A Tweak Of Rae's Creek

And what about John Daly? "The only way I'll ever make a Ryder Cup team is when I'm captain," he says. "Then I can name myself to the team."

The Short Game

Something is wrong when Greg Norman is eliminated from consideration for the Vardon Trophy, for lowest stroke average, because he withdrew from a tournament with an injury, while Steve Elkington wins the award after being disqualified from the World Series of Golf for signing an incorrect scorecard....

Curtis Strange is lobbying to have the dates for the Michelob Championships—the new name for the Anheuser-Busch Classic—changed from mid-July to September or October, when it isn't so steamy in Williamsburg, Va. Fall tournaments have a tough time getting on network TV, but in its current time slot, the Williamsburg event annually loses out on the top-tier players, who depart a week early for the British Open....

Colin Montgomerie's third straight money title on the European tour did not go down well with Sam Torrance, who came in second after topping the money list going into the final tournament. "I know, great, I made a lot of money; I finished second on the Order of Merit; I won three times, won the Ryder Cup, won the Dunhill Cup; but I'm still very upset."...

Nick Faldo has had it up to here with U.S. reporters prying into his reported separation from his wife, Gill, and romance with a University of Arizona coed: "I owe an apology to the British golf writers. They are a band of angels compared to this lot," he said. British writers responded with this fax: "Apology accepted. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. The Band of Angels." It was signed by 23 Brits.

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