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 terr… more »

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-bro… more »

Here in the North, those of us who are of the golfing persuasion spend these sub-freezing days dreaming of ideal golfing days in far off locations. This is the climate in which many a golfing trip is formulated. Nothing quite stokes the fire like plannin… more »

Only a very few have the magic and stir the golfing public’s emotions. Seve Ballesteros is one of them. He captured our imaginations over 30 years ago when, as a 19-year old, he was the 2nd and 3rd round leader in the 1976 Open Championship at Royal Bi… more »

Well, whaddya know? Somebody who carries a little weight in the Wie camp has come to their senses and directly challenged the course Michelle Wie has been taking. She will now focus all of her energy and considerable talent towards trying to beat the bes… more »

Allright, now, don’t tease us. Please say that what is starting to happen at the Wachovia Championship will last through Sunday. It is early on Friday but as the first half of the field is close to halfway through their rounds, the top five includes Ti… more »

As golf fans, sadly, we spend most of our time focusing on the best of the best, much like Feinstein's golf books. That’s a shame because even journeymen pros usually have a good story to tell. Any dictionary you might use will roughly define journeyma… more »

We should have known something sinister was underway when the typically generous Florida Swing courses of the PGA Tour were playing nearly as tough as US Open venues. Results from the Masters just confirms it. 2007 will be forever known as the year of To… more »

There are many forms of choking. The most obvious is the jerked, pushed, woefully short or too long putt under pressure. Those are visible – like Scott Hoch in the 1989 Masters. Nerves can betray a golfer on delicate touch shots around the green. Usual… more »

As stupid as predicting the outcome of golf tournaments is, I thought I'd chime in with a prediction before heading out of town tomorrow morning for several days of playing golf in the morning and watching the Masters in the afternoon. The betting odd… more »

As far as spitting goes, Sergio Garcia’s faux pas at Doral on Saturday ranks far down the list of most disgusting incidents. Charles Barkley and Roberto Alomar were unanimous selections to the Spitting Hall of Shame. (Titanic’s Kate Winslet gets a pa… more »

Sure, it sounds preposterous. If Tiger Woods has taught us anything, it's that the man doesn't slump, he retools. But what I'm talking about is not a slump like the human Tour pros have. A Tiger Slump may well be more easily defined as a month in which h… more »

Set your VCR or DVD-R right now for the hour preceding the Sunday broadcast of the Masters. We are going to be treated to a look into history when Arnold Palmer was the Tiger Woods of his day. During contract negotiations, Jim Nantz somehow bargained fo… more »

All the Tiger Woods fans in the Washington DC area will be rejoicing tonight when the news leaks out that "Tiger Woods Is Coming To Toooown". The PGA Tour will fill the hole in the schedule on July 5-8 with a new tournament in the Nation's Capitol that b… more »

I am impressed. The newspaper USA Today has trumped any and all other coverage for the 2007 season on the LPGA Tour. I had planned to write a little something myself about all the interesting stories that will unfold this year, but I’d feel like I was… more »