In yet another attempt to make older courses relevant in the age of the long ball, the Royal and Ancient has lengthened the Old Course by 164 yards.

The lengthening seems to have been strategic, attempting to bring some of the classic bunkers back into play.

Its not looking good for this weekend’s college golf championships. The Big East (including my alma mater, West Virginia) is playing its mens and womens championships in South Bend. Weather reports show snow and 35 degree weather.

Meanwhile, in Ann Arbor, the Big Ten also is playing its golf championships at the Alistair MacKenzie designed Blue Course. Since I live here in Ann Arbor, I’ll give you an on-the-spot weather report: its miserable out there. Cold, windy and wet, with snow flurries.

Even I wouldn’t play in this weather.

Good luck to WVU and Michigan.

Dan Jenkins is one of the best golf writers ever, and Golf Digest has a selection of his writings on The Masters. Worth reading.

We didn’t see enough of Ryan Moore on Sunday. You’d think that instead of interminably playing that annoying Masters tune and constantly telling us about the “tradition like no other” they could have shown some more golf action.

If you’re wondering how his round shaped up, here’s an article that gives a pretty good account.

This morning, it looks as though either Chris DiMarco will be in a position to win his first green jacket. At this moment, he is just two behind Tiger who in a charge as gone to -13. What would that do for DiMarco’s World Golf Ranking? The Golf Observer’s Ranking Blog has a table that shows it would catapult him to number 6.

Of course, if either Vijay or Tiger wins, they become number one. Phil Mickelson would fall short, assuming a strong showing by either Vijay or Tiger.