Friday, November 28, 2008

Skins Game? So What


The annual Skins Game, the first big money silly season event, will be played again this weekend but Mr. Fairway suspects very few golf fans will bother to tune in. Why should they with a field that is low on the excitement scale? Defending champion Stephen Ames, Phil Mickelson, Rocco Mediate and the effervescent K.J. Choi don't excactly make for compelling golf. How did Ames, who is ranked 34th in the world, get into the event in the first place? We like Phil and Rocco, who is living off his dramatic duel with Tiger Woods at the U.S. Open, but will they offer any real excitement? Probably not. In the old days, it was fun to watch Nicklaus and Trevino and Watson compete for gobs of money. Today, these guys can make $250,000 for wearing the patch of a dog food company on the sleeve of their shirt. The format is old and outdated. Perhaps if they were playing for their own money it might be interesting. It's time to pull the plug on this Thanksgiving weekend turkey. Mr. Fairway will be watching football.


Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Steve Lamontagne.