So, another event where Phil Mickelson is ready to challenge Tiger has come and gone.  With the two in the same threesome on Thursday and Friday, Mickelson was able to get to his usual choke job early.

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As drama goes, can it possibly get any better than this in a sport as leisurely paced as golf?  You’ve got one of the game’s most loveable senior citizens matched against the possibly wounded giant in overtime!  And Tiger’s putt on 18 yesterday ranks right up there with Eli Manning squeezing the game-winning TD pass to his receiver in the Super Bowl.  That putt would have been thrilling had he simply drilled it.  But to watch Tiger’s ball heading for the right lip, not appearing to have enough cup, and then just and then suddenly fall at the last possible moment … my neighbors heard me on that one.

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Why is the PGA on Twitter?  Why are they bothering?  By my count the organization has three Twitter accounts; @pgagolf, @pgatour, and @pgaofamerica.  Two of them haven’t updated since the 13th.  All seem to mainly update overnight when they do, and use the tool to drive traffic to posts on their website.  What a waste.  Golf has to be the Twitter-friendliest sport there is.  When you break it down, each round is a series of brief, easily described in limited words events, and these events are separated by long lulls during which someone could be, oh, I don’t know, banging out a quick text.  They’ve already got staff all over the place and my guess is that they all have cell phones.  Teach them to text and you’re done.