{"id":2703,"date":"2011-12-13T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T12:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=2703"},"modified":"2011-12-13T19:48:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T19:48:45","slug":"end-of-the-year-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/end-of-the-year-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the year musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some random thoughts to chew on as we wait the coming of real snow in Buffalo:<\/p>\n<p>Is Luke Donald really the best golfer in the world? \u00a0I know that he led both the US and the European money lists, but, I wonder who would come out on top if a panel of experts had to pick a fantasy golf team.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) currently bases their world rankings on the previous year&#8217;s results unlike the PGA tour which uses a two year window. \u00a0With all of the mental and physical strain on players, the world-wide travel schedules, the depth of the field of players and the vagaries of golf itself, wouldn&#8217;t it make more sense for the PGA Tour to adopt a one-year ranking system?<\/p>\n<p>No matter what Tiger Woods does in the next few years, he is surely on the down side of his career. \u00a0Is Tiger the last of the &#8216;great&#8217; American golfers? \u00a0Will the PGA be dominated by the rest of the world just as the ATP is dominated by non-Americans? \u00a0Or is this merely a cycle that will shift back to American domination?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure how his putting will hold up, but, I could easily see Alvaro Quiros winning a major in 2012. \u00a0How about the Masters? \u00a0I believe he could play the par 5&#8217;s with driver and short iron.<\/p>\n<p>If you had Patrick Cantlay&#8217;s golfing ability would you return to collegiate golf or head to the PGA for some serious dineros? \u00a0Me, I&#8217;m looking for a full time caddy and a boat load of sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;ve got to go know. \u00a0I have to see if the snow blower still fires up.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some random thoughts to chew on as we wait the coming of real snow in Buffalo: Is Luke Donald really the best golfer in the world? \u00a0I know that he led both the US and the European money lists, but, I wonder who would come out on top if a panel of experts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ricos-rants"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>End of the year musings &#062; 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