week? Two? Residuals for golf announcers time!