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Continued from page 31 afternoon that kept me from dozing off in front of the TV. Sure, some other guys like Mark Calcavecâ€" chia and Zack Johnson played well but it was realâ€" ly all about Tiger. On Monday, the papers made a big splash about it being the first time Tiger had won two trophies for the same tournament which just goes to prove how tough it was to dig much of a really hot news item out of the Kâ€"Fed Cup. Oops, sorty, that‘s the FedEx Cup. Although I am reasonably knowledgeable about golf tournaments, I must contfess I never warmed to the soâ€"called playoff system. A golf tournament is really, after all, a playoff system unto itself. You open the season on Thursday and the player with the best â€" as in lowest â€" score on Sunday wins. If more than one has that low score, you go out and have a playoff. How complicated is that? [ Warriors go 3â€"0 with comeback win in the end, based on the intricate points system, only four or five guys actually had a chance to claim the first FedEx honours, including Tiger, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson and some othâ€" So my question is this: Why were there 25 or 26 other guys competing in the "playoff final" if they had no chance to win? For the prize money in the other name of the event, the Tour Championship? Can you understand why I really lost interest in the whale undertaking. r]:‘he Waterloo Warriors pulled off a shocker on the weekend, coming back from a 23â€"0 first half deficit to beat the Windsor Lancers 26â€"23 in a come from behind road victory. Windsor got out to a quick 13â€"0 lead following two interceptions and a fumâ€" ble recovery to open the game against Waterloo. The Lancers would add another touchdown and field goal in the second quarter to take a 23â€"0 first half lead. _ To start the second half the Warriors went to their bench and brought in back up quarterback Luke Balch. _ 8 1 skimmed over pages and pages of explanations of how the FedEx Cup was going to work and my eyes glazed over. The big shots at the PGA can tweak and tweak the event all they want, it will never be the Stanley Cup or World Series to mention just two events that are truly "playoffs." Although the golf boom of the last decade and early in this decade seems over as far as course construction and participants is concerned, pro tournaâ€" ments continue to draw outstanding crowds. And they will, as long as Tiger, Phil, Sergio, Emnie, Zack and many othâ€" ers play their hearts out. The move paid off as Balch launched a 40â€"yard pass to running back Will Oud for a major and Waterloo‘s first score of the game. Fourthâ€"year kicker lan Nichol connected on a 40â€"yard field goal and Windsor conceded a twoâ€"point safety to bring the scare to 23â€"12 going into the final quarter. With 24 seconds left on the clock Balch completed the comeback and connected with end Adam Kania on a nineâ€"yard touchdown pass. There‘s an old expression that says, If it ain‘t broke, don‘t fix it. Balch went back to work in the fourth quarter and connected with Sean Cowie for a 29â€"yard score and brought the Warâ€" tiats within four points. I i c j _ L _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _i _ nlnz nz n sns en e e d Balch finished the day gOing 14 â€" 21 ~oneT argigtzg on seiect in stock 2007 vehicies only Ofers are for a imfled time and can change without notice Vehicle selection is subject to availability. All lease offers: 20.000 annual kilometer allowance; charge for 229 yards. He also had SEVEN CaTTIES _ tor excess kiometers $0 20m Savings of up to $9,000 available on 2007 Audi AB 4.2 and ABL 4 2 models. O A.C. lease rate is 2.5% availabie for up to 36. months on Audi AB 4.2 and ABL 4 2 models: Savings and for 41 yards mshjng, lease offer cannot be combined mmmmmmmamm7m-vmuwmmmrws«m(msx European models shown. "Audi. "Audi Q77, "A8", "A6*, "A3", "Vorsprung durch Technik‘, and the four rings emblem are registered trademarks of AUD AG ©2007 Audi Canada To find our more about Audi, see waw crosbyaudi com And one last thought about the FedEx Cup. Kâ€"Fed Cup victory really antiâ€"climactic In addition to his $1,260,000 winning payday Sunday, Tiger also gets a $10 million deferred payment, something much more common in modernâ€"day sports salaries/bonuses than most Since Tiger needs $10 million down the road less likely than anybody else in pro golf, I suggest he and wife Elin have nine more kids so he can give each of them $1 million for their future schooling when the time is right. And a few last questions. Why is FedEx, a parâ€" celâ€"delivery giant in the world, deferring payâ€" ment? Isn‘t that like saying we‘re going to get the package to you but it‘s going to take 15 or so years? Doesn‘t that go against the speedy delivery premise? Bill (Skip) Johns retired from fullâ€"time sportsâ€" writing in 2002 but can be reached askipschips@golden.net. WATERLOO CHRONICLE » Wednesday, September 19, 2007 * 35