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So, Lucas Glover wins the 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black and, by so doing, earns himself a trip to Bermuda to join Angel Cabrera at the PGA Grand Slam in October.

There will probably be some among us who just might be asking who on earth is Lucas Glover, and that would not be surprising at all. He's not been around that long and certainly hasn't won very much on the Tour, so there is not much chance he's on too many people's list of favourite players. Don't get me wrong, the guy can play, but he's not exactly a household name. Forgive me if I yawn a little.

The Island Games are being played this week in Aland, a small island off the coast of Finland. The Bermuda Golf Association has sent two four-person teams a long way at much cost to compete there in the Men's and Women's events. I may be going out on my own here, however, if I'm going to say it as I see it, I'm afraid I have to admit that the Island Games just do not excite me very much.

I just feel that for the limited dollars available, our better players can get better exposure elsewhere. The pool of talented golfers at the Island Games will be small and, I'm sorry, but beating non-golfers from non-golfing islands, played in some far corner of the world, just doesn't do it for me. I feel another yawn coming on.

Kenny Perry won on the PGA Tour last week, shooting 23 under par for 72 holes. The course just wasn't challenging enough and to watch birdie after birdie tends to put me to sleep. By the way, in case anybody is wondering, Kenny Perry is the guy Lucas Glover should have been joining here in Bermuda later this year.

Kenny's the guy who closed bogey-bogey at the Masters to cause the playoff that Angel Cabrera won. Now that is exciting.

The golfing world is a bit dull at the moment. I'm hoping that the upcoming Women's U.S. Open and the British Open will provide a spark for me as I'm seriously wondering why I bother to tune into golf anymore. The British Open will produce another player for the PGA Grand Slam later this year at Port Royal so, if nothing else, that will at least provide some intrigue.

For my dime, however, it is the Women's LPGA Tour that provides the most excitement these days. Michelle Wie, Christie Kerr, Paula Creamer, Lorena Ochoa to name just a few players, all play the game with passion. The LPGA players are not like the robots we see on the PGA Tour. The LPGA play more like you and me. They miss fairways, they find bunkers, and they don't hit every chip shot stone dead.

LPGA Tour players also don't hit the ball prodigious distances. I can't hit a 7 iron 180 yards like they do on the Men's Tour but I can hit it 150 yards like they do on the Women's Tour. It means I can watch and maybe learn something at the same time. Now that's interesting and worth tuning in for.

Thank goodness for the LPGA Tour and for Tiger Woods. Without them, watching golf would be a bit like watching grass grow.

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