I love these Saturday night eve of a major final round posts from TravelGolf.com’s Jennifer Mario. The ones where she’s obviously had that one glass of wine or in the case of her Hawaii adventures that half mai tai that’s pushed her over the top. At six shots back heading into the final round of the Women’s British Open, Michelle Wie isn’t lurking as our Super Mario sets the stage. In fact, Wie is the one golfer within hailing distance that Jeong Jang does not need to shed one once of worry over. For Wie does not win. In fact, Michelle Wie ... full post »

Sure, the temperature’s hovered between 108 and 117 for the last two months straight in the Phoenix-Scottsdale resort corridor. Sure, stepping outside feels like stepping into an oven that’s been preheated for a while. Sure, even that dry heat argument is out the window with it being monsoon season (a hopeful desert term for a few plops of rain) and the usual 10-15 percent humidity shooting up to 30-35 percent (you’re sweating in this 115, in any 115 for that matter). But where else but in heat hell can you play a Pete Dye course for $13.50? That’s the rate the Karsten ... full post »

While Michelle Wie’s endless defenders come up with more excuses for their no-win marketing machine, Paula Creamer continues to show why she’s the best young talent in women’s golf. It’s hard for Wie’s hype mongers to accept this because Creamer has actually earned her way to the trophy stand. Then, you have Michelle Wie who is starting to make Susan Lucci’s old trophy drought look like child’s play. The debate’s over people. Creamer destroyed Wie by eight strokes at the Evian Masters, one of the women’s golf biggest money events. And let’s drop that ridiculous argument that Wie’s finished ahead of Creamer ... full post »

It turns out Ty Votaw did not just resign his LPGA commissioner’s post just to leave. He left to become a PGA Tour higher up. Votaw is set to assume a high-ranking post in the PGA Tour that will essentially make him Commissioner Tim Finchem’s right-hand man, an industry source told TravelGolf.com. When Votaw first announced in early January that he would be stepping down, there was immediate speculation of a PGA jump. Votaw denied all the talk and it died down. Just a few weeks ago at the Women’s World Match Play, Votaw told TravelGolf.com, he did not know if his ... full post »

Guess that Tiger Woods needing Butch Harmon talk can go away now, huh? That ridiculous notion that Woods would never be dominant again without Butch evaporated into Scottish fog faster than even Retief Goosen. No one’s saying that Harmon isn’t a great teacher. I’m sure he could even eliminate seven strokes off my game with a few lessons (which is the ultimate compliment considering the state of utter confusion in my swing). But arguing that Harmon made Tiger Woods, as more than a few sports writers who should know better did in the last few years, is as ridiculous as saying Keanu ... full post »

While Tiger Woods marched on toward the second of the three majors he’s winning this year, a familar sight appeared just behind the best golfer of all time. There was Retief Goosen throwing up a 6-under 66 in Saturday’s third round, moving within three shots of Tiger. Sometimes objects in your rearview mirror are closer than they appear. And sometimes they’re much farther. For Goosen has as much chance of catching Tiger as Tom Arnold does of stealing Katie Holmes away from Tom Cruise. Here’s predicting another final round meltdown for the Goose, who as it was predicted here is done as ... full post »

On the same day that Tiger Woods turned the British Open into one of his runaway major wins, the kind that all those clueless critics said he didn’t have in him anymore, Michelle Wie was completely overpowered at the U.S. Amateur Public Links. And all’s right in the golf world. For Woods is the greatest of all time and Wie still cannot even prove she’s the greatest young female player of her time. All my blog message board critics are missing my point on Wie. I don’t think she shouldn’t play in men’s events because she is a woman or because she ... full post »

TNT must think it’s covering the Olympics. For it’s sure not treating the British Open like a real sporting event. Once again, the braintrust at the network which boasts “We Know Drama” is giving us most of the drama on tape delay. When everyone who really cares already knows what has happened. This is the 21st century, a time of instant Internet gratification. And TNT keeps deciding it’s not necessary to show the Open as it happens. Tiger Woods seized control of what is shaping up as the second of three majors he’s going to win this year with a first-round 66 ... full post »

Michelle Wie is doing just enough not to do anything at another tournament against the men. This time it’s in the men’s Amateur Public Links where everyone’s favorite 15-year-old marketing marvel is in serious danger of not even making it to the match play after her second day of stroke play. Remember, this is the tournament that those caught in Wie’s fantasyland, including her family and coaches, thought she’d have a good chance to win. Which traditionally means a Masters invite. Now, she might not even make it to Wednesday of the Amateur Public Links. It’s about time for someone to remind Wie ... full post »

While it doesn’t surprise me that our resident Nutty Professor is arguing that whetever Michelle Wie does is wonderful because well it’s wonderful, this isn’t reality. Truth is Michelle Wie absolutely needs to make the cut today at the John Deere Classic, which she was one the wrong side of after the first round even if Jennifer Mario and Kiel Christianson, aka Nutty, were too busy to notice as they jumped up and down in glee. Wie needs a moment – a win, a dramatic comeback, making the cut in a men’s event – to stop herself from becoming a novelty that’s ... full post »

I enjoy it when Robert Thompson, Canada’s gift to golf, writes about having to file a story later because his 10-month-old daughter’s Sydney’s only allowing him four hours of sleep. That’s interesting stuff. It adds some extra crackle to Going For The Green, Robbie’s blog. Seriously, there isn’t any sarcasm here. My loyal readers (and I know there’s at least one of you out there - no, that’s one besides you mom) will find this shocking. For if I’m not being annoyingly sarcastic I just don’t feel like I’m putting in 110 percent. Only this is a temporary break. For stories ... full post »