So official Autumn arrived in the early morning hours. You can almost feel the drumbeat of snowbirds starting to make their way south from the Dakotas, Canada, and the Great Plains to the Valley of the Sun. Great for local commerce, bad for folks like me who enjoy affordable golf. A few thoughts on this first day of Fall:

When I heard this on Friday I said to myself, he’s done. Now maybe a 40-year old Tiger who, from all accounts, possesses a body twenty years older because of his health history can turn back the hands of time and once again be a force on the PGA Tour, but I highly doubt it. I would say this new is ominous as far as his professional golf future goes.

You better believe Suzann Petterson should have apologized for not conceding Alison Lee’s 16-inch putt during last weekend’s Solheim Cup. I mean, I know you know better than that, Suzann.

…of course, if I had a 16-inch putt to win the Goodboys Invitational and my playing partners started to concede my putt I’d beg them to stop so I could grab my 3-wood out of my bag. No way I’m making that putt, even by accident!

…and speaking of the Solheim Cup, how about “The Pink Panther” Paula Creamer (great pic, eh?) making a fool out of those (I’ll admit, I was one of ’em) who said she hadn’t played well enough in 2015 to be a captain’s pick? Not only did she play well throughout the weekend she got the winning point for the US. Forgive me, Panther, for being such a fool!

Why shouldn’t the White House compare Barack Obama to Pope Francis? After all, they’re both Marxists.

While on the subject of the Pope, I have to tell you as a Roman Catholic I really don’t like much about him. He’s a socialism-loving, capitalism-hating socialist who doesn’t seem to understand that it is capitalism that lifts people out of poverty and socialism that condemns the classes to what they are.

Given my bee episode this summer this story scares the bejeezus out of me. That location is no more than twenty minutes from my house.

Headline: Rowdy GOLF MOOSE scares golfers off Colorado course. Maybe he just insists on always having the honors. I’d let him play through!