Torrey Pines

It's been a while since I've talked about the PGA Tour here, but frankly, there hasn't been much to talk about.  I know that the season technically started last year because the Tour is still desperately trying to find a way to make those fall events relevant, but I honestly couldn't bring myself to care.  It's 2014 now, which is when the season should start, and so I have been paying attention.  However, there hasn't really been much going on yet.  This week was the first one that felt significant in any way, or at least when the tournament started, it did.  But the South Course at Torrey Pines is playing at U.S Open level difficulty right now, and that is not a good thing.  I don't care how exciting the U.S. Open was there, Torrey Pines South is not a good course.  You can really see that this week, just by looking at the leaderboard.  The people at the top are not people who are established good players.  Yes, I know Jordan Spieth shows a lot of promise, but for now, that's all it is.  You don't get to be a good player until you've actually proven it, and right now, he's just not experienced enough.  So, what we have this week is a course that discourages bold, heroic, skillful play in favor of plodding along fairways and greens and making par after par.  That's just not very exciting.  Watching birdiefests gets boring, but this is even worse.