Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here's what's weighing on our writers' minds.
On the horrifying car crash involving Bill Haas ...I spent a lot of time this week thinking about Bill Haas. He was the passenger in a car crash that killed a member of his host family. That man, 71-year-old Mark Gibello, was a successful businessman in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and a new friend.Haas escaped without any major injuries, but he withdrew from the Genesis Open to return home to Greenville, S.C. When hell return to the Tour is anyones guess. It could be a while, as he grapples with the many emotions after surviving that horrifying crash seriously, check out the photos while the man next to him did not.The entire Haas clan is some of the nicest people youll ever meet. Wish them the best in their recovery. Ryan Lavner
On TIger Woods' missed cut at the Genesis Open ...After missing the cut at the Genesis Open by more than a few car lengths, Tiger Woods appeared to take his early exit in stride. Perhaps that in and of itself is a form of progress.Years ago, a second-round 76 with a tattered back-nine scorecard would have elicited a wide range of emotions. But none of them would have been particularly tempered, or optimistic, looking ahead to his next start. At age 42, though, Woods has finally ceded that a win-or-bust mentality is no longer helpful or productive.The road back from his latest surgery will be a winding one, mixed with both ups and downs. His return at Torrey Pines qualified as the former, while his trunk slam at Riviera certainly served as the latter. There will surely be more of both in the coming weeks and months, and Woods ability to stomach the rough patches could prove pivotal for his long-term prognosis. - Will Gray
On the debate over increased driving distance on the PGA Tour ...The drumbeat is only going to get louder as the games best get longer. On Sunday, Bubba Watson pounded his way to his 10th PGA Tour title at the Genesis Open and the average driving distance continues to climb.Lost in the debate over driving distances and potential fixes, none of which seem to be simple, is a beacon of sanity, Riviera Country Clubs par-4 10th hole. The 10th played just over 300 yards for the week and yet yielded almost as many bogeys (86) as birdies (87) with a 4.053 stroke average.That ranks the 10th as the 94th toughest par 4 on Tour this season, ahead of behemoths like the 480-yard first at Waialae and 549-yard 17th at Kapalua. Maybe the game doesnt need new rules that limit how far the golf ball goes, maybe it just needs better-designed golf holes. - Rex Hoggard
On the depth of LPGA talent coming out of South Korea ...The South Korean pipeline to the LPGA shows no signs of drying up any time soon. Jin Young Ko, 22, won her LPGA debut as a tour member Sunday at the ISPS Handa Womens Australian Open, and Hyejin Choi, 18, nearly won the right to claim LPGA membership there.The former world No. 1 amateur who just turned pro finished second playing on a sponsor exemption. Sung Hyun Park, who shared Rolex Player of the Year honors with So Yeon Ryu last year, is set to make her 2018 debut this week at the Honda LPGA Thailand.And Inbee Park is set to make her return to the LPGA in two weeks at the HSBC Womens World Championship after missing most of last year due to injury. The LPGA continues to go through South Korea no matter where this tour goes. - Randall Mell
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Embattled Ladies European Tour chief executive officer Ivan Khodabakhsh is out. The LET's website posted a notice Wednesday afternoon that Khodabakhsh "is leaving his position" and that the LET board has asked its chairman, Mark Lichtenhein, to take over day-to-day duties.
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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson will each have a chance to lead a Ryder Cup and/or Presidents Cup, predicts Brandel Chamblee, for whom it will be a dark day in hell when either golf great gets that
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Rickie Fowler has publicly called for the end of this rule and Tiger Woods went a little further, tweeting that "Viewers at home should not be officials." Despite the overall consensus that the rule is an inefficient one, the PGA TOUR does not seem ready to have a rules official on staff to review all shots at their tournaments.
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