Another day and Frank Lickliter is miles ahead of everyone at Q School. This event bores me to tears, but it's not going to be good until Sunday. Monday is the final round, but by Sunday you will be able to see who's in and who's out. My boy Colt Knost is looking like a conditional Nationwide Tour player next year.

I forgot to mention the Nedbank Golf Challenge is also going on. Justin Rose joined Trevor Immelman in the lead if that's your thing.

Bob Charles, 71, actually made the cut at the New Zealand Open. He had a senior moment as to which was his first tee on Friday. http://www.pgatour.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=7160. This is really impressive all kidding aside.

Here's a revelation in golf's silliest, stupidest feud. The Scotsman has the story. http://sport.scotsman.com/golf.cfm?id=1875452007
Three things to realize here. 1.) The Ryder Cup is almost 10 months away. 2.) If Monty doesn't make the team, there's no way Faldo wouldn't bring him, assuming he still has the function of his legs. And 3.) If Monty doesn't make the team, and Faldo won't bring him because of a high-school girl feud, the European Tour would intervene. This is a case of two stubborn, bitter men and that's all.

It's day two of Q School and nothing of any profound consequence has happened.

The Skins Game was once again a major snoozer. John Hawkins of GolfWorld summed it up best why this event just doesn't work that well anymore. http://www.golfdigest.com/golfworld/columnists/2007/11/gw20071109hawkins.

The European Tour has its own FedEx Cup type thing going. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7B5A258B31%2D8294%2D4C0E%2DB8B9%2DA796F6009E52%7D&newsid=508799&date=11%2D19%2D2007&listPageName=ET+TourNews+%2D+Latest+News.
The European Tour lost out due to the FedEx Cup so this might help, although Europeans will be out in full force this year since its a Ryder Cup year.

That's all for now. Going forward in the blog, I'm going to try and include more pieces from others.

Welcome back, folks. With little going on, I didn't feel compelled to write much, but some things are going on, so I'll chime in.

* According to the Richmond Times Dispatch, Natalie Gulbis is toning down her sexy image. (http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/sports/golftennis.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-11-01-0173.html)

This makes for an odd decision. I guess she's tired of the royalty checks from all of those calendars and from "The Natalie Gulbis Show." She always defended her ability to sell herself and the notion that the LPGA Tour does not get hurt by it. The LPGA Tour doesn't mind Gulbis being a hot athlete. All of this because she won? Doesn't make sense, although doesn't every young boy want a year-long day planner with Gulbis' game face?

* Ernie Els is taking a beating for skipping the Volvo Masters on the European Tour. He has the Order of Merit lead with this being the final event and as of this posting, Justin Rose and Padraig Harrington have a chance to catch him. Those two chaps happen to be the players on top at the Volvo Masters.

If Els loses the money title, he deserves to. He went for an appearance fee in the Singapore Open although he has a relationship with title sponsor, Barclays. Monty has been especially critical. Els is not impressed with Monty's criticism according to a story by PA Sport on pga.com.

http://www.pga.com/news/tours/european/elsmonty110107.cfm

However, no one is in position to criticize Els for this. He has a deal with Barclays and if Monty has never had to miss a single thing for a paycheck or a sponsor's responsibility, then he can blab all he wants.