Something has been bothering me about the Wie-Creamer-Pressel blog threads of the last two years, and I am proud to announce that I have finally outsmarted myself and figured out what it is: the bottom line. Roll tape back fourteen years to when Tiger first played in the LA Open at Riviera. He missed the cut. He missed the cut again at age 17 and a third time at age 18. He has never played well at Riviera. Since he had a junior record of win after win after win, no one questioned his ... full post »

I’ve just finished Somewhere in Ireland a Village is Missing an Idiot, by the renowned slav, David Feherty. He puts forth his belief that the well-aimed and well-deserved curse should not be shrunk away from, but rather, embraced. His reflections gave me pause, and I thus swore, errr, promised to write a blog on the nature of swearing in golf. In a nutshell, here it is. Swearing in golf part one: reflexive. The most common type of swearing in golf is the self-aimed curse. When angered by one’s shortcoming(s), one curses oneself, one’s ability, or (in Spain) ... full post »