What seemed destined for greatness won't happen. For a short time, it seemed the remaining two Fedex Cup events would be the best golf in quite a while.
A host of the world's best golfers are bunched at the top of the Fedex Cup rankings. It had been capped off by a could-be, would-be duel between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson for the Fedex Cup Championship and the Tour Championship.
Now, due to what appears to be a combination of fatigue and personal conflict with Commissioner Finchem, Phil Mickelson has pulled out of this week's BMW Championship. The particulars of Mickelson's conflict with Finchem are not yet known. Lefty himself said it was due to Finchem's inaction on requests he had made earlier in the year.
I've always been a Mickelson fan. If his reasons for skipping the BMW are truly valid, then so be it. If not, then he's dropped a few notches. The only person who will ever know is Phil Mickelson.
To the winner of the Fedex Cup will go what amounts to a $10 million annuity. That's $10,000,000.00. More than I, my immediate family, my extended family, and all of my friends and co-workers will most likely make in our lifetimes. There's something distasteful about a willingness to risk throwing away enough money to change the lives of your family or the lives of the sick, the hungry, the disadvantaged.
But, he could come back for the Tour Championship, as he's stated he would, and make a go of it. The Fedex will go on if he doesn't.
I can't wait to see how this all shakes out over the coming days and weeks.
