Archives for: August 2007
Aug
30
I am so captivated by the Fedex Playoffs that I am prepared to throw 100% of my support behind Commissioner Finchem if he would only pronounce the following two mandates:
Tiger, you are tired? Then STAY HOME for the next three weeks. You are out. N… more »
Aug
29
The Passion of RonMon: Conversion to a FedEx Cup devotee.
(Set to the lyrics and rhythm of Dr. Seuss' immortal Green Eggs and Ham)
Act One: Denial
I do not like it on tee-vee.
I do not like it on a tee.
I do not like it in my house.… more »
Aug
28
Now that I've slept on it, I have a clearer vision of the USGA Walker Cup selection committee's hypocrisy. Here's what we had to perceive as their premise: we value our own Amateur championship so little that we will only hold out two spots based on it… more »
Aug
27
Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley were selected by the USGA to round out the USA Walker Cup team. Stanley was as deserving as the next guy, but Fowler was the big question. I'll run down the three-for-one decision as I see it.
Michael Thompson: Too mu… more »
Aug
26
It will only last for a moment, as the 18th is a par five, but I want you to feel what I'm feeling, if only for a brief time.
Denis Watson just double-bogeyed number 17, and Ray Stewart birdies 16. Stewart has spent the better part of the day returni… more »
Aug
25
That's not entirely true, but it makes for a good headline. I can now suggest unambiguously and unequivocally that the USGA should select Michael Thompson and Kyle Stanley for their 2007 Walker Cup side. I like Thompson and Stanley over, say, Rickie Fo… more »
Aug
24
It is a safe bet that Colt Knost, this Summer's new, dominant amateur, and Michael Thompson are the favorites in Saturday's USGA Amateur semifinal matches. In what might better have been a later confrontation, Thompson seized control and never relinquis… more »
Aug
24
Unlike my erstwhile colleague, Chris "White Line" Baldwin, this blog entry is all over the road. No monochromatic themes for the RonMonster...instead, let's look at the first round from all angles
Mr. Baldwin
-Vijay Singh, formerly ranked number… more »
Aug
23
1. The foreign contingent is through to the quarters. Canada, Colombia and Taipei will all be represented in the round of 8.
2. The stock of Derek Fathauer and Michael Thompson is rising in the eyes of the USGA's Walker Cup selection committee. Un… more »
Aug
23
1. The foreign contingent is through to the quarters. Canada, Colombia and Taipei will all be represented in the round of 8.
2. The stock of Derek Fathauer and Michael Thompson is rising in the eyes of the USGA's Walker Cup selection committee. Un… more »
Aug
23
Well, not exactly Mount Olympus, but close. The list of Walker Cup hopefuls thins even more as the great eight loses weight. Allow me to elaborate.
Kyle Stanley bogeyed two of his final three holes to lose to the outmatched David McDaniel. Jon Curr… more »
Aug
23
Derek Fathauer, one of the battling Fathauer twins from Louisville, dismissed a wimpering Chris Kirk, 'only' the number one ranked amateur in the USA, by 7 and 6. What is disturbing about the slaughter is the fact that Kirk played 12 holes in six over p… more »
Aug
22
To begin the updated rankings. Alex Prugh made a valiant comeback against Jon Curran. 3 down with 4 to play, Prug made 3 birdies and a bogey while Curran went par-bogey-bogey-par. Just when it seemed the 15th-ranked Curran might succumb to pressure, h… more »
Aug
22
In my previous entry, I detailed how two 2007 USA Walker Cup selections (Kuehne and Moore) failed to advance to match play. The first of the remaining six has been eliminated, 4 & 3, at the hands of the monstrously-talented Michael Thompson. Michae… more »
Aug
22
For those of you who miss my beat-by-beat coverage of important events, welcome home. Having perfected the skill of covering major events on-site, I strive now to reach farther, to events located nowhere near my present geographic distinction. I appren… more »
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