Champions Tour Match Play?: Editors' Blog: Golf Digest

Champions Tour Match Play?

Thursday, April 3, 2008 Comments

In his "President Bill" column on March 14, Golf World's Bill Fields listed 15 things he'd do if he were "President of Golf." One was:

Install a Champions Tour match-play event.

Don Morton of Chesterfield, Missouri, likes the idea, with a caveat:

In 2001 the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Match Play Championship at Boone Valley Golf Club was not that successful after holding five great tournaments there for the seniors. Like any other match play event, many times unknowns end up playing on the final day(s). Maybe a better idea is one which Gary Player proposed three years ago during an interview with Peter Jacobsen. Let's have a full-field tournament event which combines players from the PGA Tour and Champions Tour with pairings and competition similar to the Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup or The Legends. Not only would this provide some interesting pairings but would also give the seniors an opportunity to pass on to many of the PGA Tour players the traditions of and responsibilities the younger players have to professional golf.

You had me with the event, but that passing-on-traditions-and-responsibilities....now you're reaching. It would be wonderful if it happened, of course. The Master of all such education is Arnold Palmer and Fields' piece on Arnie in Golf World's Masters section this week is a must-read.

--Bob Carney

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I am so sick of all the hype about that miserable old man Arnold Palmer. I attended the 1983 US Open and had a bad encounter with Arnie in the parking lot outside the clubhouse. My son was chasing him for an autograph and Arnie said he didn't have time to sign it. My son asked again and Arnie said ok. He then proceeded to tell my son that he had to get his pen out of his golf bag which was already in the trunk of his car. He opened the trunk, bent over as if to look inside, and emitted an enormous amount of gas right into my son's face. Palmer then proceeded to laugh uncontrollably, slam the door of his car, and speed off, leaving my boy in a cloud of dust and a human fart. This kind of behaviour is inexcusable, and Arnie should be ashamed. One thing I can tell you is this...noone should revere this man. He behaves this way everywhere he goes and I think the miserable old man should stay home and fart on people his own age.

Posted by ClaytonRingwald April 10, 2008 1:05 PM