The golf pundits are all agog with the news that the six major golf organizations (PGA Tour, European Tour, LPGA Tour, U.S. Golf Association, Royal & Ancient Golf Club, Augusta National Golf Club and the PGA of America) all have agreed to begin drug testing.

But it’s a non-story, really,  because while the organizations have agreed to testing, the really important issues have yet to be resolved. By far the most contentious topics are sure to revolve around testing procedures and sanctions; and those are going to be left to each group. The PGA Tour will begin reviewing proposals at its November 12 meeting. Augusta National and the officials at the R&A apparently are going to wait and see what will be done by the others.

The real story of drug testing will be in the implementation. And we won’t know how that goes for some time.

On Friday, Tad Fujikawa, Ricky Barnes and David Hearn each aced the 133 yard par 3 seventeenth at the Nationwide Tour’s Albertsons Boise Open in Idaho.

Its the first time that’s happened on the Nationwide.

Do you think the hole had a favorable pin location?

The next “big” event in golf is the President’s Cup, which pits US players against an team of internationals—less the Europeans. It’s sort of a Ryder Cup Lite that was created by the PGA Tour.

Nonetheless, it has been fun to watch over the last few years.

This year’s President’s Cup will be held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club on Sept. 24 - 30.

To help you catch up on the President’s Cup history, the PGA Tour site has an article with some memorable moments.

My predictions came true: If Tiger was leading on Friday, the tournament was over.

It was. The striped one finished at 23 under—two better than his previous record, set at the 2000 NEC Invitational.

Notably, Masters winner Zach Johnson finished second in the tournament—although not in the final FedEx Cup standings. That “honor” went to Steve Stricker, who along with Phil Mickelson was the only one with a realistic chance to keep Tiger from signing the $10 million annuity paperwork.

I’m glad that’s over. Now we can go onto the fall season, which for my money will be somewhat more interesting than the FedEx Playoffs. In the Fall series, the second tier of players will be fighting it out for their tour cards. No pampered quitters here. These guys have to finish in the top 125 to keep their privileges.

It would be nice if the Tour would keep an updated list kept a running score of who needed to finish were in order to keep their cards—just as they kept a running appraisal of possibilities in FedEx Cup Points.

Glenn Abbey will host the 2009 Canadian Open.

If the PGA Tour doesn’t kill off the event first.

In Bermuda, they’re worrying about whether Tiger Woods will play in this year’s Grand Slam of Golf—the first to be held on the island. The event generally showcases the winners of the four majors. Rumor has it, though, that Tiger won’t attend. In that case, Jim Furyk would play—but Furyk has a commitment in South Korea ...

Bermuda shouldn’t worry. I hereby volunteer to tee up to take Tiger’s place.

Jeff Maggert has some suggestions for improving the FedEx Cup format:

“I’d like to see Tiger play all four tournaments,” Maggert said. “I’m sorry he’s not here. ... I’d like to see some type of criteria or rule that if you pull out of a tournament, you’re pulling out of the playoffs.

“Another thing I would like to see the last tournament, maybe everyone starting equally, because then you eliminate the fact that a guy could win the first three tournaments and the last tournament means nothing.”

Interestingly, he is pretty much saying the same thing that Sabbatini said earlier—that the Tour players are unhappy that Tiger decided to sit out the first round because he was “tired.” Maggert, however, doesn’t have a history of saying things about Tiger, so he won’t get the same kind of flack.