Haney: Tiger is Better in All Areas

ROGER THAT: Sources say we shouldn't be surprised if Callaway Golf wedge designer Roger Cleveland puts design plans for a full set of irons into the pipeline. Most recently, Cleveland has been best-known for Callaway's X-Tour wedges. None other than Phil Mickelson helped inspire Cleveland to come up with a PM grind and "Mack Daddy" grooves for the wedges he uses on TOUR.
 
COMFORT ZONE: You have to give John Daly, or at least the people who run his website, credit for candor.
 
Daly's people recently announced a new John Daly clothing line about which the website said this: "At first glance Big John may seem like an unlikely candidate to headline a golf apparel collection."
 
As you might imagine, comfort, not style, is the key to John Daly Apparel
 
DALY II:
TaylorMade sources say Daly was so enamored with a recent trial of the company's TP Rescue hybrid that he has taken his 2-iron out of the bag. The TP Rescue has a smaller head, a tighter, more compact look and is designed for better players.
 
A TRUE DAILY DOUBLE, ALEX:
On the Monday night version of long-running game show Jeopardy one of the categories was "A Few Good Men."
 
The $600 answer in that category was: "In 2004 this Fijian set a new record for pro golf winnings in one year, $10,905,166."
 
The correct answer, as delivered by one of the contestants, was, "Singh."
 
Memo to any of Vijay Singh's critics who don't believe he belongs in a category labeled "A Few Good Men": You can't handle the truth.
 
SMART MOVE:
The LPGA has modified its criteria for sponsor's exemptions. Specifically, a sponsor's exemption is now available (over and above the normal exemptions) to the U.S. Women's Amateur champion if that player is still an amateur and the event is staged in that player's home state.
 
What this means is that reigning champion, Kimberly Kim of Hawaii, will now have a chance to play in next month's SBS Open at Turtle Bay and the Fields Open in Hawaii.
 
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