Captains show baby boomer mentality

So first, let me say that if the use of twitter and facebook are the biggest stories at the Ryder cup, the event has probably reach a point of desperation. Of course the story is better than some classless british writer questioning Tiger being ordinary.

Are these captains clueless. The event is partially going to occur before americans get up, and for some it may even start on friday night in america before some people go to bed. In today's world just about everyone has acknowledged that some (if not most) people want instant news and interaction. So Pavin and Montgomery can hide behind locker room "secrets" but how can the PGA and R&A tolerate the same social media that they have come to start utilizing themselves.

None of these guys are known to be obsesive compulsive tweeters, so letting fans follow the activities in this manner just seems so disconnected from the realities of todays world.

I was never a real fan of either of these captains when they played, guess that opinion will carry over to my thoughts in the role of captains.

Bye Week

Is the PGA tour off their rocker or what. They are about to kick of a Tigerless PGA Championship with no momentum. Okay for some of obsessed golf fans we did have the unique golf new host less nationwide tour broadcast. The PGA tour this year had the opportunity to show that it's leaders could adapt to a extremely altered landscape with Tiger's lack of participation along with a bad economic environment (apparrently no longer a recession though). Instead we saw nothing new to draw fans and sponsors. Now we come off a bye week, guess if it's good for football it must be good for golf. With limited appeal, it'll be interesting to see what the ratings look like when the weekend is over. I will watch (because my golf OCD will kick in) and root for Kuchar as my feel good winner but let's all admit if we had not had a week of "rest" we probably would all be much more enthused.