PA-PLAYA - Phil probably understood the fallacy of even trying to finish Sunday as soon as he entered the locker room. Scott Piercy could have told him what a dip shit he was for just trying to finish that resulted in a 3 putt on 18. Then the reality of that 3 putt hit Piercy in the wallet when he learned it cost him $50,000 when the tour ponied up the payouts. Ouch.

I remarked to my wife that I noticed they were picking up the pace to try to finish on about 14. Then I saw lights on in a few windows of the homes lining the fairway on 15 and knew time was quickly running out. We've all been there trying to get to the clubhouse in the dark. Phil was sober.

    There is no one I enjoy watching on the PGA tour more than Phil. However, I don't care who it is they need to be in contention on the weekend. I find it much more enjoyable to watch a rookie seeking his first win on the weekend than to see coverage of Tiger or Phil, etc ...... when they are hoping to make the top 20 at best.

    As far as the press, if you actually read something from the media and believe you have the facts and truth of a situation, you are an idiot. You may think, well at least I saw pictures and the video. Probably, but did you know they will cut and edit video, represent pictures as being the scene or event when in fact they don't want to pay for what they need from another source or their crew missed their flight (I know of a situation where this was the case because the crew was at a bar and simply forgot they were in a different time zone - major network - prime time news show) so they look at what is available in their files or go down the street hundreds or even thousands of miles away to take pictures of a similar location. Fake news is not new, fake news has been around for a long time. I believe we see it exposed more today because of diverse political opinions, modern communication tools and the social media.