The American and European Junior Ryder Cup teams played to a 6-6 draw this week at Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales. In the past three Junior Ryder Cups, the U.S. has lost twice and tied once. The U.S. was in the driver’s seat in the final matches after Tony Finau of Utah (who recently won the Utah State Amateur Championship, while his younger bro Gipper, just 16, made the cut at the Nationwide Tour’s 2006 Utah Energy Solutions Championship) and Cassandra Blaney of New York beat a duo from Germany and Belgium. In the final, however, an American duo fell 4&3 ... full post »

I can’t tell you how shocked I am, how astonished that after months (or more?) of saying no to drugs testing, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem now says the topic will be addressed at the Tour’s policy board meeting in November. Funny, isn’t it, how a guy like that can change his tune so much not long after Tiger Woods came out in favor of testing. If I were Steve Williams, I’d be worried. I can see a day where Finchem spends Thursdays-Sundays carrying Tiger’s bag. Still, you have to feel good about the move, if not Finchem’s motivation. I’d be very surprised ... full post »