Uh, Tiger, they need to see you over at the NASCAR hauler

Gotta thank co-conspirator and occasional golf partner Chad Sitler for sitting in for me over the weekend - and some this week, too. He's been doing a heckuva job.

I suspect he and I will share this blog space more, maybe even reprise the "Point-Counterpoint" format. Not that he and I disagree all the time, of course.

I could tell you I hated missing work during the Talladega race weekend, but that wouldn't quite be accurate. I watched every second of both races, including all of Saturday's rain delays, but I was a lot less busy right after the races than I usually am.

And Chad was certainly right in his suspicions: My absence did have a little to do with golf and single-malts. And the golf part - at least - has carried over into this week.

The Wachovia Championship is in Charlotte this week. If golf interests you - or is among your passions - you oughta take a second to see this little ditty that our friends at The Charlotte Observer, charlotte.com and television partner WCNC put together on the tournament's Quail Hollow Club layout.

The PGA Tour event, which draws a field filled with golf's top dogs, is part of what makes May a great time to be in Charlotte. In addition to the golf, as you may be aware, we also have some incredible races coming up here later this month.

I think it's a good thing the schedule has the golf at the first of May and racing at the end. Because how bad would it be if they came closer to overlapping? No, we're not fretting over the extra traffic or the potential wardrobe clashes as golf fans and race fans co-mingle at the mall.

What worries us is the likelihood of NASCAR officials ending up at the golf course and the PGA's white hats showing up at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

If it happened, the PGA officials might actually make pre-race inspection a little less stressful for many NASCAR teams. I'll leave it to you to decide if that would be a good thing or not.

But it could be disastrous for NASCAR's "room of doom" inspection station to be erected at the golf course. Not that I wouldn't like to see how Tiger Woods' and Hank Keune's drivers fit the templates. Or not.

Clearly, they're not gonna find any restrictor plates there.

But what kind of golf tournament would we have if, after Tuesday's practice rounds, NASCAR impounded everyone's clubs until Sunday?