Ricky Barnes, Paddy Harrington amd Brendan Steele all at the top or near the top of the leaderboard today. Someone at Wilson is loving life this week.
Which begs the question, wouldn't it be natural for Mark Wilson to play Wilson Staff? 
My wife says to me, "I don't recognize any of these players."
To which I replied, "Yeah, they are all in the Bahamas, playing beer pong." 
Have not seen those names on top of the leader board for a long time.
Don't forget Streelman. He's right there as well.
Ricky Barnes +3 thru 17. Now that's the guy I've come to expect on the weekend. DAMMIT VALUEGOLF! You're putting too much pressure on him! 
Congratulations to Charlie Hoffman.
About time.
People can say what they wish about Patrick Reed... smug, arrogant, the playground bully that you'd like to see punched in the throat, etc.
But the guy, although not quite top-5 material as he maintained a couple years ago, is certainly a solid player who is extremely competitive at the moment and nearer to the top-5 than the bottom-50, for sure.
Ricky Barnes... he will, someday, bottle his nerves and break through. The analysts talk about his swing deficiencies as if they've never heard of Jim Furyk or Lee Trevino. Of course, I'm not comparing Barnes to either of those two, but if he continues playing well on Thursday and Friday, being part of the weekend scrum, he will eventually figure it out. There's still a lot of untapped potential there, and I think once he does win - he will win more.
As for Hoffman... Charley has really played some nice golf the past month or so. It was only a matter of time, it was cool to see him make that putt at the last to cash-in.
And equally as nice, I thought, was Billy Horschel's reaction to both Hoffman and Reed afterward. Billy got a bad rap for showing his frustration at Chambers Bay last summer in the US Open, but I think he's a class guy who understands what it means to do what he does for a living, and how important it is to win after a prolonged hiatus for some of his peers.
It wasn't a star-studded field, but it was a very exciting finish nonetheless.
Did you notice that Charley Hoffman starting playing much better after he cut his hair?
And, yes, I thought Horschel's reaction was great and very sportsman-like. I think I also recall sometime during the Sunday round that Horschel also gave a thumbs up to another player for a nice shot or putt.
