My fix for the FedEx Cup
A lot of thoughts on how to fix something that may or may not be broken have crossed the printed page and the digital wire of late. I recognize that many purists of the golfing game want to see match play enter the discussion when it comes to the FedEx...
Duramed Futures Tour Season Ends With Ten LPGA Promotions
The Duramed Futures tour, that harbinger of potential success on the LPGA tour, wrapped up its 2010 campaign Sunday in Albany, New York. We learned a few things on Sunday evening about two handfuls of young ladies aching to compete at the highest level...
Of Late, Golf Is Great Because …
1. I played 18 holes in three hours last night...teed off at 5:15 and finished around 8:30. The front nine took about 1 hour, 15 minutes...just as I came up to nine green, a foursome snuck out ahead of me on ten and held me up the entire inward half....
Why I Will Not Write About Tiger Woods
He might be a sitting duck for some writers. Perhaps he represents the tough guy, the bully, the cool kid that you/we/I always wanted to topple in grade/middle/high school (please don't say 'life' here...you need to move on!) Despite the way he moves t...
So Camilo Villegas got a new friend…
Part One: I'm putting on my Shade to cover up my eyes Not really, but he finds himself in the midst of a break-up, one that will take five long months of heartache to come to a conclusion. Villegas and his muscles, you see, have been under contract t...
The Weekend In Golf
Remember that five-feet putt that Bernhard Langer missed in 1991? He does, too. Last week he picked off Corey Pavin to win the Senior British...this week? He got Fred Couples by a few to win the US Senior Open. Two majors in two weeks, both victi...
Sweetwood Golf Follow-Up: Arrival of the Putter
Special, gift-bearing holidays can come in July, I swear. One with great anticipation came a few weeks back, before my great Virginia golf junket, when a putter from Sweetwood Luxury Golf arrived on my doorstep. Sweetwood makes three series of putters ...
Open Championship Irony
Rickie Fowler opens with 79 and makes the cut;
Oliver Wilson opens with 68 and misses the weekend.
Largest positive turnaround...Fowler, from 79 to 67 (12 to the good.)
Largest negative turnaround...Ryan Moore, from 70 to 84 (14 to the bad.)
I ...
The Integrity of the US Women’s Open at Oakmont
One of those unavoidable elements to professional golf is the intrusion of weather. Presuming a 7:30 a.m. first time and a 7:30 p.m. completion by the final grouping, tournament officials need to enforce conditions over a dozen hours of golf in a given...
The Eagle 2…The Equal Of The Ace!
An uncommon ocurrence took place this Tuesday...while on an outing at Seneca Hickory Stick golf course in Lewiston, NY, this writer played driver, then full sand wedge into the hole on the treacherous sixth hole for an enviable eagle two. Given the add...
Oakmont and the Women: Take 3 at The USGA Open
Here are my thoughts from day one of official competition:
1. Michelle Wie is as ineffective in the US Open as was Seve Ballesteros. Neither was competent enough to drive the ball in the fairway, so neither could/will be able to get the ball to the...
