Western Good Bad and Ugly

Hello. I'm off this weekend, and watching a wonderful thunderstorm this morning. We really need the rain. I had my best round of the year on Friday, so life is good. Looking forward to a week with the kids.
The Cialis Western Open was played this week. Here's the good, bad and ugly from that tourney:

The Good

1. Trevor Immelman. Congrats on breaking through into the winner's circle. Everyone could see this coming, after many top finishes this year. South Africa and Australia are now at the point where they can put their own President's Cup team in against the US.
2. Tiger Woods. After being +1 after the first round, I thought Tiger was on his way to another missed cut and being crucified by the media. Instead he finished in 2nd place at -11. Well done! Will anyone be surprised if he's a factor at the British?
3. Stephen Ames. Another good Western finish. Obviously you like this course, and your best year ever continues. Watch out for Ames in the next two majors. If you do well, maybe Canadians will start to claim you more often.

The Bad

1. Mike Weir. Sorry for doing this Mike as a fellow Canadian. However, you were not a factor in this event, which is surprising because you have done well in the Western in the past.
2. Phil Mickelson. After a great first round, it was tank city. Obviously something has to be done on the mental part of the game to get you back.
3. Vijay Singh. For 3 rounds it looked like you were the man, only to shoot even par for 17 holes, and then dunk a ball in the water on 18 for a double. This is not the man that won 9 times in 2004. Will he bounce back?

The Ugly

1. The end of the Western as we know it. This tournament falls into the "it ain't broke but we'll fix it anyway" category. The tournament course is one of the best I've ever played. It's hard to believe it's an affordable public course. The Chicago fans are great. The players love the tourney. Now it's going to be in Chicago only in odd years, with it going to St Louis and Indy and who knows where else in even years. BMW is obviously a top sponsor, and the Chick Evans Scholarship program is going to still benefit from the tournament. By why change this event, when the Booz Allen Classic is going to disappear in 2007 completely? Wouldn't have made more sense to play the Booz Allen at Congressional while the TPC Avenel was getting repaired, have BMW take over sponsorship if necessary, and leave the Western Open alone? I don't understand it, and I can't see why loyal sponsors are being cast aside for new bigger ones. Someday this loyalty could come back to haunt the PGA.