Dear,
Hope this finds you well.
Autumn is around the corner and overseeding will be completed in the next few weeks and then comes what arguably could be the best golf time of the year. Good bye humidity!
It's also a great time if your a sports fan. The Major League Baseball playoffs are around the corner, NCAA football and the NFL are back in full swing and we have two great golf tournaments to wind down the year.
This week the Tour Championship will again be contested at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA. The home course of the legendary Bobby Jones, this beauty plays to a par 70 and measures 7,154 yards. The five guys at the top of the FedEx Cup standings (Mcllroy, Woods, Watney, Mickelson and Snedeker) will have a shot at the $10 million FedEx Cup Championship and the entire field is in contention to win the tournament purse, which pays an additional $1.4 million. To put that in perspective, if one guy wins the whole enchilada ($11.4 million) and shoots even par (280) that equates to about $40,714 every times he swings the club. Assuming he pays his caddie a standard 10 percent, the caddie alone stands to make about $4,071 every time his player takes a swat at the ball. Not bad for a four day loop with no pressure. Give a yardage, read a green, wipe a club. Smile, say "Great Shot", pocket $1 million. EASY $$$$$$.
If Mcllroy and Woods are coming down the back stretch on Sunday, there will be a Super Bowl type of excitement in the air and it will be awesome to watch on TV even for the non-golfer.
The following week we have the 39th Ryder Cup Matches. This year it's being held at Medinah Country Club, one of America's most prestigious venues located outside of Chicago.This gem has hosted more than it's share of major events and playing to a par 72 and stretching out to a mere 7,658 yards, it should prove to be a great test for both the American and European teams. Captain's Davis Love and Jose Maria Olazabal have put together two very competitive teams and the match play format makes it extremely exciting.
With this down time during overseeding, I hope you get to enjoy some great golf over the next couple of weekends.
Until next time...
Fairways and Greens,
Tony
tonylawson@pga.com
(702) 521-6606
