PGA Tour’s Shot Tracker is Great but Has Minor Problems
If you are any kind of a golf fan, and you have high speed internet access, you’ve likely tried Shot Tracker, the newest feature on the official website of the PGA Tour. At first glance it appears to be the next best thing to watching a live broa...
Shane Lowry Gives Irish Golf a Very Young Dynamic Duo
The leader in the clubhouse for best golf story of 2009 is 22 year old Irish amateur Shane Lowry’s sudden death win over Robert Rock in the Irish Open at County Louth last weekend. The field was strong, including many of Europe’s top player...
Insignificant European Ryder Cup Change
So now, European Ryder Cup Captain Colin Montgomerie gets three picks instead of two. And it means precisely what? To get that “extra” pick, one less world class champion will automatically qualify from the World Rankings list. Insignifican...
Players Championship Winner Possibly Known Only in Golf Circles
There’s a fair chance that The Players Championship will produce a winner that only golf fans will recognize. The course favors no one. Rather it appears to handicap the big hitters so much that only a magnificent week with the short game will ke...
Fantasy Golf League Update: Shanks Leading By a Nose
Some people might think that Tiger Woods curling in another winning putt on the 72nd hole at Bay Hill is exciting. And it is, to an extent. But it’s not nearly as exciting as your boy Shanks here occupying first place in a fantasy league. Woo hoo...
Stupid LPGA Rules Affect World’s Best Female Golfers, Lorena Ochoa and Jiyai Shin
Listed by increasing level of stupidity, here are three LPGA rules currently in place.
Stupid Rule #3 – Any earnings from an official LPGA event are considered unofficial if earned while playing on a sponsor’s exemption, even if the playe...
2009 LPGA Season Opens with Issues
The 2009 LPGA tournament schedule begins this Thursday in Hawaii amid what seems to be an unprecedented amount of fluctuation. The world financial situation has resulted in a shocking four tournaments being lopped off of the schedule from last year. On...
Rory McIlroy is golf’s new superstar
If you did not watch the golf tournament in Dubai, you missed one helluva coming out party. Nineteen year old Rory McIlroy took the measure of a very strong European Tour field and fulfilled enormous expectations by bringing home the chalice last Sunda...
Monty will be a fantastic Ryder Cup Captain, but ….
It’s official now. Colin Montgomerie will captain the Euro Ryder Cup ship next year at Celtic Manor in Wales. If anyone were to argue against the Scotsman Monty being Captain, that person would be an idiot. His qualifications are unquestionable. ...
Golf Fantasy League Draft Kicks Off The New Year Right
Happy New Year to everyone. Last night was one of my favorite events of the year: the annual golf fantasy league draft. Oh my, how this night illustrates that hope really does spring eternal. If you’re a golf nut like me and don’t participa...
Tiger Woods should fire his caddie Steve Williams
I hope that Tiger Woods shows his respect for the game of golf and fires his caddie, the obviously classless Steve Williams. Known for his aggression in dealing with the crowd, Williams has always had a supporter in myself because anything less would b...
Pressure Extremely High at PGA Tour Q-School on Monday
It was quite amusing to listen to the announcers on The Golf Channel at the start of the round 5 broadcast talking about what final score will be needed to get into the top 25 to qualify for the PGA Tour. The soda I was drinking nearly shot out my nose...
