The Hyatt should roll out the red carpet for Long John..it's all good and well to throw bucket loads of $$$ at all the other 'international' battlers that come out here...

To focus on his last tournament there [hyatt] is a joke, surely?

The mans only human and yes does struggle through life, but it WAS only a week after his mothers' passing....so is there any readers out there when put in the same position, would even compete and honour their word to play under the same circumstances?

As far as I can see....the Hyatt have generated heaps of publicity in framing and displaying his 'lost' putter on the pro shop wall....and were'nt his full set of clubs that he left, auctioned and the proceeds went to charity?

I live a stones throw from the course, and the only thing that would get me out to pay and watch this year would be the return of JD...

The man is a larger than life figure and can pull a crowd.....I would have thought that during these tough times in Aus Golf and the economy in general.......that making sure he appears should be paramount.......BUT then again, I'm just a paying member of Joe public.....

Nobodys expecting BIg John to win any of the tournaments in Aus...we just want to be entertained??