Tour and News  Van Cynical Mailbag: Proposing a Father-Son
National Championship, your questions answered  What I learned
from watching last weekend's televised Silly Season father-son
tournament for golf's big names is something I already knew from
when my son, an aspiring mini-tour player, got turned down for
sponsor's exemptions for PGA Tour and tournaments in favor of,
say, the sons or grandsons of famous pro golfers.  "Dad," Mike
Van Sickle joked, "you should've won a major."  Yeah, that's on
me. My bad.  At least, I think he was joking.  Stewart and
Connor Cink won the Father-Son Challenge. It's a TV show because
it's filled with big-name golfers. The requirement for getting
in the field, as my son outlined, is having won a major. There
were 20 teams in the event, featuring 12 Hall of Fame golfing
greats. More power to them. What airs is what TV can sell. But
that event begs a question, doesn't it? Who really is the best
father-son golfing combo in America? Or the world?  Forget this
Silly Season show.