May
19
The LPGA and European tours are contesting their respective match-play championships this week. It's a shame that they aren't valued higher, in the form of major championship status. Such recognition would bring notoriety of a positive sort to the event… more »
Apr
07
Like it...Love it...Gotta have it. Those abrupt sizings we all know from a national ice cream parlor sum up the Saturday leaderboard for me. Here are the reasons why the top twenty golfers are priced the way they are:
*Jason Duffner~Gotta Have It~He's… more »
Apr
03
If you read yesterday's post, you know that I find the Masters to be more unpredictable than women and weather. However, I've taken a look at the pairings for the first two rounds of the Augusta Spring Invitational and I've got ten groups to keep an eye… more »
Apr
02
If you're in a Yahoo fantasy league or your office has a pool, you know how difficult it is to handicap the Masters tournament. The Augusta Spring Invitational used to be an easy one to call. That long-hitting, smooth-putting guy...or that stoic German.… more »
Mar
31
Mother Nature granted western New York an unforgettable month of warmth, sunshine and dry conditions. Every golf course, public and private, opened ahead of schedule when it became clear that the pleasant days were not a fad. Then, on April 30th, the ke… more »
Mar
20
Taken for grante, are the feet. Taken for granted, too, are the socks that protect them. It's the shoe that gets the glory (can I get an Amen?) Fancy colors, swirls, chevrons and swooshes, with stripes thrown in for best measure. Kicks from the playgrou… more »
Feb
29
I had to scrap plans to head to Vegas to hang with Butch for a few days. I can't remember if it was the intimidation factor (he was working with Tiger or Adam or Dustin at the time) or the intimidation factor (his personal tutoring fee was a number that… more »
Feb
12
From my perspective, the anointing of a new great player or great place ensures that others will take umbrage and raise their level of performance. With all the attention that Lexi Thompson has received over the past year, it's understandable that other… more »
Jan
04
Not since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door at the Castle Church in Wittenberg has such a polemic developed around a statement of purpose. Robert Trent Jones II, golf course architect based in Palo Alto, California (and one of the finalists… more »
Dec
29
We all benefit from a kick in the pants as much as we despise its taste and sensation. While I don't believe that Dave Pelz ever rested too much on his laurels, the arrival of Stan Utley on the short game-instruction scene in the mid 2000s served as the… more »
Dec
17
Wouldn't you know that Antigua and Tommy Hilfigger would debut new shirts as the snow settled down a second time across the Niagara Frontier? Wouldn't you know that a writer buddy would text from Belleair Country Club in Clearwater,Florida,
with tal… more »
Dec
12
I was driving home to some PGA Tour radio on XM when I came to a realization...the Masters is not a major and will be the first one to go. Go when? When the paradigm shift to the east takes place. You see, it makes no sense to have three out of four maj… more »
Dec
10
The first snow, the last tournament: Central Illinois Charity Classic dissolves on LPGA Tour
Send feedback »That dreaded first snowfall arrived on December 9th here. Golfers suspect that a few more rounds might truly be stolen in western New York, but the consistent call to play is now restricted to golf domes and simulator locations.
The same day, I recei… more »
Dec
03
It might have been the moment when I stepped to the tee of a district golf association fundraising event and the chorus rang out: "Hey, Poulter...Ian Poulter!" Well, I striped one down the middle and too a step back, feeling more than just a bit like th… more »
Nov
27
Are they any good at foursomes in England? Yep. Nine-Under par from Poulter and Rose, including a 16th hole eagle, came up two strokes shy of team USA (Kuchar and Woodland) as the USA duo recovered from a day-two 70 with weekend jaunts of 63 (fourball)… more »
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