Joey D checking in from The Barclays...

Here is glorious New Jersey at The Barclays for the opening tournament of this year's FedExCup Playoffs.

For the opening event you're not really seeing a lot of nerves out here. Everyone is relatively calm and ready to go. These guys have worked all year to get where they're at and now it's "go" time. That's the general overtone; guys are prepared and they realize what's on the line starting Thursday. The beauty of the FedExCup is that nobody is really out of it. A big week here or there will change your season.

A very interesting course this week. As you'll see on TV, it's all out there - right in front of you. Libertine National Golf Course was literally a marsh and wetlands before Donald Trump got on board and started building away. Shipping terminals and wasteland were the landscape here for the longest time.

I have a few of my guys in the field this week -- Charlie Wi, Pat Perez, Jason Dufner and Ryuji Imada -- all looking to make a run. Tune in to see how they perform. My horse PP is paired with our good friend Ian Poulter in the first two rounds this week, which is always interesting. PP and Ian are good buds and are two fiery guys. Definitely expecting some entertainment out of that comedy duo.

J-Dufner is again struggling with his bicep tendon, which isn't the way he wanted to roll into the opening round of the Playoffs. He's headed back to Birmingham to see Dr. James Andrews on Monday and we'll have more to report next week. Will Jason be able to compensate for the injury this week? It's definitely a subplot worth paying attention to.

It'll be a challenge to work around that. Golf is one of the best compensators of biomechanical movement, but that doesn't mean you can cheat it completely when a nagging injury has reared its ugly head.

Weather-wise things are again looking solid this week. There might be some effects of a hurricane out in the Atlantic, but most likely it'll be another smooth week.

On another note, something I wanted to bring up here as I delve deeper into this world of blogging and social networking. Censorship again proved to be an issue this week on the PGA Tour. A few weeks back we saw Tiger Woods called out for his comments on the officiating at Bridgestone. This week the Tour is cracking down on Twitter-happy Stewart Cink.

For those who missed it, Stewart called out AT&T - a big time PGA Tour sponsor - for their sub-par coverage in Manhattan, one of the largest cities in the world. Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem put in a call to Stewart, asking him to remove the 'tweet' - essentially censoring him because of the hold that AT&T has over the Tour. With sponsors dropping left and right and with AT&T on board with a handful of events (title sponsor in Pebble Beach and Washington D.C.), Finchem doesn't want the boat rocked.

Stewart removed the post, but I'm curious what the readers and Tour fans think. Did the commish go overboard? Should Stewart have removed his 'opinion'? Does he have the right to vent about his cell phone service, or lack thereof? There are definitely two different ways to go with this argument. Curious what everyone thinks. How much pull should the sponsors have regarding the opinions of Tour players?

Regarding D1 Athletics, things remain on a roll when I'm in Jupiter and have time to work with my stable of athletes in South Florida. Jensen Callaway has spent his fair share of time in the facility and reported back to me from a surf competition a few days back. Jensen let me know he's really started to feel the effects of the blindfold training and balancing training we've been working on at the facility. Jensen said let me know that he's been pulling off some things on a surfboard that he hadn't been able to do in the past.

Look for some video of Jensen's sessions on the D1 Athletics Blog in the near future. We plan on shooting some segments during my Mondays off between Playoff events these coming weeks. Stay tuned!


Joey D.