Sure, thanks to Mother Nature (that global warming sure disappears an awful lot) and the bungling incompetence of commissioner Bud Selig, the Philadelphia Phillies may just blow a World Series they should have already won. This will surely send all of Philadelphia’s fat fans (it’s the fattest major city in the U.S. if you hadn’t heard) into near apoplectic fits. (OK, forget the near). Considering how often Philadelphia fans cry about not having won a championship in any of the four major sports in 25 years. But take heart Philadelphians. Even if JRoll and Ryan Howard go down as members of one ... full post »

Sergio Garcia showed signs all summer of finally wanting to grow up at age 29. He couldn’t have been more classy in congratulating Charlie Wi for a 50-foot putt on the 72nd hole of the PGA Championship, making a journeyman feel great - even as his own heart was breaking from blowing another major he should have won. Garcia seemed determined to take the high road at Oakland Hills in his first two TV interviews too, but then he morphed back into the old petulant Sergio with the print media, chalking up some of Padraig Harrington’s gutsy comeback and his ... full post »

I think we all can agree that the Jonas Brothers are really bad role models. Three teen twits who wear chastity rings and talk about their Christian faith even as they ruthlessly rack in millions of dollars from the pop music industry - a business which may be only second to Enron when it comes to having questionable morale history. These guys are being held up as an ideal for America’s youth? Why not just break out the old Cheech & Chong flicks from the early 1980s, show them to your kids, and be done with it? For you’re not getting ... full post »

It’s always amusing how many people still don’t grasp how conservative golf and most average every day golfers are. Here at TravelGolf.com where all types of voices are thankfully encouraged, you could actually think there are a ton of liberal loony golfers out there by reading the likes of William “Huffington Post” Wolfrum and the wacky college professor Kiel Christianson. But a poll in this week’s Golf Plus section of Sports Illustrated displays the real truth yet again. Seventy percent of the Top 100 Teachers Poll in SI declared that John McCain is the better presidential candidate for golf than Barack ... full post »

If you’ve ever been to Las Vegas, you understandably become wary of any other gaming destination. Other places usually completely embarrass themselves when they try to stand up as a Vegas alternative. Take the casinos in the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. I don’t think I’ve ever seen more than two people under the age of 65 in any of them at the same time. For good reason. They’re largely depressing places centered around slot machines rather than the hip excitement centers of The Strip. Even the retooled and reimagined Atlantic City comes off as a lame attempt to try and catch up with Vegas. ... full post »

Remember when John Daly pulled Tampa Bay Bucs coach Jon Gruden out of the beer tent to be his caddie and was rightly largely crucified for it? How PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem who is the only one in sports who is even more discipline wimpy than Cowboys owner Jerry Jones brought in Daly to talk about his penchant for making a mockery of the game? Well, Fred Couples is threatening to one up Daly with a move that’s even more ridiculous - and amazingly apparently thought out. Making it even worse, Couples is doing it after being put in a ... full post »

The most frequent criticism of Phil Mickelson is that he’s fake, a complete phony, nothing but an actor. While Mickelson pretty much drop kicked that theory for eternity with his performance in this week’s Entourage. Mickelson has proven without a shadow of a doubt that he cannot act. At all. Even when he’s playing himself. Heck, Mickelson couldn’t pull off a supporting role in a junior high school play, let alone fool the American public for more than 15 years. He’s unbelievably horrid at this pretend game. And it’s not like Entourage - which may have gone from good to comically bad faster ... full post »

I’m not one of those bitter buffoons in the golf world who rip on everything that Tiger Woods does because they think it makes them counter cultural and edgy or something. I’m not one of those liberal loons who whines that Tiger should be making courses for inner city golfers all while they themselves are being promoted by huge money elitist websites such as the Huffington Post. But with that said, Tiger Woods is making the kind of mistake with his new Punta Brava course that Tiger never makes. He’s way overhyping it. This from the guy who always underplays everything. That’s ... full post »

Madrid is one of the great underrated cities in Europe. You rarely see it mentioned in the same breath as Paris, London or what too many assume is its Spanish superior Barcelona. It’s taking a step toward changing that with the announcement today that it’s bidding for the 2018 Ryder Cup. Here’s hoping that Madrid gets it and more people start discovering Spain’s other jewel. One of my all time favorite vacations took place in Madrid. Now this was well before I started at TravelGolf.com, before I could get on some of the best golf courses in the world for work, so ... full post »

Donald Trump buying the club formerly known as Shadow Isle (it was immediately renamed Trump National before the ink even dried on the contracts of course) in Colts Neck, N.J. is arguably the least reported and commented on major Trump acquisition ever. None of the golf magazines have done big stories on it and since there’s not some wacky self-anointed shepherd vowing to put his garbage outside to annoy Trump off the land, you can be certain HBO’s Real Sports will not be visiting either. But by spending $28 million to purchase a private golf course in a time when ... full post »

Chambers Bay and Erin Hills have something of a natural rivalry - even though they are more than 1,700 miles apart. They are the United States Golf Association’s beloved babies, two public courses that burst onto the scene in the last few years, deemed to be championship material even before Average Joe Public ever hit a tee shot on either. Chambers Bay already has been awarded the 2015 U.S. Open and Erin Hills is considered such a lock to get the 2017 U.S. Open that you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in even Vegas who would provide odds against that. ... full post »

You can’t say enough things about Paul Newman, a great actor who judging by his charity work seemed to be just as good a guy. Newman was one of those real men who people think that America used to produce a lot more of (but in truth, are rare in any generation, including Newman’s.) So all the tributes for the deceased Newman are wonderful to see. Except when Jennie Garth gets involved. But there was Garth featured discussing Newman’s career in one of those entertainment shows (I stumbled across it clicking). Now, Garth used to be a pretty hot blonde during her ... full post »