Fifth of Four Majors Watch***

Douglas Lowe of The Herald gently rolls his eyes at the notion of the Players as a fifth major, while Mark Lamport-Stokes of Reuters repeats the fifth major line like he’s working off a PGA Tour press release. Not a full fledged call from Reuters for the fifth of four majors to become the fifth of five, but a nice start to a week of always tedious press coverage.

Just typing out loud here..if the Players becomes a major, will it count as the sixth major for the Champions Tour players in the field who already play five on their own Tour?

Oh, and TGC's Brian Hewitt reports the rough is up and that the players refer to this as the TPC, which the Tour, err, TOUR(C) brass hates. Golf World’s Ron Whitten wrote a great story on Pete Dye’s original design and why many players believe the rough is rather un-Dye like .

***Update: James Corrigan of The Independent refers to the “so-called fifth major.” What’s this sarcasm stuff? Surely someone is desperate for a column this week and will declare the TPC the fifth major. Or could it be that the Tour's push for "major status" has worn everyone out?