In spite of his recent heart scare, David Toms says that he’s ready for this week’s President’s Cup.

Here are the tv times for next week’s President’s Cup matches.

Thursday, Sept. 22: Foursome Matches, 1 - 6 p.m. ET, TNT
Friday, Sept. 23: Four-ball Matches, 12 - 6 p.m. ET, TNT
Saturday, Sept. 24: Foursomes & Four-ball Matches, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. ET, NBC
Sunday, Sept. 25: Singles Matches, 12 - 6 p.m. ET, NBC

As noted in an earlier post, Paula Creamer pulled a Joe Namath and guaranteed a victory in this past weekend’s Solheim Cup.

Like Broadway Joe, she held up her end, and her team won over the Europeans 15 1/2 - 12 1/2 .

A couple of interesting notes, if you missed them on tv.

In one match, both of the players—Laura Diaz and Iben Tinning of Denmark—are pregnant.

42-year-old Meg Mallon was hospitalized after collapsing during the closing ceremonies. Her heart rate reportedly was at 266 beats a minute. Earlier in the day Sunday, Mallon had defeated Karen Stupples to choke off a European charge.

The three American rookies, Paula Creamer (age 19), Christina Kim (21) and Natalie Gulbis (22) went a combined 8-3-2.

Gulbis still hasn’t won on the LPGA tour and has taken her share of criticism for her cheesecake calendar. Her performance in the Solheim Cup shows that it’s only a matter of time until she breaks through. She’s a player.

At the last Solheim Cup—as a fan—Creamer carried Julie Inkster’s bag for one hole during a practice round. This time around, she played with Inkster in an alternate shot match.

Creamer was the youngest player in Solheim Cup history. She set records for most birdies (seven) in a singles match and best front-nine score (30).

And finally, a thought: new LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens has an unprecedented opportunity to make the LPGA the first women’s sport to grab our national attention (mud wrestling and the WNBA not withstanding). She absolutely has to capitalize on the bright young faces to promote the sport. These girls should have their smiling faces plastered everywhere a golf fan might dwell.

As a high school girls golf coach, I can’t think of anything more inspiring for our young players.

When Bobby Jones won the Grand Slam, he did so by winning the four Majors of his day: the US Open, the US Amateur, the British Open and the British Amateur.

Unfortunately, the amateurs no longer are considered majors. The AP’s Doug Ferguson has an article on what happened to the US Amateur’s status.

The 2005 Walker Cup Teams have been finalized. You can find a list, with profiles at the Official Site of the Walker Cup.

The Walker Cup is held every two years between a team from the United States and one from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Each team may have up to ten players and a captain. Matches are alternately held in the US, and in Great Britain/Ireland.

The Walker Cup was created by USGA President George Herbert Walker, following a series of rules related meetings with the Royal and Ancient GOlf Club. During these meetings, the idea of an international competition was discussed, and Walker took the initiative to present a plan and donate a tropy for a series of matches between amateur players from the United Kingdom and the United States.

George Herbert Walker, incidentally, was the grandfather of the 41st president of the United States, George Herbert Walker Bush, and of course, the great grandfather of current President George Walker Bush.

The first match was held in 1922 at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, N.Y. The United States won the inaugural Match, 8-4.

Because George Herbert Walker donated the trophy, the press called it the Walker Cup, and the name stuck.

As currently construed, the Walker Cup matches consist of two days of four foursomes matches of 18 holes each, and eight siingles matches. A foursomes match is one in which two player teams compete, using an alternate shot format with one ball per team.