Rainy-day wonderings...

Last week’s Viking Classic in Mississippi was literally a washout. Torrential rains left the course unplayable, and the year’s next-to-the-last PGA tournament was cancelled, with no rescheduling. Interestingly enough, the final tournament on the schedule is two weeks after the Viking, leaving an open week of improved weather, during which it would likely be possible to play a tournament. There have been some decent explanations on why the tournament wasn’t just rescheduled for the open week, mainly dealing with financial and scheduling factors, but I have to wonder if the lack of marquee names also played a part in the decision. John Daly and David Duval are probably the biggest names who were in the scheduled field for the Viking. If Tiger Woods and/or Phil Mickelson had been scheduled to tee it up in Mississippi, would we be seeing tee times for this Thursday? I suspect we would be. In the meantime, the people of Mississippi and those players who are fighting to get or keep their cards just got a lot more rain dumped on their parade, literally.