30 Copyright 2008, CBSSports.com http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/6267041 en-us CBSSports.com senior writer Steve Elling files periodic, irreverent and irrelevant observations on the golf beat. Check back daily. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:55:14 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/12085972?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/12085972?source=rss_blogs_Golf CHAMPIONSGATE, Fla. -- When it comes to the participants at this week’s Del Webb Father/Son Challenge, the divide between the teammates is more than just generational. ... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:08:54 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/12085972?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11841143?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11841143?source=rss_blogs_Golf WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Never mess with somebody's personal hero. ... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:46:25 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11841143?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11812360?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11812360?source=rss_blogs_Golf WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- To phrase the query in the increasingly popular local tongue: ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:36:49 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11812360?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11790935?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11790935?source=rss_blogs_Golf WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- If you know the answer to this question, you can consider yourself among the biggest sports aficionados (read: geeks) in the world today. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:42:13 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11790935?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11695691?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11695691?source=rss_blogs_Golf Eighteen more holes. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:18:47 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11695691?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11689634?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11689634?source=rss_blogs_Golf Most likely, the only worlds you’ve ever heard him utter are: ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:22:37 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11689634?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11677991?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11677991?source=rss_blogs_Golf Two more like the first pair and it appears that comeback kid Erik Compton will be headed back to a major tour next season after all. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:35:34 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11677991?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11659294?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11659294?source=rss_blogs_Golf For those who have become intrigued with the ever-evolving story of Erik Compton, who entered PGA Tour Qualifying School five months after undergoing his second heart transplant, he's off to a solid start in round two of his quest to again find a ... Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:52:31 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11659294?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11624630?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11624630?source=rss_blogs_Golf After six week of fast tracking, a PGA Tour proposal to overhaul the failed FedEx Cup points system was shelved by the tour Policy Board in a meeting Monday at organization headquarters. ... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:29:14 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11624630?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11542200?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11542200?source=rss_blogs_Golf LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Erik Compton met somebody with whom he could relate this week. ... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:38:14 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11542200?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11517318?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11517318?source=rss_blogs_Golf LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- He dropped hints that he might consider playing more often on the increasingly lucrative European Tour, Boo Weekley might have had help making the decision by the events of Tuesday night. ... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:19:58 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11517318?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11502137?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11502137?source=rss_blogs_Golf LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Boo Weekley is surely well rested. ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:39:02 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11502137?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11462761?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11462761?source=rss_blogs_Golf PALM COAST, Fla. -- At this stage in the ballgame, the leaps weren't so much incremental as they were astounding. At the Ginn sur Mer Classic on Sunday, the penultimate event on the 2008 PGA Tour calendar, the dollar figure for the player sitti ... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 19:22:16 EST http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11462761?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11435456?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11435456?source=rss_blogs_Golf PALM COAST, Fla. -- Remember me? ... Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:05:48 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11435456?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11423205?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11423205?source=rss_blogs_Golf PALM COAST, Fla. -- It sounds like some sort of demented golf trivia question. ... Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:20:41 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11423205?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11396338?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11396338?source=rss_blogs_Golf PALM COAST, Fla. -- Rallying at a time when few other highly recognizable names are still playing in PGA Tour events, Davis Love has launched an impressive 11th-hour Hail Mary to salvage his season. ... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:03:08 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11396338?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11277927?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11277927?source=rss_blogs_Golf As though Erik Compton’s journey back into the game of professional golf wasn't miraculous enough, he’ll need more manna from above to continue onward in PGA Tour Qualifying School. ... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:30:18 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11277927?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11121430?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11121430?source=rss_blogs_Golf Maybe somebody should give this guy and his lawyer, not to mention the club president and presiding judge, a Winged Foot in the arse. ... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:59:52 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11121430?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11027183?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11027183?source=rss_blogs_Golf Abbott and Costello said it best, although the sports application was baseball, not golf’s official world ranking system. ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:59:05 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11027183?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11006507?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11006507?source=rss_blogs_Golf There hasn’t been much touch-up work done at Bethpage State Park since it last hosted the U.S. Open in 2002, which doesn’t mean a few spades of dirt haven't been turned in the area surrounding the famed Black Course, which will host t ... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:20:42 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/11006507?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10994428?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10994428?source=rss_blogs_Golf LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Somebody asked a two-time U.S. Open champion why so many prominent players have battled so mightily to make putts over the years, and the answer was one nobody anticipated. ... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:53:50 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10994428?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10881914?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10881914?source=rss_blogs_Golf After spending last week at the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup anticlimactic season finale in Atlanta, Ernie Els is back competing on the European Tour this week at the Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews. Like everybody else associated with golf, th ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:02:27 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10881914?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10799178?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10799178?source=rss_blogs_Golf ATLANTA -- When it comes to piling on, it can never be a good thing when a guy nicknamed Chubby pounces onto the top of the dogpile. ... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:08:01 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10799178?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10785739?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10785739?source=rss_blogs_Golf ATLANTA -- Nick Faldo's footsoldiers remain loyal. ... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:54:30 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10785739?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10777527?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10777527?source=rss_blogs_Golf ATLANTA -- The commissioner called it a "defect," a remarkably blunt term from a guy known to spin the gravest news in a positive fashion. ... Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:23:26 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10777527?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10745801?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10745801?source=rss_blogs_Golf ATLANTA -- Not long ago, after an unpleasant exchange at the U.S. Open, I flatly asserted that left-handed PGA Tour bomber Bubba Watson was far too full of himself given his relatively meager pedigree as a professional. ... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:07:23 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10745801?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10649119?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10649119?source=rss_blogs_Golf LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As the last winning American captain once famously uttered nearly a decade ago, I've got a feeling about this. ... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 9:33:37 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10649119?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10629999?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10629999?source=rss_blogs_Golf LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As though the American lead doesn't appear steep enough already, the European team must climb the mountain with tired legs and sore feet. ... Sat, 20 Sep 2008 10:36:15 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10629999?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10624526?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10624526?source=rss_blogs_Golf LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- If a picture is worth a thousand words, what's the value of an incriminating videotape? ... Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:59:30 EDT http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10624526?source=rss_blogs_Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10570684?source=rss_blogs_Golf#comments Golf http://steveelling.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6267041/10570684?source=rss_blogs_Golf LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Let's take a timeout from the Ryder Cup proceedings for a welcome infusion of humor. ... 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