Apr
23
It's funny how one thing leads to another. I was reading the results of the ACC golf championship (see my penultimate blog entry) and started looking for Michael Quagliano on the Duke side. Seems like dude didn't make the starting five for the Blue Dev… more »
Apr
23
I guess I've seen it all. Kudos to the ACC coaches for not requiring that a playoff resolve the co-championship. Congratulations to the Virginia Tech five and their coach. more »
Apr
23
I've put out a challenge this week over my buffalogolfer.com e-newsletter, engaging our readers on the Buffalo website in a challenge with the readers of TravelGolf.Com. As you know (see the icon down below, to the left?) I will be playing 100 holes of… more »
Apr
22
I cannot help slogging through the variety of golf offerings out there...I'm on golf.com, golfdigest.com, golfweek.com, golfchannel.com, and the myriad others quite a bit. When I was in 3rd grade, I was the top speed reader in my class, so my ability to… more »
Apr
20
Funny thing, press clippings. During his Wake Forest years (only recently completed), the headline-grabber was Bill Haas, son of Jay, nephew of Jerry (Wake Forest coach.) Kyle Reifers, son of two outstanding Columbus, Ohio-area amateur golfers, did the… more »
Apr
15
I'll try my best to be pithy...
Blog o' the weekend...Beverly Ferguson on wind. It killed Davies and Ochoa in Florida, and delayed Heritage to Monday. Glad I learned to hit knockdown shots as a kid.
Early call for British Open underdog...Markus B… more »
Apr
11
Thanks to my elimination from the Blogger Lost and Found, ummm, Blogger Island, err, Blogger Idol, err, whatever that thing is that Heather M. runs on WorldGolf.Com, I am now free to write a good blog. I know that wil come as a surprise to my colleagues… more »
Apr
09
Are you kidding me? No, golf writers will never be confused with Don Imus or Michael Richards, but even some of the drivel I've read this morning is beyond comprehension. Here are a few...
On Zach Johnson in the 2006 Ryder Cup Matches, from SI's Came… more »
Apr
08
Time was, you made an eagle or better on a hole, you received crystal. Post the low round of the day, more Waterford. 2007 has wrought a re-definition of the Crystal Criteria. In anticipation of Billy Payne´s soon-to-arrive missive, here are the crit… more »
Apr
08
3. Brad Dredge
Obligatory unknown foreigner (like Bjorn, Rose, Clark before him) to place high.
2. Tiger Woods
Continues chase of Nicklaus´record how-many runer-ups in pro majors. Adds second to PGA loss to Beem.
1. Retief Goosen
Makes up f… more »
Apr
07
I remember watching Seve Ballesteros escape from everywhere, build a nine-shot cushion (or so), then give nearly all of it back before winning his first Masters. I was seduced. I´m certain that, a generation later, in 1997, other yong golfer-wanna-bes… more »
Apr
04
If you visit Golf.Com´s Par Three Contest photo essay from Augusta National, you´ll get the idea that the only people who played were a threesome totalling over 180 years of age, the English version of Lanny Wadkins (who has yet to impress me without P… more »
Apr
01
Disclaimer: if you want golf, visit links to my colleagues. If you want a private eye inside my away-from-travelgolf world, read on.
I find myself in northern Spain, in Asturias, where the reconquest began so many centuries ago. I´m in a town call… more »
Mar
25
If you haven't seen it, nor heard of it, it's not much in the way of news. However, we can now add the loogie incident to the shoe incident and the finger incident in the Garcia pantheon. For those who have forgotten, Garcia flipped off the crowd at Be… more »
Mar
25
Mark Wilson won the Honda Classic a few weeks ago. That feat by itself would have earned a Masters invitation in the not-too-distant past. As of this morning, Wilson sat in 8th place on the FedEx Cup points list; he now finds himself in the 10th slot.… more »
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