"It was as decipherable as an IRS audit."
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Steve Elling's sendup, I mean, write-up of the fourth FedExCup finale probably means Tim Finchem won't be nominating him in any Hall of Fame lifetime achievement category meetings. Doesn't mean it's not spot on though.
Finally, the PGA Tour had a compelling Sunday setup at the Tour Championship in which multiple players had a chance to grab the $10 million bonus only by winning the tournament proper, and for most of the audience, it was as decipherable as an IRS audit.
And this was beautiful...
So, not only were viewers left in a drooling stupor while trying to navigate the statistical iterations, Stricker was dumbfounded to learn that he had helped torpedo Kuchar's chances because he parred the last two holes after making a double-bogey on the 16th -- all of it shown live.
"No, seriously?" he said. "For me, why? I'm sorry, Matt. I was just telling him in the locker room, 'Matt, you're looking great, you can still win this thing.'"
Mick Elliott wasn't too enthused either.
Then it was Paul Casey's turn.
Despite being without a PGA Tour win this season, he could have edged Furyk out for the FedEx Cup simply by earning a tie for second -- not a ringing endorsement for the playoff system -- but, with a bogey at 17, shot 69 and finished 5 under and T4, two shots back of the share of second he needed.
"I had no clue," Casey said.
Who did?
Ty, there is one writer's work you can clip and paste for the Commish's daily briefing of news approved for his his senstive eyes. Rex Hoggard liked Sunday's finale...kind of.
But if East Lake had exceeded its luck quotient, the 2010 edition may well be remembered as the year of karma’s great make good, with the cosmic tumblers playing catch up for a bad cell phone alarm and an equally bad captain’s choice.
“Forty years from now there will be a lot of history in (the FedEx Cup),” Furyk said. “To have my name with Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh (the 2008 cup champion), those guys can play. It’s special.”
Confusing, a bit contrived, but special nonetheless.
Three more views from SI/golf.com's roundtable:
Shipnuck: Don't hate me, but I liked the scoring system. The volatility made each week's results a big deal. There should be a built-in prejudice for the guy who wins the final event.
Dusek: It has to be re-worked. I'll be fascinated to see what the PGA Tour does now because the TV contracts are set to be renegotiated in 2011, so it needs to show that the playoffs can be a ratings producer. People, including the players, don't get it. That's a big problem.
Hack: The system is a mess. Playoffs in pro sports have divisions, leagues, conferences and brackets. The FedEx Cup has...math
