The Rory Reader

Rory Sabbatini may have won only once (Colonial) this season, but he was the media's player of the year by a mile, creating headlines for being voted the least popular playing partner on Tour in an SI poll of his peers, dissing the state of Tiger Woods's game and suggesting that anyone who skipped a FedEx Cup playoff event should be ineligible for the $10�million first prize. Here are Sabbatini's greatest hits of 2007.

May 10 "Twenty-five percent of the guys on Tour say the player they wouldn't want to play with is me. There's probably 25 percent I wouldn't want to play golf with. You can pick your battles, but I'm not out here to make friends. I'm out to win golf tournaments."

May 10 "When people play with Tiger, they stand and watch the show and not participate. I'm not someone to watch the show. I'm there to participate to win. I want to be paired with Tiger in the last group."

May 10 "I've seen Tiger when he hits the ball well, and I've seen Tiger when there is not a facet of his game that you look at and you're not amazed. But I think Sunday he struggled. He had to battle for that win, and I think that made me realize, you know, he is as beatable as ever."

May 10 "I've seen [Tiger] when he figures it out. It's scary. I don't want to see that anymore. I like the new Tiger. I'm waiting for him to have kids to really test his patience."

May 11 "I never intended [previous comments] as a dig at Tiger. I stated that I want to compete against him."

Aug. 4 "I'm saying what I think. I speak my mind, and that's the way it is."

Aug. 23 "[Tiger's missing the Barclays] is a disappointment because the whole purpose of this new system was to try and create an atmosphere that would draw everybody to the final four events of the year. Obviously it's kind of backfired in that sense by Tiger skipping the first event."

Aug. 23 "Change it so that you definitely have the incentive to play all four. . . . [If] you play three, you only get 75 percent of the $10�million, or you play two, you get 50 percent. Make it something where you want the $10�million and have to play for it."

Aug. 23 "I started being confident when I was about four. [Then I] was actually a lot worse. I've kind of toned it down."