Chopra Comes Through In Kapalua

Hello. Congrats to Daniel Chopra for winning the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, Maui (an absolutely beautiful place where my wife and I honeymooned almost 11 years ago) on Sunday. It's Chopra's second career victory, and he got full marks for holding off Steve Stricker in a playoff.
Chopra has a great chance of playing in the Ryder Cup. All he has to do is play 11 times on the European Tour (the World Championships and majors count as 7 times) and earn enough cash to rank in the top 5 on the Order of Merit. Of course that may mean giving up some Fedex Cup points (is this still the biggest joke on the PGA Tour or what?), but who cares?
Is Chopra on his way to the top echelon? Maybe, and wining last week sure helped. However, he's got a ways to go in my book. If he were 25, I'd be much more excited.
And how about Stephen Ames and Mike Weir finishing 3rd and 4th respectively? Needless to say things are looking much better for both now that 6 months ago, when I was roasting both of them. They have both proven me wrong. Could they be consistently challenging for titles? Time will tell. Both have proven themselves in the past.

Regards,
Steve