A man’s got to admit when he is wrong so, painful as it is, here goes: Sergio Garcia is getting better. I once wrote that would never happen. Don’t get me wrong, I am not a Garcia fan. Perhaps when he can refrain from childish behavior such as the spitting incident, and the ridiculous whining when explaining his losses, then I might like him better. But let’s skip the personality disorders and talk about the golf. Yes, Garcia stumbled on the front nine of the final round to get caught by the field in last week’s Open Championship at tough Carnoustie, ... full post »

One of my boys – Lucky Lew – is currently vacationing in England, so some of the rest of my buddies and I are taking advantage of that by having Lucky Lew make a few legal wagers on the Open Championship for us. Funny thing about that is Lew is terribly unlucky and the nickname is very sarcastic. Now, Hutchie is a real gambler so he sent over some serious cheese on a handful of each-way bets (half of your bet is placed on a golfer as a straight-up win and the other half is at ¼ odds for the ... full post »

In recent years, the Open Championship has become my personal favorite major championship in golf. Ever since I started playing nearly 35 years ago, I always had a fascination with that different form of the game known as links golf - usually on half-brown turf, players using bump and run shots, stacked sod bunkers that are a real hazard and wind speeds that can mean nothing at all or up to a 4 club difference. And all of the history involved in the oldest championship in the world produced an increasingly seductive allure for me as I’ve aged. But it ... full post »