Archives for: August 2005
Aug
30
Beating Cheap Bastard, Cheaper Old Mac at their own game: Incredible golf deals in Butler, Pa.
4 feedbacks »It's been amusing to see Cheap Bastard chasing Old Man McDonald around the South. Cheap Bastard is right to be jealous. McDonald's been out cheaping him since before the Bastard's eye glasses were in style. Cheap Bastard might be wary about spending 50 c… more »
Aug
26
Playing the grass courts at Tennis Hall of Fame, a worthy off-course Newport, R.I. trip addition
1 feedback »If you're in Newport, R.I. for some golf, seaside living and yacht ogling, don't count out a trip to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The museum itself is more than a little disappointing. If the Baseball Hall of Fame had white posterboard-like cut… more »
Aug
23
Newport, R.I. is the land of super-sized, high tech yachts and hulking 19th-century Vanderbilt mansions. And right now, Michelle Wie mania.
The country club East Coast vacation spot seems like a strange place to go gaga over a 15-year-old female golfe… more »
Aug
22
I love Tiger Woods too, but his apologists are amazing in their ridiculous PGA Championship bailout excuses
11 feedbacks »It's hardly surprising that Rebel Blogger is defending someone's right to be an irresponsible spoiled punk. But the reputable golf voices jumping right in line with the Rebel's blatant Tiger Woods' pandering is comical.
I know Jim Nantz wants Tiger to… more »
Aug
21
The Cheeky Monkey is touted as one of the hip, happening places to get a meal in Newport, R.I. And the atmosphere is fine. All the monkey paintings on the wall are funny and the low lighting and dark wood thing works well enough.
The problem is the Mo… more »
Aug
18
It's always a little more interesting when the wind plays havoc with your shots, inevitably whipping up on that monster par 5 and letting down on that dainty par 3, just when you've started to overcompensate. Sure, it makes golf even tougher, but if you… more »
Aug
17
Has Tiger Woods lost his mind? Sunday fly home from PGA Championship makes one wonder
29 feedbacks »Apparently, Tiger Woods believes in Phil Mickelson's nerves more than anyone else in golf. Including Mickelson himself, who joked about the agony of having to sleep on the lead for yet another additional night at the delayed PGA Championship even after h… more »
Aug
15
Phil Mickelson deserves all the credit for PGA Championship at Baltusrol, all you Lefty doubters stink!
2 feedbacks »So Phil Mickelson wins the PGA Championship. Only needing an inexplicably overconfident Tiger Woods first-round 75, an even worse underachiever than him (Davis Love III) as a final round playing partner and a Mother Nature and CBS TV combination one-day… more »
Aug
14
Don't expect PGA Championship at Baltusrol's winner to come from this final pairing of ultimate underachievers
14 feedbacks »Phil Mickelson and Davis Love III. Could there be a more jittery final round pairing in majors history?
It feels very good to be in the chase at the PGA Championship because of who's on top heading into Sunday. Phil Mickelson and Davis Love III. Two t… more »
Aug
13
Only golf cannot get its major events covered in a major TV way: PGA Championship at Baltusrol just the latest joke
11 feedbacks »You can watch every NFL preseason game. You can buy a package that lets you catch every second of every blowout NCAA Tournament first-round game. When the World Cup is waged next June, you will be to see every game from Germany live - in the U.S., where… more »
Aug
12
The PGA Championship, already in danger of becoming the fifth major, desperately needs Phil Mickelson to hold off his cough till Sunday
7 feedbacks »Phil Mickelson isn't winning the PGA Championship. That's like expecting Britney Spears to drop the trailer park schtick and transform into Gwyneth Paltrow. At a certain point, your character's set.
No, that 2004 Masters will remain Mickelson's one sh… more »
Aug
10
Greg Norman does not have any more guts at 50 than he did at 30. The Shark withdrew from the PGA Championship citing "muscle fatigue". Apparently, that's the new code for fear of embarrassing oneself.Something tells me Norman saved himself from one h… more »
Aug
06
Here's what Morgan Pressel had to say about everyone's favorite marketing machine Michelle Wie in the latest issue of Sports Illustrated:
"I was shocked that there wasn't more talk of Michelle Wie's final round 82 (at the U.S. Women's Open). I mean, w… more »
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