Today's topic: What if Boo Weekley's second consecutive triumph in the Verizon Heritage propels him to a place on this year's United States Ryder Cup team?

Could Boo, the self-styled country boy, be worthy of a place on the team?

"Sure, sure," Jim Furyk, one of the world's best players and a fixture on U.S. national teams, said. "Paul (captain Paul Azinger) wants 12 guys who can play (well). If you're there, more power to you. The way I look at it, a guy goes out there and finishes in the top 10 or top eight in points or is a captain's pick, he has earned it."

How would the colorful Boo fit with the glamour gang?

Furyk paused to consider the question, then decided.

"He's definitely a guy who would keep you loose. He doesn't get hot and bothered and too upset by things. He would liven up the team room. He has a funny way of putting things."

Yes, he does.

Indeed, Weekley makes no attempt to hide behind a facade and be something he is not. Rather, he is himself, pure and simple, and his bumpkin-like comments -- many of them self-deprecating -- create the impression that his success in golf belongs in the fluke category.

That's all wrong.

He can play the game, which he proved again this week.

Tournament winners receive the headlines, but the PGA Tour is no place for those without a lot of game. To hear him talk, he has been scraping the ball around all year, but he came to Harbour Town with three top-10s and five top-20s, including a share of 20th in the Masters, on his 2008 record.

Already ranked 47th in the world, his stock climbed again during the four days at this island resort. He won the tournament in the middle two rounds, racing around Harbour Town Golf Links in 13-under par for those 36 holes.

Scores like that are no accidents.

He called his final round Sunday ugly and figured his survived with his C or D game. His shots "went everywhere," he said, and his putter came to his rescue.

Yes, and he still won comfortably.

Character separates Boo. Any sport needs a Boo Weekley, both in terms for ability and persona. He puts a human face on the games. He smiles in an all-too-grim world.

Furyk called Weekley a good ball-striker, a good iron player who hits the ball crisply and hits a lot of good shots.

The description could fit any of the PGA Tour pros, but the "character" separates Weekley from the rank and file.

Is there a place for levity in the Ryder Cup, Jim Furyk?

Yes, he said.

"One of the issues on the teams I have been on, a lot of times ... I'm not saying we took it too seriously, but maybe I think at times those teams were criticized for not caring," he said. "The truth is, it was the other way around, caring too much, trying too hard and not going out and just playing. It's a strain, and that's a tough way to play (good) golf.

"In the Presidents Cups, we seems like we go out and have more fun."

"Fun" follows in Weekley's wake, which is OK with Furyk.

"Everyone has his own way," he said. "You can't expect me to look like Peter Jacobson or Fuzzy Zoeller. It's not my mentality or attitude. If I'm not smiling, that's just me, the way I am. Inside, I have the frame of mind that makes me comfortable and able to play well."

Boo is different, and he would bring a different personality to the Ryder Cup. In a way, he would be like Woody Austin on the 2007 Presidents Cup team.

Remembering Austin's slipping and falling into a lake after a shot in those matches, Furyk laughed and said, "I guess we could push Boo in the water."

Here's betting Boo would laugh harder than anyone.