Just for fun, let’s all do a little math, shall we? First number, 39, that’s the total number of events on the PGA Tour this year.  With Calc’s unlikely victory last week 11 are in the books, do the division and you get a little over 28 -- that represents the percent of the season that’s gone by … just a smidge over a quarter.

Now if you do the same math for the participation the world’s number one, Tiger Woods, the result is a pathetic 5% -- he has a total of 7 rounds of completed tournament play in 2007. Although he’s in the field this week at Arnie’s place, and you have to also remember that in the old days if you refused a King’s invitation, they cut your head off -- what’s the typically elusive Tiger’s reward for his lack of consistent participation on the tour that made him the richest player in golf’s history? Chastisement? Suspension? Why no, the tour gives him his own tournament to be held over the July 4th weekend in our nation’s capital – with the charity of record being (surprise) The Tiger Woods Foundation!

The tournament will be called the AT&T National and, on the bright side, part of the tournament’s mission is to recognize those serving in our armed forces … a further tribute to Tiger’s father, the Late Earl Woods, a green beret who served with distinction in Vietnam. 

But there’s another troubling thought circulating within our game … if you want Tiger to play your tournament, and that will raise attendance, you have to consider designating the Tiger Woods Foundation as your charity of choice! He’s got three tournaments in his bag now and could go for a grand slam – with that combination of unseemly rarity and undeserved reward he earns his first unplayable lie of 2007 – so Tiger, take a penalty stroke and play on!