BMW Championship
 

Traditionally this was known as the Western Open, which has been played since 1899(!). Recently it was based out of Cog Hill near Chicago, but this year it is being played at the par 71 Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, and will be rotated between Cog Hill, Bellerive, and Carmel near Indy for the forseeable future.

The top 70 in the FedEx points standings make it to this tournament, and there is no weekend cut, just as a head's up to those who buy and hold. The top of the leaderboard wont be the only thing to look at though, as everyone will be trying to get into the top 30 to get into next week's PGA Championship.

The defending champ is Tiger, who finished the tourney last year at an amazing (and tourney record) -22, and this years winner earns a $1,260,000 paycheck.

Allenby, Robert
Ames, Stephen
Appleby, Stuart
Austin, Woody
Baddeley, Aaron
Baird, Briny
Bryant, Bart
Byrd, Jonathon
Campbell, Chad
Choi, K.J.
Cink, Stewart
Clark, Tim
Crane, Ben
Curtis, Ben
Els, Ernie
Furyk, Jim
Garcia, Sergio
Glover, Lucas
Harrington, Padraig
Herron, Tim
Hoffman, Charley
Holmes, J.B.
Imada, Ryuji
Immelman, Trevor
Kelly, Jerry
Kim, Anthony
Leonard, Justin
Mahan, Hunter
Mayfair, Billy
Mickelson, Phil
Ogilvy, Geoff
Perry, Kenny
Pettersson, Carl
Reavie, Chez
Romero, Andres
Sabbatini, Rory
Scott, Adam
Senden, John
Singh, Vijay
Slocum, Heath
Snedeker, Brandt
Stricker, Steve
Sutherland, Kevin
Trahan, D.J.
Verplank, Scott
Villegas, Camilo
Wagner, Johnson
Watson, Bubba
Weekley, Boo
Weir, Mike
Wilson, Dean

Thank you -mmm-.

No Tiger yet again. :(

The last time that happened was just about seven years ago.

Not even Tiger could get a plane ride home.

I think he drove back home in a rental car.

Thanks Mark. BTW....I BELIEVE SINGH is taking this week off. He has tendonitis in his left forearm and has enough points to make the show. I do not hink anyone in this field will approach Tiger's winning score last year at Cog HIll either.

Thank you rich as always. ;)