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Each Wednesday during the golf season, FanHouse will be bringing you the top five names in golf and why they are important this week. Did Barack Obama play 18 holes with Tiger Woods? Did a certain player do something off the course that made him or her a hot topic? Or was just playing golf enough to get the pot stirring? Join us for a new weekly ranking feature we call Making the Cut.5. Danny Lee -- He is only 18, but Lee has made some waves in his amateur career and just this week decided to turn pro, after using his Masters invitation from his U.S. Amateur win. If you don't think he's ready for the PGA Tour, you're very wrong. Earlier this year, Lee won the Johnnie Walker Classic, a European Tour event that has such esteemed former champions as Adam Scott, Greg Norman, Ernie Els and Mr. Woods. Lee was the youngest winner ever on the European Tour, and will be in the field at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans for his first tournament as a pro.
4. Tiger Woods -- Expect to see this name on the list a lot. Woods isn't playing this week (or didn't last week), but he did visit Washington D.C. to chat about his Masters experience, which he dubbed to be "a fraction off." Tiger didn't just go for a press conference, though. Woods also swung by the White House on Monday to chat with the leader of the free world and even got a tour around the Oval Office from a former Augusta National caddie-turned presidential aide.
3. Paula Creamer -- The Corning Classic has been around the LPGA for 31 years, but 2009 will be the last time it will be played. Creamer, who has been one of the few top golfers to continue to commit to the Corning, signed up this week to join Natalie Gulbis, Pat Hurst and FanHouse caddie-friendly pal Erica Blasberg. It is good to see the field is improving for an event that was such a staple on the schedule for so many years.
2. Rick Reilly -- Reilly is one of the more famous golf writers of our time, even if he wasn't necessarily a golf writer. His 2002 "Who's Your Caddy?" book had an interesting chapter about Reilly looping for John Daly, but Daly just recently came out and said he made a lot of the non-golf comments off the record. "Rick told me it was off the record, and I got a little upset with him over that, because there are going to be kids reading that," Daly said to Sports Radio 104.3 in Denver. I guess when you get to a certain point in journalism, your name overrides your credibility.
1. Nick Price -- The winner of the inaugural "Making the Cut" lands in the top spot for what he is not doing on the golf course. Price (above) won the 1994 British Open, the last time it was played at Turnberry, but has decided to not submit his application in order to make way for younger players that have more potential and can build more memories. Price won last week for the first tim on the Champions Tour at a ripe old 52, but his decision to allow others to benefit from the added spot in the British Open shows humility and understanding. Well played, Mr. Price.
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