And in other golf action this week, the PGA Tour will be in LaQuinta, Calif., for the 52nd playing of the Bob Hope Classic. It just doesn't seem fair, but that's where the once-proud event finds itself: in only slightly better health than its namesake. When the five-round, 90-hole pro-am event begins Wednesday, it will be playing second fiddle to the European Tour's Abu Dhabi Championship, the week's big-boy gathering that will draw six of the world's top 10 players, and 12 of the top 25, including world No. 1 Lee Westwood and American favorite Phil Mickelson.
The Hope, meanwhile, has six of the top 50 (Matt Kuchar, Tim Clark, Bubba Watson, Bo Van Pelt, Ryan Moore and Stewart Cink). Kuchar, at 13th, is the highest-ranked player and the only player from the top 25. There was a time that the Hope was a must-play during the West Coast Swing. But players simply do not like five rounds that (because of amateur partners) last six hours in historically foul weather.
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