I'll admit it, I've been paying more attention to the U.S. Amateur than the opening event of the FedEx Cup playoffs, the Barclays. I'm sure now that the likes of Jamie Lovemark and Philip Francis have been eliminated I won't be paying as close attention, but still, something has to be said about that. Cameron Morfit echoes this sentiment on golf.com:
The FedEx Cup is redundant. After 33 tournaments this year, including four majors and three WGC events, we've identified the top players. We know what happens if Sergio Garcia plays Padraig Harrington, and we know that Kenny Perry has had a nice season and could win again...
The U.S. Am is a novelty, a gathering of fantastic players we haven't seen a million times before...
The FedEx Cup is stuck in a major end-of-season traffic jam. All of the individual events anyone cares about are over. In fact, judging from the breathless, parking lot stakeouts of Brett Favre, the press and public tuned out the Tiger-less Tour even during the year's final major. Paddy's PGA was no match for Brett's SUV.
