Tim "Old" McDonald, the farmer of prose, lends the notion that Medinah is not acting like a major. Thank God, I respond, Thank God. For too long the notion that under par is a no-no at a major has seeped insipidly into the golf-viewer psyche, to the poin… more »

Here is a brief blog to put two names out there as captain's picks that I bet you have not considered. The first is a guy who has been a stalwart on the tour for two decades, is the only guy to beat Tiger in a playoff, and has proven his strength recent… more »

Let's get directly to the corpses: Zach Johnson, Brett Wetterich, and (probably) Vaughn Taylor will not be in the top ten of the USA Ryder Cup team when Sunday evening mizzles in. Lumpy, Davis, Cink-Port, Kelly and Glover all have a shot at double-point… more »

Use the force, Luke! Lucas Glover, by his own admission, got caught up in the Ryder Cup hype and went AWOL for a few months, made the biggest impression on Thursday. Minus Six! Riley wasn't bad either, matching him, but it will take more than just one… more »

That's right, all capital letters, boys. Time to stand up and say, Captain Tom, I belong. In the words of the donkey in Shrek, Pick me, Pick me! While Blogger Dave examines the Gospel according to Phil and what it really means, and Blogger Kiel wond… more »

If Tom Lehman wants to win the Ryder Cup so badly that he sees himself as a viable playing candidate, let him have it! He came within an eyelash and a hawaiian of vaulting into the top ten this week in Colorado. None of the other pretenders made anything… more »

I'm just too giddy for words. Another Hawaiian teenager, Miss Kimberly Kim from Hilo, has qualified for the finals of the Women's am. She faces a marauding German in Katharina Schallenberg, so she'll need to be on top of her game to win the 36-hole mar… more »

Like the seven dwarves, I whistled at Thistle on Friday, so relaxed was the round of golf. Perhaps I owed it to being on the white tees, some 1000 yards shorter than the tips to which I am accustomed. Either way, I would have enjoyed this round. I had… more »

Building on success with the Oneida nation of central New York, Robert Trent Jones II has entered into an agreement with the Seneca of western New York to build a golf course in the town of Lewiston, a few miles north of Niagara Falls. The site, next to… more »

They say that Bobby Jones played the perfect round in a British Open qualifier at Sunningdale. They say that he hit 17 greens, had a lone bunker shot, 33 putts and 33 shots to the greens. His highest score was a four. Having inscribed the "Tiger Slam"… more »

Briefly, the USA ladies kept the Cup. They seem to do what the professionals cannot do...get out to an early lead, withstand a challenge, and win the darned thing. Pacific Dunes must have provided tremendous vistas for this exhibition of shotmaking and… more »

Never let it be said that yearbook camp is for geeks. I've been at one in Gettysburg for two days now, and I can affirm that I am stronger, faster, and better-looking than when I arrived. Yes, you can pretend that Photoshop is to blame, but we all know… more »

Here's the quickest of blogs for you Michelle-Wie debaters. On the heel of her T2 at Evian, I am struck by the similarities to a young David Duval. We remember, in the days before blogs, when Duval finished highly if not with strength, beggin the quest… more »

Last Summer, John Daly debuted a course in Niagara Falls, Ontario, called Thundering Waters. While exact information on his level of participation is scant, he did hit twenty balls across the gorge, in an attempt to conquer the mighty Niagara. He faile… more »

How to make news out of nothing...John Rollins received ten more points for winning the B.C. Open than Chris DiMarco earned for placing 2nd at The "Other" Open. And we care...Why? Rollins vaulted past Vaughn Taylor, Lucas Glover, washed-up Davis Love 3… more »