"The new system undoubtedly makes it harder for outsiders to crash the PGA Tour’s party."

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Sean Martin says good players will make their way to the tour, but he also mourns the likely demise of stories like Q-Schooler John Huh's Cinderella run, which will not be possible if the PGA Tour policy board votes to approve changes (and since FedEx just re-upped for $35 million based on the proposal, I'd say the votes will be there!).
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Hats Off To Golfweek's Bracket Masters

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I'm down at 3881 with a score of 42, so I can only marvel at the two...yes two folks who had Hunter Mahan winning and a bunch of other matches picked correctly in Golfweek's bracket madness.

And with matching scores of 130, they had to go to the tiebreaker picking how many holes the final match would go and "C, MacKay" even got that right, picking 17. Nice going!

And tip of the cap to Golfweek for a smooth running bracket aided by daily update emails. Yet another reason I wish we had more match play.

Brandel Likely To Get A Visit From Camp Ponte Vedra Police

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There were new set pieces (more cactus!) and a little more spunk in this year's State of the Pro Game discussion from Tucson. The first by-product of last year's marriage between NBC and Golf Channel managed to address the everyday game in a rushed final segment last year and though they didn't get that far this year, once they got past the tedious Tiger talk the discussion must have had the monitors in Ponte Vedra picking up the red phone.
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Trump About To Close On Doral; Tabs Hanse For Blue Monster Redo

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Bradley Klein says Donald Trump is about to close on his purchase of Doral resort and has hired architect Gil Hanse "to undertake a dramatic renovation of the Blue Monster, the most famous of the resort’s five courses and home to the PGA Tour's annual World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship next month."
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