It's the Play-Offs

It's the finals and as you could have guessed Tiger Woods is in the point lead for the Fed-Ex Cup. Congratulations to the PGA Tour for pulling off what I thought to be difficult, creating excitement with both the fans and players in the late season. Known in the past as the second season for the lack of stars and the race of the unknowns to get their tour cards for the following season. Golf needs this kind of a conclusion to stay competitive with the big 3 sports in North America, Baseball, Football and Basketball. An honourable mention to the NHL of course, although huge here at home, not so south of the border.

Surprising the the race is close with Steve Sticker a little more than 3000 points away and the colourful and unpredictable Phil Mickelson just 4000 points behind. Mickelson produced a fantastic performance head-to-head with Tiger during his victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship. In Phil fashion he promptly took the next week off. A vacation well deserved, but no rest for the world's # 1 Tiger Woods, who is pursuing another first, to have his named engraved on the Fedex Cup.

Mark Sharpe

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