While my esteemed colleague Tim McDonald treks/stumbles through South Africa, trying to avoid running into any of those dastardly Brits who might say something that offends his tender sensibilites, perhaps perusing possible retirement homes between lion dodgings, I’m making a golf journey through Arizona. It’s not South Africa. But sometimes the paradise you know is as sweet as the exotic locale you don’t. Especially when the rest of the country is in deep, deep freeze. Including those fools in Tampa who thought they left winter behind by following the birds South and instead have now found ... full post »

My senior, seasoned, weathered colleague Tim McDonald’s Paul Casey obsession is bordering on legendary. Legendary lunacy. For reference, see Tim’s latest blog, his latest column, his column before that. Or just wait until tomorrow when he inevitably writes about it again. Can you imagine if President Bush was ripping on someone for daring to speak out against the U.S. the way Tim’s attacked innocent, fun-loving Casey for speaking his mind? Somehow, I think Tim’s blog would be full of freedom of speech, Bush the tyrant, what’s happening to this country rants. Paul Casey told the truth. He “properly ... full post »

Even with the dollar about as strong as Pee Wee Herman against the Euro, Las Vegas courses are struggling to draw European golfers. It is not about getting Europeans to Vegas. Walk The Strip and you are guaranteed to run into French, German and Dutch accents galore. Europeans love Vegas. They just do not love Vegas golf. As Eileen Crawford, the sales manager at the Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas, explains it, it is simply hard to get the European golfers to accept Vegas’ golf prices. They are used to paying 40 Euros back home for a ... full post »