1 – Good move

Count me as a big fan of this new-look to the PGA Tour playoff format: If players go to the 18th for a third extra hole, a new pin position is cut. Love it.

2 – Will the producers please step in

But count me continually exasperated by on-course reporters who tell us these chip shots or long putts are “makeable” or those who in the booth who categorize everything as “unbelievable.”

3 – Gentle touch is best

Little things mean a lot so when I watched two junior golfers go 18 in a championship match and at every hole take the flagstick out and lay it gently on the green, my day was complete. Well played, laddies. And, yes, I’m looking at you, the guy who likes to pull the flagstick out and toss it to green with a thump.

4 – One of my favorite words

The day was going well. How well, she asked. So well that I told her I felt as if I were dormie and it was only noon. She offered to take my temperature.

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5 – Inquiring minds could care less

It’s been three or four days since the last Collin Morikawa caddie update. On the edge of my seat.

6 – Oh, the laughs we had

When there’s a lull in the day, sometimes I catch myself laughing at tournament press interview moments from years ago. Like the day Mark O’Meara was talking about a “two-club wind” and a reporter asked, “Which two clubs?”

7 – I’m here to tell you

There’s simply nothing more wondrous than a good punch-bowl green.

8 – Just being honest

Lady in the fruit aisle asked, “How are you this morning?” I felt compelled to tell her the truth. “I’m in between fruits. Do I go with the soft plums or buy the hard nectarines?”

9 – Silly list

You realize, don’t you, that there are about 376 courses in the top 100 ahead of about 21 or 22 that are there?