Presidents Cup day 1: Plenty of surprises?
I like the idea that every golfer plays every day. I also like the extension of the team event to four days ... three or two days are way too brief for the festival that these events should be. The Presidents Cup lacks only the jingoism of "us ver...
Arnie & Phil Make Headlines Pre-Veterans Day
Last week was slightly more interesting than you might have anticipated. Next week brings us the Presidents Cup from Royal Melbourne, but paparazzi are few and far between when it comes to golf until then.
So Arnie went out, with a new set of Callaw...
Arnie and Phil make headlines pre-Veterans Day
Last week was slightly more interesting than you might have anticipated. Next week brings us the Presidents Cup from Royal Melbourne, but paparazzi are few and far between when it comes to golf until then.
So Arnie went out, with a new set of Callawa&...
Steve Williams Is A Braying Donkey, A Rooster, Lawnmower Guy
Take your pick...braying donkey, rooster that wakes you too early, lawnmower guy who cranks up the B & S at 7:30 a.m. All of them have in common their ability/urge to simultaneously gather our attention and remind us how self-centered they are....
Might As Well Send In Your Ballot
A few weeks back, immediately after Luke Donald's run to the money title of the USA PGA Tour, said tour announced that ballots for its Player Of The Year would be held up until after this week's HSBC Champions event in Shanghai. This was news...
Golf course architecture in the blogosphere
During the hours when I'm not turning out prose for TravelGolf.Com, spanking the wee whitey around the links or watching the children grow up, I learn about golf course architecture. A noted forum on the web accepted me as a member a few years bac...
Televised Golf and Twitter Today on The Golf Channel
A press release about Twitter during a golf telecast flashed across my desk(top) this week, informing me that The Golf Channel would incorporate the birdy social media in its Nationwide Tour Championship coverage, live from Daniel Island.
What will ...
Televised golf and Twitter today on the Golf Channel
A press release about Twitter during a golf telecast flashed across my desk(top) this week, informing me that The Golf Channel would incorporate the birdy social media in its Nationwide Tour Championship coverage, live from Daniel Island.
What will s&...
Solheim Cup 2011: Day 2 results and Day 3 prospects
And thus does the 2011 Solheim Cup come down to singles matches. Some might argue that this is as it should be, while others would bemoan the fact that 16 pairs matches have accomplished nothing to unlevel the status of the matches in two days' ti...
Solheim Cup A Battle Royale In 2011
Your eyes are not in the business of deceiving you today: Europe is out to a 4.5-3.5 lead over the US of A after day one of the 2011 Solheim Cup. In fact, if three European pairings had been able to close a bit better, the lead would be enormous.
Let&...
The Enigmatic Marius Filmalter
Marius Filmalter is one of five promoted putting coaches these days, with the Stocktons, Stan Utley, Dave Pelz and Geoff Mangum being the others. I like a lot of what Filmalter has to say, but I have to wonder about the motivation behind this opening p...
The enigmatic Marius Filmalter
Marius Filmalter is one of five promoted putting coaches these days, with the Stocktons, Stan Utley, Dave Pelz and Geoff Mangum being the others. I like a lot of what Filmalter has to say, but I have to wonder about the motivation behind this opening p...
