Archives for: July 2008
Jul
31
Let the suppositions begin! Wie birdies seventeen and parred eighteen to get back to +1 for round one. She's probably two shots outside the cut line. more »
Jul
30
Greg Norman of Jupiter, Florida, tossed a savage 88 today during the first round of Western Amateur medal play at Point O' Woods. The shark pup inscribed four doubles, one triple and eight single bogeys on his scorecard. He waited fourteen holes to mak… more »
Jul
29
Thanks to Brad Klein and a number of other figures in the golf world, a hugely successful auction was held last month to benefit Bob Labbance. Bob is a wonderful writer and the director of notowngolf.com. He is fighting Lou Gehrig's Disease and recentl… more »
Jul
28
Amid the grandeur and tragedy that is 2008, golf books don't rate very high in a global sense. Within their own universe of golfdom, however, certain ones stand out for their importance. If you have The Wow Factor on your shelf or desk and have yet to op… more »
Jul
27
Sometimes the news is real, sometimes surreal, and sometimes, completely fabricated. We give you another infrequent installment of...
Notes From The Fairways
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John Cook made news… more »
Jul
27
I have a piece of spam sitting in my inbox that I do not dare open. I am the fool of no one, unlike Chris Baldwin, who is the fool for all. As the director of a 3000-address email list, I receive a lot of spam in the box reserved for that list, over 20… more »
Jul
26
Throughout this politicized year of living dangerously through a rose-colored lens, I was forced into actual lens alteration. My Tamron zoom made a trip home to the factory after giving up the dreaded ERR 99. Despite the best efforts of various cyberna… more »
Jul
20
That title blows chunks, I do admit. However, I have your attention, so read on.
Nationwide Tour...When does it ever come first? Today it does! Over the last four years, it has taken $196K, $193K, $178K, and $189K to make the top 25 and get a pass… more »
Jul
20
Here are a few things that people will write and what I think of them.
1. Greg Norman didn't choke...Whatever. You say potato, I say tomato. It does not matter whether he choked or didn't choke. He didn't win. I'm surprised on two counts: Norman… more »
Jul
18
1. He's young...
2. He wears a tight belt buckle...
3. He makes birdies...
4. He's young...(We have to recycle them, after all.)
Anthony Kim is 40% of the way to the land of Johnny Pott, Blaine McCallister, Mason Rudolph, Roger Maltbie, L… more »
Jul
16
Poor Cameron Morfit...He drew the short straw over at SI/Golf.Com. Van Sickle, Hack, Phillips, Feherty and the rest got the last laugh and Morfit had to defend the application of an asterisk to the 2008 Open Championship. Here's clarification for one a… more »
Jul
16
If you have yet to see it, you will now. Here it is:
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Tom Toles has a great cartoon today on the Obama cover. It goes like this:
You'd think that one of the cover editors might have shaken the cobwebs from his mind and recalled this
and… more »
Jul
14
The USGA Junior Amateur is visiting Shoal Creek this month. Golf.Com gives some insightful commentary, then incites some more controversy. Here's a quote:
(Shoal Creek actually was close to hosting the Senior Amateur six or seven years ago but was u… more »
Jul
14
Imagine for a moment, if you will, the Kenny Perry backswing in combination with the Charles Barkley downswing. Perry has that pronounced hitch going back, while the lump of pump has the greatest pause ever in his downswing. Would the ball ever leave t… more »
Jul
13
Matt Jager had autographed scorecards for 67, 66 and 64 after his first three rounds at the Players Amateur in Bluffton, South Carolina. He can be forgiven for imagining that another 66 in round 4 would be enough for a victory in this semi-major amateur… more »
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