Quick thoughts from Hartford
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- June
- 20
I spent the day up at Hartford for what is now known as the Travelers Championship, but what will always be known to most as the GHO. I have to admit, it was a pretty impressive crowd up there for a Wednesday after the U.S. Open. They must have known I was coming.
Anyway, the three predominant topics of conversation today were:
Drug testing: PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem came out with his strongest call yet for drug testing. A long overdue concession to reality? Not exactly.
“It’s pandering to public opinion,” tour veteran Olin Browne told me. “Originally drug testing wasn’t an issue. So why is it all of a sudden an issue? Is anybody out here doing drugs? I seriously doubt it. I put a lot of stock in the fact that golfers govern themselves. That’s what makes the game great. That’s part of our culture.”
FedEx Cup: There’s not a lot of true believers among players. I talked to about a dozen today about whether the season-long points race was something they thought a lot about. Only one said it was, and that’s because it was Joe Ogilvie, a member of the Players Advisory Council. Almost everyone else, meanwhile, thought it was something being shoved down their throats.
Sam Alexis Woods: Maybe I’m naive, but I was apparently one of the few people who did not think the birth of Tiger Woods’ daughter was a result of wife Elin being induced. A handful of others said the timing suggested Woods wanted the baby born now because it fit his schedule. I’m still skeptical of that theory. He may be Tiger Woods, but I can’t imagine any doctor going along with that unless it made medical sense.
But again, maybe I’m naive.
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