With work cut out for him, Finchem gets off to an early start | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

KAPALUA, HAWAII — PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem’s carbon footprint is going to be considerable in the early months of the new year, and there’s nothing wrong with that. Certainly his constituents — members of the PGA Tour — are going to appreciate the efforts Finchem is planning to put forth in 2010.

Finchem already is on the grounds of Kapalua Resort as the season-opening tour event approaches and he welcomes the new sponsor of the tournament of champions, Seoul Broadcasting Corp. The SBS Championship begins Thursday at the Plantation Course with only winners of last year’s tour events eligible for the $5.6 million tournament.

Finchem, however, didn’t have golf on his mind early Sunday morning. He was sipping hot tea from a paper cup about 6:20 HST outside the Honolua Store, a general store and restaurant on the resort grounds, and was preparing to go deep-sea fishing with Sid …