The humorist Will Rogers described diplomacy as the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock, but not every act of statecraft comes with an option for going on the offensive. So it is with the memorandum Jay Monahan sent to PGA Tour players on July 26, which left an unmistakable impression that the commissioner has a pack of rabid hounds at his heels, and that he’s about all out of rocks.
