You thought the PGA Tour implementing testing for steroids was a bit ridiculous, eh? I mean, what golfer would turn to steroids to help their game? Seems crazy, but the Tour had its first player - Doug Barron - fail a test. Here's the story.

Golf is indeed an Olympic sport, as it's officially been added to the 2016 and 2020 program. And Tiger Woods already has said he would play. Here's the story. Do you like this addition or not?

Here's Tiger's latest blog entry. He reiterates that the year was a success, even though he didn't win a major. He also offered a friend on tour a putting lesson. If we could all be so lucky. Here it is:

Tiger Woods' $10 million FedEx Cup winning prize pushed him over the $1 billion mark, according to Forbes. He's the first athlete to accomplish such a feat.

Here's the transcript from today's teleconference with Tiger Woods. He talks about his season, the upcoming Chevron World Challenge Dec. 2-6 at Sherwood Country Club and more.

Tiger Woods announced the field for his Chevron World Challenge today in a teleconference.
Here's the field with world rankings in parentheses:
Tiger Woods (1), Steve Stricker (2), Paul Casey (4), Kenny Perry (6), Padraig Harrington (8), Jimy Furyk (9), Lee Westwood (11), Stewart Cink (12), Martin Kaymer (13), Vijay Singh (14) Sean O'Hair (15), Camilo Villegas (16), Lucas Glvoer (17), Zach Johnson (18), Ian Poulter (20), Anthony Kim (21), Mike Weir (30) and Y.E. Yang (33). Three of the four major winners are in the field, and Kim and Weir are exemptions.

FAR HILLS, N.J. (AP)-- The Los Angeles Country Club has been selected by the
USGA to host the 2017 Walker Cup.
The competition will be held on the North Course, which opened in 1921.
The event will be the third USGA event at the club. The 1930 U.S. Women's Amateur
and the 1954 U.S. Junior Amateur were also held on the course originally designed by
W. Herbert Fowler.
The only Walker Cup to be held in California was in 1981 at CypressZZPT
Point.
The biennial amateur competition is being played this week at Merion Golf Club in
Ardmore, Pa.

Golf could become a sport in the 2016 Olympics, and Tiger Woods already has said he would play. Here's a story on the IOC's recommendation.

Here is a video of the Links at Terranea that Daily News staffer Ryan Garfat put together from Rancho Palos Verde. Also, here's the column on Terraneathat I wrote for today. Enjoy. It's a beautiful par-3 course.