Golf Central

Wow. Where the heck did DJ Trahan come from?…: I know, I know. Here I was just concentrating on DJ Homicide and DJ Lethal and here comes another DJ to rock our world.

Well, he's got a pretty good pedigree…: You can say that. He's a former Walker Cup player who led Clemson to the NCAA championship. But you can't say you really saw DJ joining the ranks of the PGA Tour winners this weekend.

Speaking of ranking, what was that, exactly?…: DJ was only No. 217 in the world going into the Hope, and a pretty stinky No. 170 on the putting statistics. Not exactly much to give you a heck of a lot of hoping in a tournament where birdies are at a premium.

He made enough of them, didn't he?…: Indeed he did. DJ came firing back from four shots behind Justin Leonard, the veteran who everyone thought had this tournament sewn up, to rampage the Classic Club with a closing 65.

And he's got a cool goatee too …: Goes to show you what being a clean-shaven, clean-living guy like Justin Leonard will do for you.

He'd better not shave it off, now …: Nope. DJ has got his only two PGA Tour wins with that goatee. The other one was at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in 2006, which secured his playing privileges on the Tour for two years. Now he's set for another two.

Wonder why it doesn't work for Rafa Benitez? …: Not sure … I just think there are some times it's just not worth worrying about things like that.

And this is one of them? …: Yep … See you and Tiger at Torrey Pines!

Not if I see you first: Thanks for that...