It's only three years old, but golf fans are already fed up with the FedEx Cup.

After Heath Slocum won last weekend's first stop of the PGA's season-ending FedEx Cup, my co-host on The Bullpen radio show in Toronto, Mike Hogan, made an observation.

"Heath Slocum? I knew he could pitch, but I had no idea he could swing a club."

Tongue planted firmly in cheek, of course, Hoagie was referring to Heathcliff Slocumb who retired in 2000 after ten years in the big leagues. With apologies to Heathcliff, he was a marginal pitcher at best and his greatest claim to fame was that Boston once traded him to Seattle for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek; just one of the reasons why the Mariners are the Mariners and the Red Sox are the Red Sox.

Still, most sports fans are likely more familiar with "Heathcliff the Hurler" than "Heath the Hacker".

But forget about all of the PGA no-names teeing it up on a weekly basis; the names of the four tournaments that make up the FedEx Cup are even worse.

Go ahead and try to wrap your tongue around last weekend's kick-off event.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the PGA's season-ending competition, the FedEx Cup. Our first stop? The Barclays Championship, live from beautiful Liberty National in Jersey City, New Jersey."

Yikes!

After spitting all of that info out while hosting Sportsnet Connected last week, I immediately got behind on the highlight package and ended up misidentifying Tiger Woods as Sergio Garcia. Now, nothing against "El Nino" but the only thing he has in common with Woods is that they both have a thing for nannies. However, while Tiger managed to "Baron Von Trapp" his very own Maria in the form of his lovely wife Elin, (Google "Sound of Music, you lousy kids!) Garcia has always enjoyed the chase but remains a bachelor.

"Sergio took care of our kids some," fellow golfer Jesper Parnevik recalled a few years ago in Golf Digest. "And then he was chasing our nannies the rest of the time."

Confusing a married superstar and his 14 Majors with a swinging single who's still searching for his first is worth at least a double-bogey on a sportscaster's scorecard. But there's a pretty good chance of a few more FedEx foul-ups as the complicated showdown continues to unfold.

Just take a look at the remaining schedule.

This weekend's Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston, followed by the BMW Championship in Chicago and The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola in Atlanta.

Don't get me wrong.

We here at "The Always Mighty Sportsnet" are grateful to our many sponsors, and if the network's nightly highlight show is suddenly dubbed "Sportsnet Connected presented by Tex and Edna Boil's Organ Emporium", (Google "SCTV", you lousy kids!) bring it on, baby!

But in all seriousness, even in today's tough economic climate too many sponsors can spoil the party. There's a reason that the Stanley Cup, Super Bowl and World Series have resisted the temptation to put a corporate label on their crown jewels; with their simple but elegant monikers even a lukewarm sports fan can immediately identify all of these great trophies and the sport they represent. Come to think of it, the last time I checked, the best players in golf weren't vying for the Mars Bar Masters or the British Open presented by Harrods.

A potential solution to the mind-numbing name game is to start at the beginning. Drop the FedEx Cup handle and base the entire event around Barclays, the worldwide financial institution that sponsored last weekend's tourney.

Instead of The Barclays, however, make a slight alteration and dub them The Barkleys after Charles Barkley of basketball fame, a man who loves the links but is also the unfortunate owner of the ugliest swing in golf history.

Under the official rules of The Barkleys, each player would have to hit every shot while performing their best (worst?) impersonation of Sir Charles.

True, the tournament might tumble into comic chaos.

But at least all of the laughter would take our minds off what has quickly become the most confusing championship in all of sports.