BLOGS

alright, have played exactly 23 holes thus far this year, 2 birdies, bunch of pars - literally one ton of rust, you can follow me around the course by looking for the bronze colored trail from the tees to the greens!

have a cool round scheduled for tomorrow, will take copious notes...

My new favorite stat of the year comes courtesy of www.officialworldgolfranking.com, which shows Tiger at 20.07, Phil at 9.01, and Brian Henninger (#1350!) at .01. I learned this when one of the European chaps interviewed Tiger after he won at Dubai, (the way he put it to Tiger: why do you think there is a bigger gap between the number 1 and number 2 golfer, than between the number 2 and number 1000 golfer?).

I had to see it for myself - and I'll be danged if this isn't the scariest thing a professional golfer needs to see... I reckon the guys who compete with him on a daily basis know just HOW GOOD THIS GUY IS, but this is starting to get a little ridiculous now.

I like numbers, but the formula is a bit more intricate than I need to look at.

Interesting points: Tiger to Phil - 11.06 difference - the DIFFERENCE is larger than Phil's rating of 9.01.

Phil to no. 3 Stricker - 2.48 difference.

After that, the numbers tighten dramatically, with no differential greater than the .52 between Stenson at 13 and (U.S. Open champ) Cabrera at 14. 

Watching Phil make an 11 on a SIMPLE par 5 this past weekend actually makes it quite easy to believe he is closer to Brian than to Tiger, ( further confirming, as if necessary, the validity of the rankings!)

Worst news of all for professional golfers everywhere and anywhere - he doesn't appear to be slowing down...