| Mirasol has staged the Honda Classic for the last two years but on on different courses. The contract with Mirasol is on till 2006, but withreal estate development three years ahead of schedule, the club may soon be turned over to the members who might not want a tournament in their backyard. The Honda Classic has been played on five courses in the last 10 years. |
| Going strong at 50 |
| Jay Haas makes his debut on the Champions Tour in The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach, where seniors will be paired with kids in The First Tee program. But the 50-year-old is not ready to move full-time in the Seniors Tour. |
| On the regular PGA Tour Money List, he is 23rd and wants to qualify for the Tour Championships. Another World Golf Championships, in Ireland next month, won't hurt his chances. |
| If he makes it to the Tour Championships (the top 30 qualify) at East Lake, it is likely that he will stay on for another year to play on the regular tour. Being in the top 30 on the Money List also makes him eligible for the US Open. |
| Canadian detour |
| The Canadian Open, which is the last tour stop before the Ryder Cup, has been moved back by one week. This might affect the field but for the present, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Stewart Cink, Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry are among Ryder Cup players who have said they will play at Glen Abbey, where the Canadian Open is due. |
| Tiger Woods will not return to the Abbey, where he hit that 218-yard bunker shot over the water to win in 2000. Woods and Jim Furyk are among those playing the week before at Boston. |
| Different strokes |
| US Women's Open champion Meg Mallon has a different perspective on the 14-year-old Michelle Wie. While some say that Wie should enjoy being a teenager rather than spend her summer on the LPGA Tour, Mallon, said, "She's(Wei) getting more life experiences to help her more than any 14-year-old sitting around on a computer, doing things they probably shouldn't be doing." Bogeyman |
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