Heath Slocum News

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. The final official PGA Tour event of the season seems the perfect place to test drive some new equipment with an eye toward 2010 and an impending rules change regarding grooves.

Golf Channel's Rex Hoggard notes that there will not be a Comeback Player of the Year awarded for '09 on the PGA Tour.

Troy Matteson stood on the 18th green last Sunday. He had just missed a putt for par.

For Nick Biesecker, golf is not just a sport. It's an occupation. He's been busy since he won The News Leader tournament in July, as he has divided his time between the amateur tournament trail and being an agent for about a dozen PGA professionals his firm, Blue Giraffe, represents.

Here are the top 4 golfers on the 2009 PGA Money list playing in the 2009 Viking Classic.

The Associated Press Nick O'Hern hits from the 18th fairway during the first round of the Frys.com Open on Thursday.

Brandishing a hot putter on a warm afternoon, Australian Nick O'Hern cruised to a career-low 63 and the first-round lead in the Frys.com Open in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Thursday.

Brandishing a hot putter on a warm afternoon, Australian Nick O'Hern cruised to a career-low 63 and the first-round lead in the Frys.com Open on Thursday.

Both shot 6-under 64s in the second round in ideal conditions on the Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club to reach 11-under 129.

Nick O'Hern fired a seven-under 63 to take the first-round lead Thursday at the Frys.com Open.

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie and Marc Warren will take the World Cup back to the home of golf for the first time after beating the United States on the third hole of a sudden death playoff on Sunday.

Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum will leave China with their heads held high after coming up just short in their attempt to emulate some of the greatest names in golf by winning the World Cup for the United States.

Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum remained on course to claim a 24th World Cup triumph for the United States after picking up three shots for a one-stroke lead halfway through the final round foursomes on Sunday.

It is what it is PGA Tour players, when pressed for an answer or cornered by an uncomfortable question, will freefall into its safe confines without hesitation.

Through the years on the PGA Tour, autumn events have been held from Napa, Calif., to Pensacola, Fla., Sutton, Mass., to Mobile, Ala., and Robinson, Ill., to Beaumont, Texas.

Published: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. Nick Biesecker's job is to manage golfers and the Lexington native has some big-name clients on the PGA Tour.

OK, I have to get something off my chest. Everyone is up in arms over the FedEx Cup race and how the system is put together this year.

As Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods stood side by side on the 18th green of East Lake Golf Club in the fading light of Atlanta on Sunday, all looked perfect in the world of the FedExCup playoffs.

ATLANTA The sign along Glenwood Avenue says it all, "Welcome to the playoff finale," with the subtle trace of something special left unspoken but thick in the humid Georgia air.

To borrow a baseball phrase: "Chicks dig the long ball." The FedEx Cup standings, apparently, do not.