On my recent vacation to Myrtle Beach (Garden City Beach, actually) I had the pleasure of playing at River Club in Pawleys Island. As I travel out of the Washington DC area, I have seldom ventured all the way to the southern end of the Myrtle Beach area to play golf. Certainly there are enough options in North and Central Myrtle. First and foremost, here’s the particulars on course set up. River Club has wonderful bent grass greens that were a medium fast speed. The length of the rough was perfect at approximately ball height. The terrain is not quite ... full post »

In a way, I feel sorry for Stewart Cink. It’s entirely likely that he’ll never get proper credit for winning The Open Championship at Turnberry. No, he’ll always be just the guy who was waiting when Old Tom Watson finally ran out of youth serum. And that’s a shame. We should remember that Cink birdied the the tough 18th hole on the final day of a very tough four day examination to post a good score for every player to try to better, but we won’t. Instead, we’ll curse the hard bounce that Tom Watson got on a beautifully struck 8 ... full post »

Tiger Woods is out, mercifully for many golf fans. Watching coverage on TNT today was reminiscent of a wake. So who’s left on top? A bunch of old guys and a links rookie in Steve Marino. Co-leader Marino figures not to hold up because he’s never won before on the PGA Tour, much less a major championship. Tom Watson figures to go away because he’s already used up his annual allotment of 50 foot putts. One shot back of those two is the aching, aging, overweight Mark Calcavecchia. It’s just hard to believe that his body will make it 36 more ... full post »