Thank God that Larry Nelson has finally been elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Although he would never come right out and say it, he must feel like the PGA of America has slapped him in the face every two years by never naming him captain of a U.S. Ryder Cup team. Given the popular players who will be coming up for nomination during the next few contests such as Paul Azinger and Fred Couples, it is a virtual certainty that Nelson will be left out. It is hard to imagine what the PGA has been looking for when ... full post »

Somewhere in my pea-brain, I harbored the notion that Alabama was a state comprised of flat terrain. Wrong! Just got back from an eight day golf trip to play some of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail. This is a trip that every traveling golfer should make - at least once. On the whole, the golf course designs are terrific, the terrain is often spectacular and course conditioning is uniformly good. Everyone in our group found these courses exciting and challenging as every course has a different flavor. There are five sets of tees to accommodate any type of golfer. So ... full post »

Having already captured the 2005 PGA title and now following that up with a commanding win at Augusta last week, there is the possibility of Phil Mickelson matching the Tiger Woods 2000-2001 feat of holding all 4 professional Major championship titles at the same time (the Tiger Slam). Let’s call it the Mickel-slam. Oh yeah, I hear the giggles at this suggestion but take a look at the remaining two Majors he needs to complete the new impregnable quadrilateral. The next Major championship will be the US Open contested at Medinah. It was just last Fall that Mickelson won on ... full post »