Friday Shorts

Jack Nicklaus gets a few thoughts off his chest on the technology issue. Definitely the most refined attack yet from Nicklaus. Meanwhile, Tom Watson covered an array of topics in his post Senior TPC press conference, including the long putter, Augusta, the notion of lengthening courses and how the USGA was outsmarted on the ball issue. The clock is ticking…it’s only a matter of time before someone makes a move. Oh but who will it be?

Gerry Dulag has a comprehensive review of the recent slow play comments , and ends his story with one I had not seen yet regarding the Sabbatini-Crane affair at Congressional:

Some of Sabbatini's fellow pros also delivered their opinion of his actions: When Sabbatini walked into the locker room at the U.S. Open several days after the incident with Crane, the players who were there gave him a standing ovation.

Not surprisingly, Peter Jacobsen's July feature interview with Golf Digest is a fun read thanks to great questions from Guy Yocum from Jaime Diaz. One surprise: Jacobsen's interest in the job of PGA Tour Commissioner when Tim Finchem decides to step down and join a bunch of corporate boards. Wait, he's already started the board seat part, excuse me. Anyway, the interview features several interesting comments from Jacobsen about what he'd do to enhance the, gulp, "product."