If you missed the story on last night's world news, Thailand's Boonchu Ruangkit turned in a deafening performance at the Senior Masters, held in his native land. Ruangkit signed for scores of 64-66-65 (he gave no excuses for the middle round) to finish 2… more »

Last week I unloaded my Fantasy Golf woes on you, faithful reader (is it plural yet?) I had recently sunk to second place in my league, due mainly to my inability to pick at least one "C" division player who could make it to the weekend. Guess what? Ma… more »

Disclaimers: I don't play the PGA Tour; I wasn't at the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale this year to support or disprove anything DiMarco said; I never played organized football. Background: The 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale is a short par three (wedge to 8-… more »

Ai Miyazato has had quite a start to the 2010 LPGA season.  She stormed back in Thailand with a final-round 63 to defeat Suzann Pettersen by one, then turned in a workwoman-like 69 on a Sunday in Singapore (when no one went lower than 67) to win by two f… more »

Many have inquired on the web, in print, at the water cooler, if the Tiger Woods liaison scandal is the greatest sports ignominy of all time. I do not so believe, for two reasons. First, Tiger Woods did not break a law. Scandal-mongers tend to look fa… more »

If you follow my writings as zealots follow Gospel updates (have not seen very many over the past two thousand years, sadly), you know that I have undergone a conversion of sorts to personalized club fitting. After years of clubs purchased off the rack,… more »

If you are a golfing neophyte, the headlines concerning the sport these days must have your head spinning. From the unfortunate Mr. Woods to the unfortunate Mr. Barron, golf seems to revolve around one thing: testosterone. Mr. Woods and his colleagues, i… more »

1. The USA proved the superiority of its socio-economic structure by riding seven consecutive birdies to a T7 placement in the World Cup of Golf this weekend. The USA leap-frogged Hugo Chavez' Venezuelan team, who could only muster an even-par Sunday,… more »

Team USA made eight birdies in better-ball or fourball competition on Saturday and shot -5 for the day. Three bogies in better-ball is unheard of for amateur hacks, and completely inconceivable for the world's top professionals. Well, strap on your s… more »

The World Cup defines team play in an individual sport. Might be that defines is too strong a word; perhaps anticipates is a more correct choice. One of the great challenges of any team coach in the golfing realm is the one that decrees that players… more »

Not since "Yeah, wanna make 14 bucks the hard way" have I wanted to type those three tantalizing words: the hard way. WELL, all things come to an end. I cannot confirm nor deny (since I am lazy) that Rickie Fowler is the only biped to lose playoff… more »

A week back, I wrote an entry on my anticipated fitting with a regional Henry-Griffitts teacher. That is correct and not a typo, a teacher. I was as stumped as you might be, reading this. I visited their website and found one menu item that read "Find a… more »

If the secrecy involving the candidacy of Michael Whan is the good sign that I take it to be, the LPGA is prepared to right the ship that foundered partly thanks to ex-commissioner Bivens and partly thanks to the world economy. I have followed this wh… more »

The golf web sites are abuzz with news that Steve Carell, an actor I laugh at but can hardly stand to observe, is in line to play the lead role in Missing Links, one of the five best and funniest fictional golf pieces ever. In what could be the worst mi… more »

Ten years is a long time to hold a grudge. I was 33 years old, awaiting the arrival of the completion of 34, when Payne Stewart's plane rose then fell. I recall scanning the list of casualties, sorry that I could not recognize the names of the pilots, th… more »