Tiger Pitches Congressional Members

Len Shapiro of The Washington Post reports that Tiger Woods and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem met with 500 members of Congressional Country Club in Potomac, Md. last night in an effort to persuade them to host his AT&T National golf tournament for the next six years. Woods, who was limping on his sore knee but did not have crutches or a cane, wants the club to host his July 4 weekend tournament from 2012 to 2017. Congressional will host its third U.S. Open in 2011. Shapiro reports that the club prefers the tournament be held before Memorial Day. Congressional members will vote by mail this summer and a decision will be announced after Labor Day. During his five-minute presentation, Woods expressed how much he and his fellow players respect the golf course. Maybe so, but the question Mr. Fairway would have asked is if that's true, why did so many of those players stay away from the tournament this year? Only three of the top 20 ranked players participated in the event, which had a weaker field than some of the old Kemper Opens at TPC Avenel down the road. Mr. Fairway wonders if the membership at Congressional really wants or needs the annual interruption of a PGA Tour event. Guess we will find out.

Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Pete Brown.