Something just occurred to me as I tuned into the WGC Accenture World Match Play Championship quarterfinals. Where are the traditional equipment giants, like Titleist and TaylorMade? The quarterfinals feature three Nike (Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink… more »

This is my favorite time of year, which is odd, really, considering I'm a snowed-in golf fanatic who is jonesing for a round so badly that Britney Spears called me the other day to tell me she was worried about my state of mind. However, as Equipment… more »

Do you think you've come up with the next hot driver? The next infallible putter? The next GPS-guided, rolling travel bag that serves as both a swing coach and inflatable "travel companion?" Congratulations! But before you run off to open a new ban… more »

Last year, I related rather disturbing story about my first encounter with the then-new SQ SUMO2 driver. That was the big square-headed, loud-as-a-car-wreck driver just released by Nike. That blog announced the 2007 "Nike SUMO Saturday." In case y… more »

Two words: Anna Rawson.Australian model, golfer, and now conditional-status LPGA Tour player, thanks to her Q-school performance this past Sunday.But, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.So let's see about 5,000-words worth, shal… more »

A while back, our normally perspicacious Ron Mon bestowed upon us his guide to greater distance. I was sad to see, though, that Ron's sagacity failed him faster than John Daly's self-control when he stumbled into his third point: "3/ Get a big driver.… more »

First, it was the fashion police at Southwest Airlines threatening to kick passengers off flights because a flight attendant didn't like their skirts or shirts. Now it's Jamie Gent, athletic director at Haslett High School in Michigan. According to th… more »

I have to admit that I'm not, nor have I ever been, a Woody Austin fan. When pressed for the reason, I also have to admit rather shallow grounds: He resembles a lunch lady who bedeviled me throughout elementary school. And he wears such God-awful… more »

So I'm at a golf outing last month, and I end up winning the long-drive competition. (OK, so I was the only one who kept the ball on the fairway; could have used my putter and still won.) For my awesome display of sheer luck, I won a dozen golf balls wit… more »

2007 was a big year for Nike Golf: two PGA Tour wins by staff pro K.J. Choi, one by Rory Sabbatini, and of course a passel of hardware and millions upon millions of dollars for Tiger Woods. Not bad.Seems like the weird-looking line of drivers who… more »

The Deutsche Bank Championship was a classic -- riveting golf, for which we owe a thanks to the FedEx Cup format. However, there is still considerable doubt as to exactly how popular it is among golf fans, much less PGA Tour pros themselves. For your… more »

One of the best known clever quotes by Lee Trevino was uttered not long after the inimitable ball-striker was himself struck by lightning during the 1975 Western Open: "If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hol… more »

Those in the golf world received the sad news yesterday from the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) that the enormously respected Ed Seay had died, at the age of 69. Seay partnered in the golf course design business with Arnold Palmer… more »

The August 6, 2007, issue of the august The New Yorker contained an entertaining article about the 2007 U.S. Open entitled, "Rip Van Golfer". The article was so titled because the author, John McPhee, admits in the second paragraph that he had not ste… more »

Ah…the dog-days of summer are nipping at our heels, and methinks a cool, adult beverage is in order. For everyone who is a fan of the quintessential summertime treat that is watermelon, I have concocted a refreshing libation that serves equally wel… more »