As the last full-field event of 2006, this week's $5.3 million Chrysler Championship at the Westin Innisbrook Resort's Copperhead Course in Tampa, Fla., is a slap-in-the-face last call that delivers a figurative jolt of ear-blasting alarm combined with a triple espresso.
Look for another magical performance from Love.
The pick-3 lottery number this week at the Fry's.com Open is 266. It's OK, gambling isnt frowned upon at this week's PGA TOUR stop, which returns to Las Vegas for the 24th consecutive year.
Trust the TOUR Insider. Tiger Woods won't extend his winning streak to seven this week at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro.
Well, now that another riveting Ryder Cup has ended, there's nothing really much happening in golf this week. Just your basic "two-fer," one being a World Golf Championships event in England and the other a PGA TOUR event in Mississippi steeped in tradition.
Although there are 12 American players abroad this week trying to take care of a little international business, it's not a far stretch to say that nearly all U.S. golfers on the PGA TOUR have a keen interest in the Ryder Cup.
Look for big hitters to shine at the 84 LUMBER Classic
If this looks like another major kind of week on the PGA TOUR, well, you're not far off.
The strength of the PGA TOUR is truly evident on weeks like this. There is simply no shortage of big-time golf tournaments and talented players to play in them, as this week's Deutsche Bank Championship proves.
The World Golf Championships are intended to be nearly on par with major championships given that the fields include the top-ranked players in the world. So you'll have to excuse the TOUR Insider when he points out that this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, has major flavor.
The Player of the Year honor on the PGA TOUR is still in play. Ryder Cup spots are still in play. And then there’s the little matter of playing for history in the year’s final major championship.
Good ball striking, hot putting will be needed at Brown Deer Park
Players look to succeed at unfamiliar venues
John Deere Classic could produce another first-time winner
Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson look to reassert themselves at Cog Hill.