It turns out that Ernie Els is a blogger, too. And this week, he writes about why he never really got started at The Masters.

It seems as though golf writers have been falling all over themselves to praise Chris DiMarco for his second at Augusta. It was, indeed, a gutsy performance. But so was the effort of Bob May against Tiger in the 2000 PGA. And where has he been in the last four years?

Doug Ferguson of the Associated Press points out that unless he wins a Major, DiMarco is in danger of becoming the answer to a trivia question.

I’ve been avoiding writing about the Masters all day long ... Not sure I want to add to the cacophany.

But there are a few good articles on second place finisher Chris DiMarco: In the Sun Times, New York Newsday and Sports Illustrated.

The theme is the same, and one that I agree with: DiMarco showed incredible toughness and that he’s ready to win majors.

I just found this article on the controversy over “Spikegate”—Vijay Singh’s asking that Phil Mickelson’s spikes be checked.

It kind of says what I wrote in an earlier post: that a lot of this has to do with the fact that Vijay is not well-liked and Phil is.

You’ve got to wonder what Vijay Singh is up to.

On Friday at the Masters’, Singh complained to officials that someone in the group ahead of his was damaging the greens with potentially illegal spikes. That prompted tournament officials to check Phil Mickelson’s spikes.

He knew that Mickelson was in that group and I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch for people to think that Vijay was trying to get under Phil’s skin.

Phil apparently thought so, as several news organizations have reported that he confronted Vijay in the locker room afterwards. Mickelson said that he was “distracted” by the officials questioning his spikes.

Exactly what Vijay Singh wanted?

Vijay’s latest antics follow an incident after the Bay Hill where Tom Pernice asked PGA Tour officials to inspect Tiger Woods’ driver to determine if it was regulation.

Pernice is Vijay’s best friend on the tour. Many suspect that Singh put Pernice up to it.

Is Vijay so desperate to stay on top that he’s playing mind games with his competition?

Or is it coincidence?

Vijay is certainly not the most popular guy on tour. And he’s not popular with the media, either. His comments a couple of years ago about Annika Sorenstam didn’t help.

But I don’t think its fair to ascribe every little incident to a sinister Fijian plot. It’s entirely possible that he really did think that the greens were dinked up by someone’s cleats.

I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.