[Yoda]

John Riegger closed today with a fine 68 (-4). His 68-69-74-68=278 (-9) put him in 47th place and earned $13,340.

The Greats of the Game will always be great, and The Greatest among these will be debated wherever golfers gather. For my money, Bobby Jones got it right when he said: "All you can ask of any man is to beat everybody who was around when he was around."

In complement, just behind these sainted few is the host of others whose lives and careers rest just a few shots back. This has always been the case, but now more than ever, the gap between the great and the near-great is quite narrow.

Indeed, the caliber and depth of non-winning golf on today's tours around the world is astonishing.