Like the Family Finau, the Golfer Supremacy Rankings mean business

Being the CEO of the Golfer Supremacy Rankings is an imposing job with innumerable responsibilities. Way too many to mention here. But in the end, we will do whatever it is necessary to keep our stockholders happy.

So we’re not that upset we were left off Golf Digest’s list of the Top-200 CEO golfers. We say it’s about time that CEO’s get credit for more than war-profiteering, wide-scale layoffs, obscene salaries, labor violations and other perks that come with being Satan’s bag boy on a daily basis.

So we’ll humbly stay under the radar and give credit to some golfers who are doing business, rather than the opposite.

Golfer Supremacy Rankings

1. Jim Furyk

Comments: Tiger Woods took the week off, so Ryder Cup teammate Furyk picked up the slack, as he won the Canadian Open for his second win in 2006 and 12th of his fine career. Furyk is sitting at No. 2 on the PGA money list and is now ranked as the No. 2 golfer in the world. And while Furyk is fantastic in just about every way you can judge a golfer and a human, his being No. 2 in the World is more proof that, sans Woods, golf would be battling bowling for television ratings.

2. B.J. Wie

Comments: Hopefully, Papa Wie is doing a better job at watching his daughter’s business dealings than he is at watching her life and career, where he seems to think he’s just a spectator:

“I feel very sorry for Michelle because it was a difficult week for her. It does look as though she is not ready yet but she has to keep improving. She doesn’t want to quit,” Wie told Reuters. “I agree, as a parent I should be there to advise her and I have no regrets on what I’ve said to her.

“Anyway, she might not listen to me. She’s a very stubborn girl!” said B.J.

Quick, imagine Earl Woods saying any of that.

3. Gipper Finau

Comments: The 16-year-old Finau made PGA history by tearing things up in his home state of Utah and making the cut at the Nationwide Tour’s Utah Energy Solutions Championship.

Not only is Gipper excelling, but older brother Tony, who will turn 17 later this month, recently won the Utah State Amateur Championship.

And let us not forget the father of the two brothers, who was quick to respond to Travelgolf.com’s Brandon Tucker’s question of “Do any high school teachers take attendance anymore???”

“I don’t know where you get your info from but Gipper Finau never dropped out of school. He and his brother, Tony were home schooled by me last year (only the 2nd semester). They are full-time students this year. Thanks for your interest in my sons,” answered Vena Mapu Finau

The Family Finau, ladies and gentlemen. They mean business.

Random Quotation:

“Capitalism, as we know, is good for our prosperity, for our human dignity and for that most important of our needs — freedom. But, of course, we also know that someday capitalism will fail, as all human enterprises ultimately do. What will cause the downfall of capitalism? I don’t know, but there is no longer any external danger. Rather, of course, the danger is within us, in our impoverished — and probably declining — values. Capitalism is, above all, an economic idea. It is not in itself sufficient to create values. It depends on what human and religious values we, ourselves, bring to our affairs. Insofar as those values fail, we would all descend toward a lawless, inhumane, cutthroat society that will no longer harbor our civilization. It would no longer be prosperous. Who of us has failed to note the increase in behavior that styles itself as “capitalist” but has lost touch with conscience?”

–William B, Ziff, 1930-2006

–WKW