Golf Forum - Golf Rewound is the Family Friendly Golf Forum and Discussion Group - Tour Chatter http://golfrewound.com/forums For discussion related to the various Tours (PGA, LPGA, European, Amateur, etc.) and players. en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:34 GMT vBulletin 60 http://golfrewound.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Golf Forum - Golf Rewound is the Family Friendly Golf Forum and Discussion Group - Tour Chatter http://golfrewound.com/forums <![CDATA[Campbell DQ'd from Deutche Bank Champ- even stupider than Furyk's DQ]]> http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11384-campbell-dqd-deutche-bank-champ-even-stupider-than-furyks-dq.html Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:29:41 GMT OK, I know we have a lot of followers of trivial pursuit here...that if you don't dot the "i's", those will want you out because....because...that's just the way it is.

But for cripes sake,
  • he played in the practice round,
  • he played in the Pro-Am,
  • he played in Friday's 1st round
CAN SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN AT THE PGA SAY "I GOT THE AUTHORITY, LETS OVERLOOK THIS SLIGHT OVERSIGHT....SLAP ON WRIST, DONT DO IT AGAIN!"

Campbell DQ'd for failing to register

By Associated Press
Posted: September 4, 2010
NORTON, Mass. – This FedEx Cup might be remembered as much for the winners as who didn’t get to play.

One week after Jim Furyk was knocked out of a tournament for oversleeping and missing his pro-am time, Chad Campbell was disqualified Saturday at the Deutsche Bank Championship when officials realized he never registered for the tournament.

“Just can’t believe you make a mistake like that,” Campbell said.

Much like the formality of signing a scorecard at the end of a round, PGA Tour players must register when they get to a tournament before it starts. Campbell arrived Tuesday evening, practiced all week and even played Friday, opening with a 1-over 72.

He just never signed up.

Campbell was No. 83 in the FedEx Cup standings, needing to move into the top 70 to advance to the third round next week in Chicago. He would have played Saturday afternoon in the strongest wind.

“It’s a sad thing,” said Mark Russell, the Tour’s vice president of rules and competition. “I’m not at all pleased with it. But it’s a regulation that you’ve got to register when you arrive on site. And if you don’t before your competition round, the regulation says you’re ineligible from competing in the tournament.”

Several players were stunned to hear the news, including Furyk.

“I’m deciding if I want to be Phil Mickelson right now,” he said, referring to how Mickelson blasted the PGA Tour for the pro-am rule that got Furyk disqualified from The Barclays. “Wow.”

Furyk slipped from No. 3 to No. 9 in the playoff standings. Campbell is out altogether.

“I feel terrible for him,” Furyk said.

Furyk and Davis Love III said whenever they have forgotten to register, a rules official had the sheet to sign before they teed off. Furyk said the responsibility lies with Campbell – as it did with Furyk last week with the pro-am mistake – but questioned why officials weren’t looking out for him.

Russell said no one noticed until Friday night when they were going through the forms. He said he called Campbell, who realized he never registered.

“He accepted total responsibility for it,” Russell said.

Love said it might be another rule that needs changing, just as the PGA Tour suspended the pro-am rule for the rest of the year. In the case of Furyk’s pro-am mishap and Campbell failing to register, no one can replace them in the field.

“It doesn’t feel like a regular tournament,” said Love, adding that it would be easy for a player not to follow his routine.

This is Campbell’s second administrative blunder. A year ago, he was on the plane to Hawaii for the Sony Open when he realized he never entered the tournament.

“It’s starting to be a trend,” Campbell said. ]]> Tour Chatter Bulls9999 http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11384-campbell-dqd-deutche-bank-champ-even-stupider-than-furyks-dq.html Deutsche Bank Championship http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11381-deutsche-bank-championship.html Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:14:11 GMT Round 2 is well underway and Matt Kuchar is lurking again. He's 2 back of Snedeker's -12 with 2 to play. Tiger is having another up & down tournament... 72 yesterday and 65 today. He's projected to make the cut for next week barely. But he'll have to play more like today than yesterday to be safe. Phil is having a decent week so far at -8. It looks like Harrington will miss the cut and be done for the rest of these "playoffs". ]]> Tour Chatter Wazmankg http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11381-deutsche-bank-championship.html Favourite Players from Each Tour http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11375-favourite-players-each-tour.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:40:56 GMT Mine are as follows: PGA Tour: Jim Furyk Champions Tour: Fred Couples Euro Tour: Martin Kaymer and Francesco Molinari LPGA: Michelle Wie Nationwide: No clue... What are your favourites from each tour? Mine are as follows:

PGA Tour: Jim Furyk
Champions Tour: Fred Couples
Euro Tour: Martin Kaymer and Francesco Molinari
LPGA: Michelle Wie
Nationwide: No clue...

What are your favourites from each tour? ]]> Tour Chatter NathanD37 http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11375-favourite-players-each-tour.html Un-Official Projected 2011 PGA Tour Schedule http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11372-un-official-projected-2011-pga-tour-schedule.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:36:10 GMT Greetings ...

By going thru the official 2010 PGA Tour Schedule as well as official web-sites of the various tournaments, I have compiled an un-official projected schedule for the 2011 PGA Tour season.

At least one event -- St. Jude's -- is not quite guaranteed to be on the 2011 schedule unless sufficient sponsorship is secured.

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport
Code:


  DATES          Tournament                                  Purse
  in 2011        Name                                        (++ = confirmed for 2011)
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  1.  1/ 6-9      S.B.S. Championship                          $ 5.60-million ++
  2.  1/13-16    Sony-Hawaii Open                            $ 5.50-million
  3.  1/19-23    Bob Hope Classic                            $ 5.00-million
  4.  1/27-30    Farmers Insurance-San Diego Open            $ 5.80-million ++

  5.  2/ 3-6      W.M. Phoenix Open                            $ 6.00-million
  6.  2/10-13    AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am                    $ 6.20-million
  7.  2/17-20    Northern Trust Los Angeles Open              $ 6.40-million
  8.  2/23-27    WGC-Accenture Match Play                    $ 8.50-million
  9.  2/24-27    Maykoba Classic                              $ 3.70-million ++

 10.  3/ 3-6      Honda Classic                                $ 5.60-million
 11.  3/10-13    WGC-Doral Invitational                      $ 8.50-million
 12.  3/10-13    Puerto Rico Open by Banco Popular            $ 3.50-million
 13.  3/17-20    Tampa Bay Transitions Classic                $ 5.40-million
 14.  3/24-27    Arnold Palmer Invitational                  $ 6.00-million

 15.  3/31-4/3    Shell's Wonderful Houston Open              $ 5.80-million
 16.  4/ 7-10    The Masters Tournament                      $ 7.50-million
 17.  4/14-17    Valero Texas Open                            $ 6.10-million
 18.  4/21-24    The Heritage Classic                        $ 5.70-million
 19.  4/28-5/1    Zurich-New Orleans Open                      $ 6.40-million

 20.  5/ 5-8      Quail Hollow Golf Classic by Wells Fargo    $ 6.50-million
 21.  5/12-15    The Players Championship                    $ 9.50-million
 22.  5/19-22    The Colonial Invitational by Crowne Plaza    $ 6.20-million
 23.  5/26-29    HP Byron Nelson Classic                      $ 6.50-million

 24.  6/ 2-5      The Memorial Tournament                      $ 6.00-million
 25.  6/ 9-12    St. Jude's Children's Classic                $ 5.60-million
 26.  6/16-19    U.S. Open                                    $ 7.50-million
 27.  6/23-26    Travelers-Hartford Open                      $ 6.00-million
 28.  6/30-7/3    AT&T National                                $ 6.20-million

 29.  7/ 7-10    John Deere Classic                          $ 4.40-million
 30.  7/14-17    Reno-Tahoe Open                              $ 3.00-million
 31.  7/14-17    150th British Open Championship              £ 4.20-million
 32.  7/21-24    102nd Canadian Open by RBC                  $ 5.10-milliom
 33.  7/28-31    The Greenbriar Classic                      $ 6.00-million

 34.  8/ 4-7      Turning Stone Resort Classic                $ 4.00-million
 35.  8/ 4-7      WGC-Bridgestone Invitational                $ 8.50-million
 36.  8/11-14    PGA Championship                            $ 7.50-million
 37.  8/18-21    Wyndham-Greensboro Open                      $ 5.10-million
 38.  8/25-28    The Barclays Classic                        $ 7.50-million

 39.  9/ 2-5      Deutsche Bank USA Classic                    $ 7.50-million
 40.  9/ 8-11    BMW Championship                            $ 7.50-million
 41.  9/22-25    The Tour Championship                        $ 7.50-million
 42.  9/29-10/2  Viking Mississippi Classic                  $ 3.70-million

 43. 10/ 6-9      McGladrey Sea Island Classic                $ 4.00-million
 44. 10/13-16    Fry's.Com Open - California                  $ 5.00-million
 45. 10/20-23    JT-Shriners Las Vegas Classic                $ 4.30-million
 46. TBD          Walmart-C.M.N. Walt Disney Classic          $ 4.70-million

 Unofficial Total Purse ... $ 275,830,000 ($5,996,304.34+ per event)
]]> Tour Chatter Frank-0-Sport http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11372-un-official-projected-2011-pga-tour-schedule.html <![CDATA[Shouldn't "Rookie-of-the-Year" be a 1st time Pro?]]> http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11371-shouldnt-rookie-year-1st-time-pro.html Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:52:22 GMT Maybe it's just the way I look at things, but shouldn't Rookie of the Year go to someone who is professionally "a Rookie"? Maybe they can add phrasing like in college sports, "True Freshman" vs "Redshirt Freshman"? If someone was on the PGA tour for 10-15 years and doesn't get their card for a year or two and then comes back via Q-school/NW Tour, does that make them eligible for "Rookie of the Year"? I was reading how Rory is high up on the list, but he's been playing Euro PGA for about 3 years, right?...how can he be a rookie? That should be reserved for 1st-timer professionals, ever. ]]> Tour Chatter Bulls9999 http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11371-shouldnt-rookie-year-1st-time-pro.html Suzann! http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11362-suzann.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:01:15 GMT The 2010 NB3 Challenge - Notah Begay's charity tournament here in upstate New York - is going on today. How on earth I didn't know about this, and particularly that Suzann Petterson would be playing, is beyond me.



:heartpump: :crush: ]]> Tour Chatter mr3856a http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11362-suzann.html Tiger and Sean Foley http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11342-tiger-sean-foley.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:56:19 GMT It's certainly looking like Tiger will be bringing on Sean Foley as his next coach. He apparently worked with him before the PGA, at the PGA, and a few times last week. And if Tiger's 65 today at the Barclay's - his best round of the year - is any indication, maybe this is a good thing. I just read this article at Golf Digest, and he definitely has some pretty strong opinions as to what Tiger ought to be doing. It's an interesting read:

Quote:
Who Is Sean Foley?
A 35-year-old Canadian now living in Orlando, one of the best young teachers in the game -- and, if the signs are to be believed, Tiger Woods' new swing coach

Indeed, candor is Foley's métier. Consider this assessment: "I want to get Tiger back to a place physically that he has been before, but with a new understanding. If he had understood what was so good about what he did before, he wouldn't have changed it. At the same time, I want to give him a better awareness of what he is doing now. The reason he has been hitting it where he has is that he didn't understand. As good as he is, as much work as he put in, the stuff he was working on couldn't have been right, or it would have worked better."

At Whistling Straits, Foley gave Woods two specific drills. They involved having caddie Steve Williams hold a club shaft against the right side of Woods' head as he swung, preventing him from moving his head laterally on the backswing. "There is no reason to have lateral movement off the golf ball," said Foley. "It impedes the proper turn and forces the eyes to make a new calculation. There are 15 reasons why it's bad."

Foley also had Woods place a glove under his right armpit and keep it there to the top of the backswing, forcing his arms closer to his body, ultimately preventing them from dropping behind him on the forward swing. It has been the cause of Woods' most persistent bugaboo -- getting "stuck." Said Foley: "Tiger continued to be stuck because he wasn't doing the right thing to become unstuck."

Jaime Diaz: Who Is Sean Foley?: Golf Digest
]]> Tour Chatter mr3856a http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11342-tiger-sean-foley.html The Barclays http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11341-barclays.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:35:43 GMT Woods shot -6 and is currently in the lead by himself. Looks like there are a lot of red numbers to be had out there today. Woods hit 13/14 fairways (93%). Is this the Twilight Zone? :eek: Woods shot -6 and is currently in the lead by himself. Looks like there are a lot of red numbers to be had out there today. Woods hit 13/14 fairways (93%). Is this the Twilight Zone? :eek: ]]> Tour Chatter TTUfirebird2008 http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11341-barclays.html <![CDATA[Jim Furyk DQ'd from Barclays....slept late, missed pro-Am]]> http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11338-jim-furyk-dqd-barclays-slept-late-missed-pro-am.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:00:31 GMT Geesus....he depended on his cell phone as an alarm clock.... it didn't wake him because it was out of power. Heck, when I'm away in a hotel for business, I set my own clock I bring, I set the one in the room, and I request a 'wake up' call so I'm triply covered.

This is gonna cost him.

No. 3-ranked Furyk disqualified from Barclays; will remain in Playoffs
Aug. 25, 2010
By PGA TOUR staff
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Jim Furyk, ranked No. 3 in points going into the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, has been disqualified from The Barclays after missing his pro-am tee time Wednesday morning.
Furyk was scheduled to tee off at 7:30 a.m. ET in Wednesday's pro-am but failed to show. The Associated Press reported that Furyk uses his cell phone as an alarm clock, but when he woke up Wednesday, he realized he had no power on his phone.
TOUR policy is that any player missing a pro-am time except for injury or family emergency is ineligible to play in that week's tournament.
The DQ does not eliminate Furyk from the Playoffs, but it does eliminate an opportunity to solidify his spot going into the next event, the Deutsche Bank Championship held next week at TPC Boston.
According to the TOUR's Playoff scenarios, Furyk could drop as far as 19th on the points list after The Barclays, depending on how others perform this week. Maintaining a top-five position in the Playoffs is important because the top five heading into the final Playoffs event, THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, can win the FedExCup simply by winning that event.
Furyk was scheduled to play with No. 1-ranked Ernie Els and No. 2 Steve Stricker in the first two rounds on Thursday and Friday.
More details will be announced later today. ]]> Tour Chatter Bulls9999 http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11338-jim-furyk-dqd-barclays-slept-late-missed-pro-am.html Erica Blasberg death update http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11331-erica-blasberg-death-update.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:53:07 GMT The coroner has ruled her death a sucide. Tragic. Coroner says LPGA golfer Blasberg death a suicide - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100824/ap_on_sp_go_ne/glf_golfer_s_death_blasberg;_ylt=AgSY.d1MhPZXLanzwyL4q9MLMxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJzczZyamNvBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwODI0L2dsZl9nb2xmZXJfc19kZWF0aF9ibGFzYmVyZwRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzEEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDY29yb25lcnNheXNs) The coroner has ruled her death a sucide. Tragic.

Coroner says LPGA golfer Blasberg death a suicide - Yahoo! News ]]> Tour Chatter drstroud http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11331-erica-blasberg-death-update.html The PGA Tour Money List and Jeff Overton http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11329-pga-tour-money-list-jeff-overton.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:56:37 GMT Greetings ...

Official PGA Tour Money List at PGATOUR.COM

If it were not for the Fed Ex Cup (Rite Ced Phred Kupplez), this year's PGA Tour Money List would be getting a lot more attention. Ernie Els leads at $4,097,761. Next come Phil Mickelson ($3,409,233), Jim Furyk ($3,308,872) and Jeff Overton ($3,301,181).

Overton's case is especially interesting - check out his current 2010 record. Without the benefit of a tour win, but with help from three 2nd place finishes and two third place finishes, Overton has still managed to have a pretty good year.

Just imagine if Overton were to record say, about four more Top-5 or Top-10 finishes, including maybe a couple of 2nd place finishes, he possibly could finish out the year as Leading Money Winner without having won a single event. Oh, and by the way, the Leading Money winner Category still exists, and the title carries a five-year PGA Tour exemption!

Thanx-A-Lot, Frank-0-Sport ]]> Tour Chatter Frank-0-Sport http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11329-pga-tour-money-list-jeff-overton.html Tiger divorce official http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11325-tiger-divorce-official.html Mon, 23 Aug 2010 19:07:24 GMT ---Quote--- Tiger Woods, wife officially divorced PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP)—Tiger Woods and his wife are officially divorced. The lawyers for Woods and Elin Nordegren say in a statement that the divorce became official Monday in Bay County Circuit Court. The divorce comes nine months after Woods crashed his SUV outside their home near Orlando, setting off explosive revelations that the world’s No. 1 golfer had been cheating on his wife. It led to Woods losing millions of dollars in endorsements and taking five months away from the game. Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will share parenting of their two children, ages 3 and 1. Tiger Woods, wife officially divorced - Golf - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-woodsdivorce) ---End Quote--- Ok, now we can collectively ooh and ah.
Quote:
Tiger Woods, wife officially divorced

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP)—Tiger Woods and his wife are officially divorced.

The lawyers for Woods and Elin Nordegren say in a statement that the divorce became official Monday in Bay County Circuit Court.

The divorce comes nine months after Woods crashed his SUV outside their home near Orlando, setting off explosive revelations that the world’s No. 1 golfer had been cheating on his wife. It led to Woods losing millions of dollars in endorsements and taking five months away from the game.

Terms of the divorce were not disclosed, except that they will share parenting of their two children, ages 3 and 1.

Tiger Woods, wife officially divorced - Golf - Yahoo! Sports
Ok, now we can collectively ooh and ah. ]]> Tour Chatter mr3856a http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11325-tiger-divorce-official.html PGA Tour query http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11322-pga-tour-query.html Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:05:55 GMT So many of you guys here are so knowledgable on the US PGA rules that I thought rather than googling like crazy, I'd just ask here.

1. Do "Life Members" of the PGA tour (15 years & 20+ wins) have to play the required 15 events to maintain their cards?

2. Does Tiger become a life member in 2011 since he earned his card in 1996?

I'm wondering because it looks as if he won't play the required 15 events this year and, although due to his record, he is eligible to play all of the tournaments about which he cares, is it possible we will see even less of him going forward?

Or does he have some kind of exemption due to his personal problems and retreat to "in-clinic therapy" for 2010? ]]> Tour Chatter DonnaKay http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11322-pga-tour-query.html Bouncing cheques http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11319-bouncing-cheques.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:12:03 GMT The European tour visits the Czech republic this week. It is a weak event but has an important role in developing the game in non golfing countries. Extra spaces are given to local players to help them on the road to become professionals. Sadly all have missed the cut with some horrendous scores. +34 seems to bringing up the rear. While it may weaken the event ,encouraging local talent is important. The last Czech to win a major was ??????????????????????? Clue : His father jumped off a train heading for Siberia and crossed the border to Germany. Another Czech is missing the cut on the US Tour this week. His father crossed the border when he was a young boy. The European tour visits the Czech republic this week. It is a weak event but has an important role in developing the game in non golfing countries. Extra spaces are given to local players to help them on the road to become professionals. Sadly all have missed the cut with some horrendous scores. +34 seems to bringing up the rear.

While it may weaken the event ,encouraging local talent is important.


The last Czech to win a major was ???????????????????????

Clue : His father jumped off a train heading for Siberia and crossed the border to Germany.

Another Czech is missing the cut on the US Tour this week. His father crossed the border when he was a young boy. ]]> Tour Chatter Lefty http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11319-bouncing-cheques.html Bill Haas story from the PGA http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11308-bill-haas-story-pga.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:48:02 GMT Standing on the edge of the Whistling Straits practice green Tuesday morning, Titleist Brand Ambassador Bill Haas watched as his caddie Michael Maness furiously scrubbed away specks of red paint and green scuff marks from the bottom of one of Haas' Bob Vokey Spin Milled wedges.

"How the heck did that happen?" one passerby remarked. Haas smiled. As he started to tell the story, a few others moved in closer to listen, including Titleist's Bob Vokey.

For the record, there are no artificial golf mats or red-ringed range balls here at the PGA Championship, only bent grass and dune grass and a lot of grass in general, not to mention plenty of Titleist golf balls.

But Haas took his first swings of the week in a different location, right off Interstate 94 at the Raymond Heights Golf Center, a 9-hole par-3 course and driving range just south of Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport, from where Haas was headed to pick up his girlfriend around 8 o'clock Monday night.

Haas decided to leave on the early side Monday afternoon in order to beat the Windy City traffic. As he got closer to Milwaukee, he realized, "Well I have three hours to kill, what do I do?"

Feeling a bit stiff after a workout that morning, Haas typed "driving range" into the Google AroundMe app on his mobile phone, and Raymond Heights Golf Center popped up. That was just before he saw Raymond Heights' large sign sitting on the side of I-94.

Haas pulled his clubs out of the car, then walked into the pro shop. He asked for a large bucket. The man behind the counter, 52-year-old owner Tim Stare, told him it was $6.50. Haas paid. Stare handed Haas his change and a punch card for a free bucket of balls with the purchase of 10 buckets.

"Oh, I'm not from here," Haas told him. "Don't use it on me."

Stare paused for a second. He then asked Haas, "Are you from South Carolina?"

Yeah.

"Your dad is Jay, right?"

Yeah.

"You're Bill Haas!"

A bit awestruck, Haas, wearing just shorts and a brown T-shirt, said "Yeah, I am."

Stare's response: "I caddied for your dad in the 1975 U.S. Open at Medinah. Did he send you here?"

Nope.

Haas said a lot of people tell him that they know his father, fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Jay Haas, "but they've usually just met him once or whatever."

Stare first met Jay at the 1975 U.S. Open, when players were still using local caddies. Stare was working then at Oak Park Golf Club, and received his assignment for Medinah in a random drawing. Playing as an amateur, Jay finished tied for 18th that week (74-69-72-78) with Stare on the bag, and the two kept in touch.

Every year, Stare received the Haas family Christmas card and put it on his refrigerator. Many years later, Jay did a clinic at Raymond Heights during the week of the Greater Milwaukee Open.

Stare said it clicked it for him the second he heard Bill Haas' Southern drawl. "I've seen you grow up on my fridge," Stare told him.

After the talk, Bill headed out to hit balls. Stare eventually walked out with another bucket of balls, having hand-picked the best of the bunch.

Bill called his father soonafter, leaving the following message on his voicemail: "Raymond Heights driving range. Where is it, and have you ever been?"

Jay called back and asked his son, "Is it about five miles south of the Milwaukee airport?"

"He knew exactly what I was talking about," Bill said.

Bill said "the most random part about it" is that he rarely stops anywhere on the way to tournaments, preferring to just get there as soon as possible.

"What are the odds that you would stop at that driving range on the way up there?" Jay asked his son. "That's cool." ]]> Tour Chatter drstroud http://golfrewound.com/forums/tour-chatter/11308-bill-haas-story-pga.html