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Tom Watson's 2009 British Open run should be celebrated, but it's worth noting that the field the 59-year-old nearly faced down couldn't hold a candle to those he tackled in his prime.

There's no shock that Tiger Woods -- at more than $117 million in 2008 -- tops Golf Digest's list of top 50 earners in golf. But a couple of the names in the top 5 haven't won a PGA Tour event in more than a decade, writes GolfWorld's Ron Sirak.

It's the battle, not the results, that meant so much to Greg Norman. Phil Mickelson knows that lesson well, writes Ron Sirak.

At a certain point, self-destructive behavior cannot be viewed as a commodity to be bought and sold -- not by the PGA Tour, not by the sponsors, not by the fans and not by the media. The John Daly show is no longer funny.

With the Tiger Woods show on hiatus until Thursday's Arnold Palmer Invitational, GolfWorld's Ron Sirak shares many of the things he doesn't "get" about golf -- including how anyone wouldn't enjoy the pure genius of the game's No. 1 player.

Lorena Ochoa's domination of the HSBC Champions event in Singapore should leave the golf world drawing comparisons between the No. 1 players on the LPGA and PGA tours.

It sounds crazy, but Tiger Woods will tie Byron Nelson's record 11 PGA Tour wins in a row.

Annika Sorenstam's latest victory at the SBS Open was so much fun to watch because so many young players challenged her for the title.

With a commanding lead halfway through the Buick Invitational, it's apparent that Tiger Woods will win this week. And yet, writes Ron Sirak, the lack of suspense doesn't mean it will be any less entertaining.

Golf Channel suspended play-by-play announcer Kelly Tilghman for two weeks on Wednesday for saying last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley."

Last year, the PGA Tour ended its season earlier so as to avoid football season. Maybe it should start later for the same reason.

Tiger Woods and Lorena Ochoa will each earn Player of the Year honors on their respective tours, but who had the better season? Ron Sirak says the numbers and intangibles are so close, it's tough to call.

Is the ADT Championship, featuring a final round in which all players start with a clean slate and a shot at $1 million, a gimmick? Absolutely, writes Ron Sirak, and a great one, too.

Steve Stricker now owns the FedEx Cup points lead. Which raises the question: If a lesser-name player wins the title, is it a dream or a nightmare for the PGA Tour?

So, Tiger Woods is skipping the first-ever FedEx Cup playoff event? The PGA Tour actually should be happy about it, writes Ron Sirak.

The FedEx Cup playoffs haven't even started yet, but make no mistake, the golf season ended with the PGA Championship.