Blame it on the Rain

Dustin Johnson hoisted his second PGA Tour trophy in Pebble Beach when officials cancelled the final 18 holes after two days of bad weather out west. There are some amazing stats that are now attached to the former CCU All-American.

* Dustin and Anthony Kim are the only two players under 25 with two PGA Tour victories

* Dustin is now 45th in the world and has qualified for the Accenture World Match Play Championships next week

* Dustin has qualified for the Masters and the US Open

* Dustin shot -15 under par, and amazingly, not one of his birdies were shown on the Golf Channel or CBS during their 9 live hours of coverage of the event

This has to be a first in the history of the PGA Tour! This wasn't a low level PGA Tour event - five of the top 15 players in the world were in the field and Dustin was invisible when it came to TV coverage. The tournament was played on three separate courses and the majority of the TV coverage was at Pebble Beach. This is one of two events on tour where celebrities and amateurs play alongside the pros for the weekend. As a result, you saw every Carson Daly bogey putt and the antics of Bill Murray and George Lopez and the actual tournament itself took a backseat. On Thursday, Dustin played Pebble Beach and was in a tie for the first round lead. The Golf Channel showed one sand save and one great recovery shot from behind a tree and a missed birdie putt. The winner of the tournament was on national TV for a grand total of 45 seconds. CBS, to their credit, was able to show two birdies on Sunday from Saturday's round during their rain delay coverage.

Has this ever happened in the history of the Tour? A young gun wins an event that is pretty high up on the food chain on the PGA Tour calendar outside the majors and not one of his birdies makes the telecast? If Tiger Woods shot -15 under over the weekend, why do I have a feeling that the CBS and Golf Channel folks would have figured out a way to get some cameras out to Poppy Hills or Spyglass. Same goes for Phil Mickelson or any other big name.

I understand the appeal of showing the celebrity aspect. In the year round grind of the tour, it's a change of pace and there is a certain appeal for the non die hard golf fan to stop by and watch some A-listers hack it around. But it would have been nice for them to show just a sliver of the pros and set the stage for Sunday when the tournament would be decided. CBS abandoned the touring pros on Saturday with the premise that they would get back to normal business on Sunday. But then the rains came and we never truly got to see Dustin do his stuff in the final 18 holes.

Between Dustin's rainout and Matt Kenseth's anti-climatic rainout win at Daytona, the weather put a damper on a big sports weekend. The good news is that I don't think this is the last time we'll see Dustin Johnson contending for a win on the Tour.