I've become a fan of golf's other tours

I can get away with blogging on various topics right now because it’s offseason in BYU basketball. And summers are all about golf, baseball and fishing for me anyway.
While most golfers pay most attention to what’s going on on the PGA Tour, not me. Quite frankly, what parts of the British Open I did watch were boring. A non-American winning by seven shots wasn’t suspenseful enough for me. Yea, I’m glad that someone other than Tiger is going to win each week now and that the tournaments are back to being up in the air, but I like to cheer and root for guys I know. I watch golf when the locals are playing and in contention. And let’s be honest right now, Mike Weir is struggling. I’ll certainly check in on the Canadian Open because that’s the biggie for Weir. I think right now in his career, winning the Canadian Open would mean more than anything to the Canadian native. But if Weir is not in contention, I’ll turn to my other golf interests.
The Champions Tour is where it’s at for me. Why? Simple. Because that’s where Provo’s Dan Forsman, one of the true gentlemen in sports, is challenging at the top of the leader board every week. That’s where St. George’s Jay Don Blake is fighting hard to get regular playing privileges by threatening to be a Top 30 money winner. That’s where former BYU golfer and Orem resident Mike Reid will go for his third Champions Tour major in a few weeks. It’s where Keith Clearwater and Bobby Clampett, former Cougars, are looking to rejuvenate their golf careers. Everyone of those senior guys are over in England this week looking for a solid week of golf in the win in the British Senior Open. I know that’s where my attention will be.
And then there’s the Nationwide Tour. How can you not pull for Farmington’s Daniel Summerhays to finish in the Top 25 on the money list and earn his PGA Tour card. Summerhays seems to have his game back in tune, is making the cut on a regular basis now, and has a real good chance to fulfill his dream and reach the big time in golf.
How can I not watch, follow and cheer for those things? Great golf is fun to watch, but golf that hits home is what does it for me.