Archives for: September 2005
Sep
30
No one ever accused the Michelle Wie-Can-Walk-On-Water (but not win a golf tournament) Nincompoops of holding a firm grip on reality, but message board poster Jim Nugent is delivering us to a new level of lunacy. Where's that 15-year-old high school kid… more »
Sep
27
Reflection Bay, the previously untouchable Jack Nicklaus signature design at Lake Las Vegas, took a few lumps last year. Golfers still left satisfied this summer, but not quite as wowed as the reputation would suggest. One bold golf writer even dared to… more »
Sep
23
It's been 20 years since Jay Morrish completed his vision at Boulders Resort and still the two Boulder courses are drawing some of the hottest word of mouth in the Phoenix-Scottsdale resort corridor. In an area where courses come and go out of fashion as… more »
Sep
20
The worst kept secret in golf - that Michelle Wie's first tournament as a pro will be the Samsung World Championship starting Oct 13 - is long past rumor stage. Golf World is reporting that Wie could officially announce her new pro status as early as nex… more »
Sep
19
People love to compare Jason Gore to John Daly because they're both fat, eccentric guys who know how to tell a good everyman story. The Gore as the new John Daly campaign is likely to only pick up steam now that Gore's won a PGA Tour event (the 84 Lumber… more »
Sep
15
Local officials, not Bush, deserve the blame for New Orleans breakdown: A response to our new liberal blogger
9 feedbacks »The Democrats have William J. Clinton. TravelGolf.com readers have William K. Wolfrum.
Wolfrum, if you haven't noticed, is our new blogger with the picture that looks much more fake than Rebel Blogger's. Like anyone has that much hair in real life!… more »
Sep
13
Back when Beth Daniel was the most dominant player on the LPGA Tour, when Annika Sorenstam was still young and throwing parking lot tantrums, I covered a tour stop in the Lansing, Michigan area for a few years. The LPGA events were actually a huge deal i… more »
Sep
11
Paula Creamer once again delivers on the big stage, Michelle Wie who? Solheim Cup begs the question
28 feedbacks »Paula Creamer pushed the U.S. to Solheim Cup victory, beating European "star" Laura Davies so soundly in Sundays singles that Davies must have been contemplating retirement on the spot. It all showed why it's no stretch to declare that Paula Creamer is b… more »
Sep
08
Solheim interest nothing to do with the men, it's all about dramatic women like Paula Creamer and, yes, even the not-playing Michelle Wie
9 feedbacks »I love it when National Golf Editor Tim McDonald emerges from his Florida swamp (where he's probably watching NASCAR and the clocks are apparently permanently set in 1945 time) to comment on a newfangled modern issue. Like women's sports.
Giving the m… more »
Sep
06
Apparently, some of you redneck NASCAR fans took offense at being called rednecks. (Might want to tell Jeff Foxworthy, he's made a fortune off getting you folks to buy tapes of his lame redneck humor.) Yet curiously enough none of you NASCAR devotees had… more »
Sep
02
I have no doubt golfers are athletes. This is confirmed for me every time my complete lack of athletic ability comes out in my swing.
But there are plenty of others who disagree, who look at golfers as barely above race car drivers on the athletic sca… more »
Sep
01
The all too predictable outcry of the Michelle Wie delusional to Old Man McDonald's blog on her Solheim Cup status seems to have missed one important point. You Wie Warriors are really slipping. You're letting your leader down.
Don't you realize what… more »


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