Tiger Wood's other ex-swing coach is finally speaking out in regards to Hank Haney's polarizing book, The Big Miss, reports Jeff Neuman of The Wall Street Journal, and Butch Harmon says he was shocked by Haney's decision to include information on Tiger's family.

"I'm very surprised that he would write it," Harmon said this week. "I'd never do that to Tiger or Greg [Norman] or any of the guys I've been with. We get to spend a lot of time with these people, sometimes even more time than their own families. Things are said, or you see different things, and it's just—it is what it is, you just leave it where it belongs. I was really shocked to see him talk about Elin and Tiger's kids and stuff like that, I don't think that had any place in it."

"It almost seems the way he has everything documented in there—too many times and dates and places that you wouldn't come up with from memory—it's like he kept precise notes all along with writing a book in mind." 

While Harmon makes it clear that he wouldn't write a book about his former students in Haney-esque fashion, he's still game to analyze Tiger's swing woes.

"For me, and I think we saw this at the Masters, he looks like he's playing 'golf-swing' and not golf. In my opinion, he's very robotic. And you could see that at Augusta with all his practice swings and the double-cross shots when he's trying to fade it and he hooks it. I think everyone thought because he won at Bay Hill that he was back; well, he didn't hit it great at Bay Hill, he hit it OK. And Bay Hill's not a major."

"When I had him, I'm more of a natural-type teacher, I like to keep what you do naturally and just try to improve on it. I like to let you be creative, which he was good at."

"And for me, I think he's lost his nerve putting. I think his nerves are bad, and he's lost his confidence."

So what would Harmon do if he was back coaching the biggest name in golf? In a sense, nothing.

"If he ever asked me what I thought he needed to do, I'd tell him, look, go on the practice tee without anybody—without me, without Sean [Foley, his current coach], without Haney, without a camera, and start hitting golf shots. Hit some high draws, some low draws, high fades, low fades, move the ball up and down, move it around; don't worry about how you do it and go back to feeling it again. Quit playing golf-swing and just hit shots; just say to himself, I'm gonna hit a low fade, and I don't need anybody to tell me how to do it, I'm just gonna feel it. He's Tiger Woods, for God's sake. He doesn't know how to hit a shot?"

Little green jacket

You know what they say: like father, like son. So after Bubba Watson won the Masters this year, it was only a matter of time until son Caleb got in on the action. That's why Bubba had a second green jacket made, just for Caleb. 

Caleb has matching Sunday outfit! #awesomelockerz.com/s/203091509 lockerz.com/s/203091528

— bubba watson (@bubbawatson) April 21, 2012

Caleb even has the same Travis Matthew polo to go along with it. No word yet if he's hitting a pink driver, though.

Na remembers infamous 16

Remember that one time Kevin Na made a 16 on a single hole? Yeah, so does Kevin Na. Luckily, Na has a sense of humor about things. With a camera crew in tow (he is hosting a future episode of "Inside the PGA Tour"), Na returned to the scene of the crime Monday before this year's Valero Texas Open -- with a chainsaw. 

That's not all, though. Na replayed the No. 9 hole at TPC San Antonio to see if he could best his 16 from a year ago -- using only a 6-iron. You'll have to wait until Tuesday night on "Inside the PGA Tour" on the Golf Channel to see how he fared (6:30 p.m. Eastern if you're setting your DVR).

To top it all off, though, Na left the same shirt he wore on that fateful day in memoriam during the first round of the tournament.

China gets third European Tour event, and Rory will be there

The European Tour announced that they will be hosting a third tournament in China, according to Reuters, and the payoff will be BIG. The BMW Masters, hosted by the Jack Nicklaus-designed Lake Malaren Golf Club in Shanghai, is set to be played at the end of October and will offer a purse of $7 million. One player already marking his calendar? The world No. 1.

"I am already looking forward to teeing off at the tournament," said world number one Rory McIlroy, who won last year's Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters which is now being replaced by the new event.

"The tournament will be one of the very best events in the world. That obviously makes it all the more exciting to defend my title there," added the Northern Irishman in a statement.

Tweet of the Day

@WestwoodLee Good playing pal. They'll be giving you Indonesian citizenship at this rate. Got coach C at Nona with me. #darthvader

— Graeme McDowell (@Graeme_McDowell) April 23, 2012

Here are the final-round highlights from Sunday at the Texas Open, where Ben Curtis won his first PGA Tour event since 2006.

Kevin Na had a ridiculously bad hole at the par-4 ninth at TPC San Antonio on Thursday. After hitting his tee shot right into an unplayable lie, he hit a second drive right. He hit a provisional left but abandoned that when he found the second drive. That's where the real fun began.

Trying to get out of trouble, Na hit a punch shot that ricocheted off a tree and struck his leg. Add a penalty stroke. He had to take another unplayable lie, and then rushed several more shots without escaping the thick brush.

When he finally emerged from the woods scraped and bruised, he received a round of applause from the gallery. From the rough, Na reached the fringe with his 14th shot and got down in two for a 16, the single-worst score on a par-4 in PGA Tour history. (See the blow-by-blow at PGATour.com's ShotTracker.) Na shot 47 on the front and 33 on the back for an 80. If he had made par on No. 9, he would have shot 68 and been one shot off the lead.

Luckily, Golf Channel had a microphone on Na. Walking down the next fairway Na said his hand was numb after striking several rocks. He also told his caddie he lost count on how many strokes he took. After reviewing the video, Na added a stroke before signing his card.

The fact that Sergio Garcia served as a consultant to architect Greg Norman during the construction of the TPC San Antonio is the kind of tidbit that normally tees up a punchline, but let's not step on a guy's neck when he's down. Let's just be blunt about the reports on the new home of this week's Valero Texas Open: Norman has a reputation for building difficult golf courses (as in borderline-unplayable difficult) and he may have come close to doing it again.

So, as Rich Oliver writes in The San Antonio News-Express, don't expect any record scores this week. The course is 7,435 yards, narrow and firm with big bunkers and undulating greens.

“I think the golf course has come out great,” Garcia said after his first round on the course he helped design. “But probably just a little bit tougher than we maybe expected at the beginning... We didn't want to make it a chip-and-putt course."

Apparently, it's mission accomplished.

The spiffy new venue completes the tournament's resurrection, a long-term project which Oliver also detailed:

Nine years ago, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem had all but pulled the plug on the Texas Open. The tournament, without a title sponsor, fund-raising muscle or community backing, was in its death rattle. On Wednesday afternoon, Finchem sat in a banquet room at the luxurious JW Marriott resort, the centerpiece of the new TPC San Antonio, and admitted the obvious. The Texas Open has never been more alive.

It's a remarkable ascension from 2001, when Finchem already had decided to jettison the tournament before then-Valero Energy Corp. CEO Bill Greehey stepped in and negotiated a deal to serve as title sponsor. Valero's current contract runs through 2012.

“We didn't have sponsorship, and it had not performed all that well, and Valero said, ‘We think we can take this to a whole other level,' and so we took a shot,” Finchem said. “In short order, the event made a major shift right there. So it's been good ever since.”

In that stretch, the Valero Texas Open has generated roughly $53 million in fundraising. The past year has seen a move from the lightly regarded Fall Series to the FedEx Cup regular-season schedule in May and the opening of AT&T Oaks.

“I think schedule is important, and I think the word of mouth on this change here has been very positive in terms of the facilities and the golf courses,” said Finchem, referring to AT&T Oaks and the adjacent AT&T Canyons, which will host the city's Champions Tour event, the AT&T Championship, beginning in 2011.

He added, “And so, you know, the players who aren't here will watch it on television. They'll see how it plays, and then the word of mouth, the quality of operations here, this unbelievable setting will help solidify the quality for the future.”

If you can't set the time, don't do the crime

There are tantrums and then there are tantrums.

Japanese golfer Yuko Mitsuka has been banned from 11 women's tournaments for quitting last week's World Ladies Championship in mid-round after being penalized for slow play.

She banned herself, raising the bar in the category of pre-emptive strikes. Mitsuka, 25, was fined 2 million yen--about $21,500--and offered to withdraw from 11 future tournaments as punishment. The Japan LPGA accepted her offer as a suitable punishment.

Her fine was the largest in her tour's history but her self-imposed ban may have helped her avoid a more serious penalty.

Like having to attend a USGA meeting and sit through a roundtable discussion on slow play.

Michelle Wie is No. 1 (in LPGA marketing value)

Now that Lorena Ochoa has joined Annika Sorenstam in retirement, the LPGA is looking for a new No. 1 player -- not so much in the rankings as in the eyes and minds of the golfing public. So can you take a wild guess whom this week's Bell Micro LPGA Classic at Magnolia Grove's Crossings Course decided to focus on from a marketing standpoint?

Michelle Wie and her one LPGA victory. Even though she's only 20 and is still attending Stanford, she is the LPGA's biggest name. The billboards in place around Mobile, Ala., to advertise the tournament sport a "Wow Wie" theme and likeness of the player, wrote Tommy Hicks in The Press-Register:

"The whole Wow Wie billboards took me back to elementary school," Wie said laughing. "It's funny. It's really a great billboard."

In all seriousness, though, Wie said she is aware of the pressure to become more visible on a tour without Sorenstam and Ochoa.

"I think we all have a responsibility for that, including me," Wie said. "I'm just trying to play as well as I can and provide the best golf out there. Hopefully, that provides a lot of entertainment and brings the tour to a whole new level. I think all the players are really striving toward that. We're all just working together to make a better product."

Few LPGA players are being watched as closely as Wie. It can be a lot for a 20-year-old to handle, but Wie said she doesn't dwell on the age factor.

"I think age is a very interesting thing," she said. "You don't really think about age out here. You just try to play the best you can right now. Whether you're 20 right now or whether you're a little bit older or younger doesn't really make a difference. You're all right here in the present and doing the best we can right now."

SAN ANTONIO, TX. — I'll be walking and watching, actually. Assuming that the tournament isn't further delayed by rain, today's will be the last Valero Texas Open round played on the Resort Course at La Cantera Country Club. No tears will be shed by the tour caddies, who have leaked enough body fluid lugging staff bags around La Cantera's hilly routing in 90-degree heat and humidity. The course has never been a favorite of the players, either, although it's a stretch to call it "reviled," as some critics have. "La Cantera is a great course," a tactful Ted Purdy told me on Thursday, "but it is not a championship course."

Next year the Texas Open moves to a Greg Norman course at the new TPC-San Antonio, and those who have seen it say it is a significant upgrade. But I'll miss La Cantera. Why? Because when I saw it for the first time, in the fall of 1996, it was caught in the grip of Tigermania. Woods, a newly-minted pro playing on sponsor exemptions, had thousands of spectators in tow. Some fans, trying to get a better view, climbed onto rocks and boulders, precipitating rock slides and people slides. I don't think anybody was seriously hurt, but I remember young Tiger backing off a few shots to stare in wonder at the roiling crowd.

So long, La Cantera. Enjoy your retirement.

SAN ANTONIO, TX. -- Paul Goydos? Sure, because I want him to win. Ted Purdy? Yes, because I want him to win, as well. (I've had a warm spot in my heart for the Arizonan since '05, when he marched onto the Masters practice range with his childhood-to-Tour swing coach, Pam Barnett.) Mathias Gronberg? I'll only be watching him if he gets in my face with, say, another round in the mid-sixties.

Mostly, though, I'll be watching for Justin Leonard, who is tied for second, to keep hitting the ball next to his previous day's divots. Leonard has won the Texas Open three times, and he has been the runner-up or better in five of his ten goes at the La Cantera Resort Course. Asked yesterday afternoon if there was something about the course that set up particularly well for him, Leonard said, "I get to answer that question a lot, don't I?"

I'll be very surprised if he doesn't pay a weekend visit to the press room.

SAN ANTONIO, TX. – "It's something I always wanted to do," Lance Ten Broeck said an hour ago, catching his breath after shooting a second-round 70 at the Valero Texas Open. "I don't think anybody has ever caddied and played in the same PGA Tour event."

There's certainly nothing in the Tour's media guide to contradict Ten Broeck's claim – not even in the skinny "Tour Players Who Became Caddies" chapter. Ten Broeck played the PGA Tour from 1980 to 1994, recording 10 top-ten finishes and a second at the 1991 Chattanooga Classic; but in recent years he has toted staff bags for a living. Yesterday, after looping for three-time Ryder Cupper Jesper Parnevik in the morning, Ten Broeck borrowed a set of clubs from Richard Johnson and teed off as first alternate, replacing David Berganio, who had withdrawn due to injury. Today Ten Broeck played with yet another set – which, he admitted, "made it a little difficult."

Not that rounds of 71-70 are shabby for a 53-year-old pulling double shifts. Ten Broeck will miss the cut by a stroke or two, but he's currently ahead of half the field, including his boss. (Parnevik teed off at 12:25 with Ten Broeck's redheaded son, Jonathan, on his bag.) And now Mr. Double Duty is back in harness, winking at those – players and caddies alike – who find the hilly La Cantera Resort Course to be an ordeal to walk. "Physically, I'm fine," Ten Broeck said during his mini-break. "I'm just disappointed I didn't play better."

And if you wonder why Lance had to play with borrowed clubs …

"I don't like to travel with my golf clubs," he said. "It's just a pain to carry them around."

 (Photo by Eric Gay/AP Photos)

Former PGA Tour player Lance Ten Broeck made two loops of the Resort Course at La Cantera Golf Club Thursday during the Valero Texas Open. The first was as a caddie for Jesper Parnevik, who finished with a 70. The second was as a competitor.

Ten Broeck, taking advantage of a spot that opened after the withdrawal by David Berganio (back injury), shot a respectable 71 yesterday afternoon. According to a Reuters News Service article, Ten Broeck used borrowed clubs to play his round while his son caddied. The 53-year-old Ten Broeck is a former PGA Tour player who made $146,568 during his best season, 1989.

Now the question is: Who will caddie for Parnevik if both he and Ten Broeck make the cut?  (And if Ten Broeck makes it and Parnevik doesn’t—would Jesper tote Lance’s bag?)

SAN ANTONIO, TX. -- It's all about choice. I can go down to the tracks and wait for a train wreck ... or I can follow the 9:40 a.m. pairing to see if David Duval can avoid another derailment. Duval, if you haven't heard, shot a 4-under-par 66 in the first round of the Valero Texas Open. That gives the former British Open champ a good opportunity to make the 36-hole cut -- something that the former World No. 1 has rarely accomplished since his game fell apart some years back. "I've been exponentially better," he said yesterday. "However, I've just gotten nothing out of it so far this year."

Hey, I'm for any golfer who can use the word "exponentially" in a sentence.

I'll also be watching the golf writer's go-to guy, Paul Goydos, who shot 63 to share the first-round lead with three-time Texas Open champ Justin Leonard. Goydos has been a fan favorite since last year's Players, where he lost an island-green playoff to Sergio Garcia. But do you know how long it has been since Goydos has held a first-round lead? Ten years. A decade! (Check your Golf Almanac. Goydos led the 1999 U.S. Open, finishing T-12 after four rounds.)

Tomorrow, if he comes through, we'll re-visit the second-round leads of Paul Goydos. Bring your notebook.

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS --It's the Texas Open, so I'll be watching the Texans -- three-time champion Justin Leonard from Dallas, Masters playoff loser Chad Campbell of Andrews, Austin's Joe Ogilvie and Rich Beem, and Amarillo's Ryan Palmer, not to mention the initials guys -- J.J.  Henry, J.L. Lewis and J.P. Hayes. (Who shot J.R.?) 

Twenty-nine Texans are in the 156-man field, if you define a Texan as someone currently residing in Texas -- e.g., Anthony Kim of Dallas. Besides, Texas is the theme. With its new slot in the schedule, the Texas Open kicks off a three-tournament "Texas Swing" -- not to be confused with the Bob Wills variety that is preserved on vinyl.

If the Lone Star legends fail to keep me entertained, I'll walk a few holes with the suddenly-watchable Alex Cejka. The Iron Curtain refugee must still be reeling from his final-round 79 in The Players, but a little San Antonio heat, humidity and wind could be just the tonic he needs.

Make mine with jalapeno.