Golf World October 05, 2009

Cover photograph by J.D. Cuban

October 5, 2009

BUNKER

Closing in on the next LPGA commissioner

Kenny Perry receives the 2009 Payne Stewart Award

Heath Slocum decides it's time to spread the wealth

Fred Wadsworth qualified on Monday, won on Sunday

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

EQUIPMENT
More choices for lefties
By E. Michael Johnson

GRILLROOM
Sean O'Hair shows grit
By Bob Verdi

OPINION
It was Tiger's decade
By Bill Fields

TOUR TALK

PGA
• Forget 2009--Tiger Woods' best season was 2000

CHAMPIONS
• First time's a charm for Tom Pernice Jr. at his senior debut in N.C.

LPGA
• A six-year winless drought comes to a satisfying end for Sophie Gustafson

AMATEURS
• Pennsylvania men had the right mix to win USGA state team title

FRONT NINE/STATS & SCORES

FEATURES

Dollar Days
Phil Mickelson (Tour Championship) and Tiger Woods (FedEx Cup) were the big winners at rain-battered East Lake
By Bob Verdi

10-25-99
Ten years after a plane carrying Payne Stewart and five others crashed in a Mina, S.D., field, the memory of the day lingers
By Jim Moriarty

PRESIDENTS CUP PREVIEW

Crossover Appeal
Harding Park will test Presidents Cup competitors with a mix-and-match lineup of holes that should produce drama
By Ron Whitten

Harding Park Course Map
A look at the layout--and the history--of this San Francisco muny that will host the eighth Presidents Cup matches
By Brett Avery

Presidents Cup Team Previews
A brief scouting report on the 24 players that make up the U.S. and International squads
By John Antonini

Cover photograph by J.D. Cuban