Paul Goydos and Sergio Garcia are about to tee off in the first playoff hole at The Players Championship. Of course, it happens to be one of the most intimidating holes in all of golf -- the island green on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass. The two players are polar opposites in a lot of respects, most notably their clothing.

Sergio Garcia could be the only person at the course dressed all in black. Head-to-toe in black and white, with Adidas' iconic three stripes zig-zagging horizontally in some places and vertically in others.

According to the Times, Paul Goydos "is almost certainly the only pro in the field who bought his own cap". In fact, Goydos doesn't have any corporate sponsors, and that may be part of the reason he seems to be the crowd favorite. The cap he wore represents Long Beach State University where he graduated with a degree in Finance. But we noticed his affinity for Fairway & Greene shirts. The photo above appears to be the Classic Stripe in Coral, while on Sunday, he was wearing a green short-sleeve moc turtleneck. The significance of that to us and to Fairway & Greene loyalists, is that Fairway & Greene does not pay players to wear their clothes. Any professional wearing their shirts is doing it because they know it is the finest in golf.

The coverage of Goydos' unlikely rise to the top of the leaderboard involved words like "journeyman", "a ham-and-egg guy", "common man", and "comedian". He made a lot of fans this week with his easygoing nature and self-deprecating humor. 

• Exhibit #1: Asked if he was surprised to be leading, he replied: “I don't know. I've only been out here for 16 years.”
• Exhibit #2: Given the 90 degree heat, a reporter pointed out to him that the top button of his shirt was fastened on Saturday, to which replied: "Because I don't have any shoulders, this is how the shirt stays on."
  

Well, Goydos' tee shot on 17th is in the drink, and Garcia's is a few feet from the hole, so it looks like Garcia will come out the winner today. But we hope Fairway & Greene is sending him a couple shirts on the house for all the free press... 

May's Cigar-of-the-Month selection is already in the mail -- the 2005 God of Fire Carlito Blend -- but we may have discovered June's cigar in this morning's New York Times. 

The inside page of the Business section features a small story about a Minnesota company called Ruyan America that has invented a cigar that produces water vapor instead of smoke. Whaa?

According to the company, the "E-Cigar" is "a revolutionary product and new to the world of electronic smoking substitutes/cigarettes alternatives".  To really grasp the complexity of this product, you should visit the company's site and check out the internal view of the cigar that illustrates the "nicotine-infused cartridge", "atomizer", "airflow sensor", "lithium battery", "red LED", and other components you have never, ever heard of in a cigar. Then again, I was not aware of a "world of electronic smoking" existed.

The cigar is 5 1/2" long with a 50 ring gauge, and "looks and feels like a premium traditional cigar". Each cigar is good for 1,800 "mouthfuls of vapor" (a flavor I have been dying to find in a cigar), and costs about $40.

Feeling like it was my duty to buy one of these "cigars" and try it, I immediately clicked the "Where to Buy" button. To my dismay, there is only one online retailer, and they seem to only have the E-Cigarette products, and lord knows I ain't ever smoked no cigarette.

In their defense, the company's President acknowledges that a real cigar aficionado will not be "blown away" by the cigar, but with specs like these, the casual smoker may be a centrifuge away from a dirty bomb. God help us.