Lee Westwood Snubs U.S. PGA Tour, Plans To Miss the 2011 Players Championship

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Published: January 20, 2011

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If you haven't noticed, there is a row starting in the world of golf.

Whether it is simply the players or the tours, it is Europe and the rest of the world against the Americans.

Here are Reistetter's Top 10 thoughts on the current situation and how it evolved in the last nine months.

1.  The latest happening is U.S. PGA Tour non-member Lee Westwood's announcement that he is missing the 2011 Players due to the restriction of being able to play in only 10 U.S. PGA Tour-sanctioned tournaments.

2.  The issue is not the actual Players event as playing there does not count against the 10 limit for nonmembers. Remember, The Players is the fifth major by virtue of the strongest field in all of golf, its history and major sponsor. The issue is Westwood playing at Quail Hollow, host to the 2017 PGA Championship, the week before The Players to warm up.

3.  The 10 cards in Westwood's 2011 playing hand are the four majors, three WGCs and the Honda Classic (sandwiched between the WGC Match Play in Arizona and the WGC in Florida at Doral), Shell Houston (week before the Masters) and St. Jude in Memphis (week before the U.S. Open), where Westwood is the defending champion.     

4.  Why is Westwood targeting The Players Championship? He is not, Chubby Chandler, Managing Director of International Sports Management, golf's current day Mark McCormack, is the man making the decisions for Westwood. Think about the impact McCormack had on the game of golf when he developed the sports agent role and signed up Arnold Palmer as his first client.

5.  Chandler controls world No. 1 Lee Westwood, Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, the other U.S. PGA Tour non-member snob Rory McIlroy, Hall of Fame inductee Ernie Els, up-and coming Charl Schwartzel and Chris Wood as well as grisly veteran Darren Clarke.

6.  This is about Chandler versus Finchem, commission...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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