International Cup?

Last year's International closed up shop in February and Tiger Woods' camp wasted no time in taking advantage of the prime date, adding the AT&T National to the schedule.  There's no arguing that Denver has a stellar golf scene, and the Denver Post's Woody Paige proposes a President's Cup-like format for the 50-and-overs called the International Cup...naturally taking place in Colorado.

Golf should come home to Castle Pines next summer for a newly created International Cup — a four-day challenge among a dozen U.S. senior champions and a team of 50-and- older players representing the rest of the world.

The International truly would be a significant international affair again — with rolling hills, tall pines, duck hooks and three-jacks, double bogeys on No. 10 and double eagles on No. 17 and the best chocolate milkshakes in golf.

The U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor this week, the Colorado Open last week and the U.S. Amateur Publinx two weeks ago remind us that the Denver area belongs, annually, in big-time golf, on fairways and greens, not O.B.

It's a bold and interesting idea, but if it would somehow pan out, I'm sure the International team--and even the Americans--would want the tournament to altenate between American and International sites.