Canyons runs its course

The Canyons has gone silent.

When Tadd Fujikawa walked off the course after shooting a 9-over-par 80 late Friday afternoon, it marked the end of the TPC course as a site for the Frys.com Open.

The tournament today will announce several changes for next year's event, including the move to leave The Canyons, playing the entire four-day event at TPC Summerlin.

The pro-am portion of the tournament, which at one time was spread out over four days at three different courses, will be cut back to one day: Wednesday.

This year, amateurs paid $12,000 to play two rounds with the pros.

Also, a new title sponsor has been secured to replace Fry's Electronics' sponsorship of the tournament.

Tournament chairman Gary Davis would not comment until today's announcement.

Next year's tournament will be played in October.

But there are ongoing discussions with the PGA Tour to move the event to the spring. There's a possibility a couple of dates might open up for 2009.

The Shriners Hospitals for Children has made a five-year financial commitment to keep the tournament in Las Vegas.

• CADDIE OK -- Compounding Fujikawa's problems Friday was the fact his caddie got sick early in his round. Scott Martin had to be taken by ambulance to Summerlin Hospital after five holes after nearly passing out and complaining of nausea and dehydration. Martin was given three bags of IV fluid and was released late Friday.

"I had one beer Thursday before dinner and it looks like I'm allergic to alcohol," Martin said Saturday from his home in Placentia, Calif. "I'm not a big drinker to begin with, but I was out with some friends and I figured one beer before dinner wasn't going to kill me. It turns out it almost did."

With Martin headed to the hospital, Fujikawa's mother Lori caddied for him the rest of the way.

"I feel bad for Tadd," Martin said of the 16-year-old Fujikawa, who finished last in the field with a two-day total of 154. "He was having a tough day as it was. Then I got sick on him."

• SINDELAR BAILS OUT -- Joey Sindelar didn't realize he had made the cut when he boarded his direct flight home to Buffalo, N.Y., on Friday afternoon.

Sindelar was at 4-under-par 139 after two rounds and thought he was done because it appeared it would take 5 under to advance.

But when the cut officially came in at 4 under, it was too late for Sindelar to turn back.

His departure is listed by the PGA Tour officially as a withdrawal, and he forfeited a minimum of $8,000, which is the amount he would have made had he finished last today among the remaining 84 players.

Sindelar is No. 173 on the money list with earnings this year of $280,692.

• PRO-AM WINNERS -- Greg Luckman, who played with Troy Matteson and Pat Hendrix, was the top overall amateur this year, finishing at minus-29.

Jose Troncoso, who played with Ryan Moore and Bart Bryant, was second at 25-under.