Lee Trevino says he has the solution to the PGA Tour's tournament sponsor woes: Make every player play every tournament. Yes, Tiger, he means you.

LA Daily News columnist Jill Painter caught up with the always-quotable Trevino at a breakfast for the Champions Tour's Toshiba Classic, starting this week in Southern California. The 69-year-old Trevino still plays the occasional event, and he still understands that star power brings fans in through the gates. He ought to; he was one of the brightest.

Trevino wishes players were required to play at each of the PGA Tour's events over a three-year span. Can you imagine if Pebble Beach, the Bob Hope Classic and Northern Trust Open were guaranteed to have Tiger Woods every 1,095 days? Tournament directors could live with that.

Sure, rubbing elbows at cocktail parties and chatting up pro-am partners and signing autographs is nice and all, but it's not enough to Trevino, who tossed out his philosophy at the Toshiba Classic's annual breakfast Tuesday.

"Now is the time where you say, 'Hey boys, times are tough,'" Trevino said. "They're looking for something to do. Some say, 'We've got to get more personable.' Forget that player. He's not going to do anything.

"If the commissioner comes out and says once every three years you have to play each tournament -- If not, there's a tour in Europe."

Trevino said he proposed the same rule in 1970: Every player must play each tournament once every three years. No doubt, PGA Tour boss Tim Finchem would be all for it. The problem would be the players, and one in particular. The L.A. Daily News notes that during Woods's last injury-free season, 2007, he played 18 tournaments while Boo Weekley played 30. Here's what Woods had to say about the Tour's sponsorship issues during his return to competitive play at the Accenture Match Play Championship last week.

QUESTION: Tim [Finchem] has talked about how he'd like to see players do more for the Tour to try to help their sponsors. What, if anything, can you do more because everybody looks to you?
TIGER WOODS: I don't know if I can do any more.