Ernie Els flashed that easy smile when he saw a reporter walking
toward the clubhouse at the TPC Sawgrass earlier this month.
"This must be great for you guys," he said through his laughter.
"Come out to the PGA Tour and every week they hand you another
story."  And he wasn't talking about Adam Scott winning the
Masters.  The debate over anchored strokes and long putters.
Deer antler spray. Rule 33-7. A player cleared of an anti-doping
violation on a technicality, and then suing his own tour.
Players hiring an attorney over a new rule related to the long
putter.  And this was before the public spat between Sergio
Garcia and Tiger Woods took an ugly turn that brought overtures
of racism back into golf.  "It's been quite a controversial year
for golf," Lee Westwood said.  Woods already has won four times
on the PGA Tour going into the Memorial, a tournament he already
has won five times in his career. So when someone asked Westwood
on Tuesday if there was a sense that the No. 1 player was on the
verge of going