Answer:
Tiger and the Bogeyin' Fogeys.
Question:
If the top American golfers started a band, what would it be called?

Scrolling down the U.S. Open leaderboard should be cause for concern for American golf fans. Although Tiger Woods, 29, finished second at the Open, he was the only American under the age of 30 among the top 27 finishers.

Where is the next generation of great young American players? More than a few are trapped on the Nationwide Tour, which seems more a Champions Tour waiting room than a developmental tour.

The PGA Tour's restrictive all-exempt policy gives a safe haven to 125 players every year. Reducing that number would allow more qualifiers to enter PGA Tour events.

Only 15 of the top 27 finishers in our national Open were Americans, and most of them were much closer to the Champions Tour than college. Whatever happened to Charles Howell III and the rest of his class? -- John Gordon

USA! USA! Maybe we'll get 'em next year

So you think the U.S. Ryder Cup team could benefit from some new blood? Makes sense, given the drubbing the Europeans laid on the Americans last year.

If played today, the matches would feature only eight of the 12 Americans who stumbled so ignominiously in Michigan.

On the strength of his Masters win, Tiger Woods leads the standings. Masters runner-up Chris DiMarco, the only American with a winning record at Oakland Hills, is second.

But don't lose hope. Tom Lehman, who will captain the 2006 team at Ireland's K Club, would make his own squad today. So would newcomer Joe Ogilvie. And Ryder Cup virgins Bart Bryant, Zach Johnson, Tim Herron, Rocco Mediate, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Na and Vaughn Taylor are lined up outside the top 10, waiting for the new qualification rules -- heavily weighted toward 2006 performance -- to shuffle the deck some more. -- Reid Spencer

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