Notebook: Goydos, Stricker elected to advisory council

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MARANA, Ariz. (AP) -- Paul Goydos wound up winning one contest at Pebble Beach.

Goydos and Steve Stricker were elected co-chairmen of the 16-man PGA TOUR Player Advisory Council, which serves as a link between the players and the policy board on membership matters and competition-related items. The voting closed on Friday.

They will join the policy board next year.

"For now, we just get to watch the (board) meetings," Stricker said.

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BACK ON THE BIKE: Martin Kaymer was moving up the money list in Europe last summer until he missed 10 weeks in the heart of the season when he injured his foot in a go-cart accident.

Kaymer isn't about to give up his fun, although he is proceeding with caution. His friends rode go-carts last week and asked Kaymer to come along. At first, he only went to watch. But after the first race, he couldn't resist.

"It was empty, not a lot of people on the track," Kaymer said. "I was driving very careful the first two or three laps, and then the next laps, I saw myself chasing it already. I thought, 'OK, back up a little bit, be careful.'"

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THE OTHER MAJOR: Add the PGA Championship to victims of Johnny Miller's candor.

During a reception at Pebble Beach, Miller said the U.S. Open was considered the premier major during the peak of his career. He said the British Open was still regaining popularity among Americans, and he cited Tony Lema as saying the Masters was only "fun at the top."

"Now we've got three really great championships," Miller said.

Miller, a former U.S. Open and British Open champion, might not realize that four majors make up the Grand Slam, and that includes the PGA Championship.

Then again, it might be worth nothing that the PGA Championship was the only major in which Miller never finished in the top 10.

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DIVOTS: The LPGA Tour season finally gets under way in Thailand this week when Lorena Ochoa defends her title over a field that includes Michelle Wie, Jiyai Shin, Paula Creamer and Juli Inkster. The LPGA does not play its first tournament in America until March 25 at La Costa Resort. ... With endorsement deals tougher to find this year, PGA TOUR rookie Jerod Turner signed a deal with StarTex Power, a Houston-based electricity provider. ... And after six weeks, Pat Perez is taking a break. Perez is the only player to have started all six PGA TOUR events this year. He was not eligible for the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. ... While there were breathtaking views from Pebble Beach, one thing that didn't come across on television was the pace of play. With the field cut from 180 professionals to 156, there were hardly reports of more than one group waiting on the tees, or an unusual amount of time waiting to hit.

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STAT OF THE WEEK: Two of the top four seeds at the Accenture Match Play Championship -- Lee Westwood of England and Martin Kaymer of Germany -- have never made it out of the second round.