PGA drafting with NASCAR?

Likening it to "mixing white wine and Old Milwaukee, Porsches and Pontiacs, croutons and crackers," Steve Elling writes in The Orlando Sentinel that the PGA might be taking a page from NASCAR's book (the Brian France edition).

In an attempt to invigorate fall TV ratings, the Tour might adopt some kind of system like NASCAR's Chase for the Nextel Cup points format.

You'll forgive Elling his out-of-date Pontiac reference. This is probably a guy who spends more time on Sundays lining up putts than studying race lineups.

"Next week in Atlanta," Elling writes, "PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem is expected to shed some light on what likely will represent the most provocative change in the circuit's lengthy history by copying a template from an organization located a few gear shifts down the interstate. "Hello, NASCAR." This just in: People cut back on their golf-watching when football season starts, too. As has been the case with NASCAR, Elling notes, the PGA plan would proceed "at the risk of marginalizing or eliminating some events that put the Tour on the map in the first place." Yep, that's the Brian France edition all right.