The Bitter End

"What did this community do wrong? Nothing," said O'Grady , who had missed the cut (72-73-145). "They paid their dues. They supported the tournament. They did everything asked of them, and now what? The PGA Tour turned its back on them. It's like a wife who works two jobs to put her husband through medical school. Then, when he's a doctor, he tells her, 'See you later.' For Finchem, the long-term goal is to go global, and the little guy is going to get squashed."

On his last night in Sutton, O'Grady said he was going to stop by Tony's, a popular pizza joint less than a mile from the 1st tee. He said that in the old days a lot of the players, caddies, writers and fans went there. "You could sit in there all night, have a few beers and talk golf," O'Grady said. "But no more. Small-town America is dead. The angel has a broken wing. The PGA Tour is going global, and the magic of this game is gone."

Let the record show that it left in a Park Avenue, not a LeSabre .