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Masters: Actions speak louder than words
- By GolfBrief Staff
- Published 04/7/2008
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So, there they were early Sunday evening alone on the practice putting green at Augusta National Golf Club: the top two players in the world. OK, so one of them was the official No. 1 Tiger Woods, the four-time Masters champion. The other was the self-proclaimed main challenger to Woods, the enigmatic Ian Poulter. Woods had his game face on, though not his traditional Sunday red shirt. Poulter, after a few minutes of putting, stopped to say hello to Woods, but Tiger wasn't in the mood for chit-chat, replying with a curt greeting as he walked by before going back to work.
Now that Carolyn Bivens has further explained in Golf World the LPGA’s initiative to impose English proficiency standards next year on players under penalty of suspension, things have become more clear and substantiated. It’s clear that Bivens keeps exhibiting her lack of understanding of her job as LPGA commissioner.
Bob Tway could easily be part of the FedEx Cup's first playoff tournament, The Barclays, but the 49-year-old has different priorities this week. Instead of attempting to secure his PGA Tour card for 2009, Tway is carrying the bag of 20-year-old son Kevin at this week's U.S. Amateur Championship.
Enough, already. We get the point. Actually, we got the point four months and 3,762 references ago, because that’s about how many times we have been subjected to this nonsense about something Ben Hogan may have said 57 years ago.
Michelle Wie was on the verge of something big last week at the LPGA State Farm Classic — her first professional win. But a rules infraction got her DQ'd on Saturday. Now she'll go after that first win on the PGA Tour, and likely won't forget to sign her card.