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Posted on May 4, 2008
Tiger Woods was the defending champion of the Wachovia Championship held in Charlotte. However, he couldn't make the tournament because of his knee surgery that kept him out. However, I'm not quite sure him playing would have made a...
Posted on May 2, 2008
Ah, the life of a commoner. Here is Michelle Wie, once on top of the world as far as golf hype and even playing in men's tournament, and now she has to file for qualification to even get into the...
Posted on May 1, 2008
Awww, so sad. Defending champion Tiger Woods is not playing in the Wachovia Championship. His knee surgery is keeping him out until June, and so the fans around Charlotte will just have to make due with the other professionals....
Posted on April 29, 2008
I read this headline on golf.com and had to do a double take. First off, the chances of getting a hole in one is basically astronomical; it is truly the crown jewel of a golfer's "life". To have two...
Posted on April 27, 2008
Adam Scott had a three stroke lead going into the fourth round at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship. By most accounts, playing a solid round and keeping consistent should have brought home the trophy. However, that didn't happen. Scott,...
Posted on April 23, 2008
Greg Norman. The Great White Shark. While his Australian charm and game play was legendary, he may be better known for his course designs, which got the biggest prize of the year. Norman's golf courses at Jumeirah Golf Estates...
Posted on April 22, 2008
I was out on the course this weekend with my wife and two kids in tow. My 10-year old boy was playing with me while my wife and six year old were in another cart just along for the...
Posted on April 20, 2008
He was walking down the fairway with a beaming smile, the 18th green awaiting. The crowd had swarmed around him, chanting "Boooooooo! Boooooo!" Ok, so normally when Boo is chanted, it doesn't mean the person being spoken to breaks...
Posted on April 20, 2008
Let's face it. Boo Weekley hasn't exactly been tearing up the tour this year. He's definitely been in the thick of things a few times, but nothing that really where he has posed an immediate threat late in the...
Posted on April 17, 2008
> Harbour Town has always been good to Davis Love III. He has won there five times during his career, and this week, the Verizon Heritage Tournament was being played in good ole' Hilton Head, S.C. So it's only fitting...
Posted on April 15, 2008
Yeah, yeah, I know, more news about Tiger Woods. But at least this is not about how he dominated a tournament--to the contrary, actually. Woods underwent arthroscopic surgery today on his left knee, which is actually the second time...
Posted on April 14, 2008
It was almost like rubber-necking a car accident as you drive by; you didn't really want to watch it, but you had to. Sitting at home taking in the sights and sounds of the Masters, I certainly had big...
Posted on April 12, 2008
Remember when Fred Couples had a situation in 1992 where a simple blade of grass kept him in the hunt for the Masters--which he ended up winning? I am talking about when just one stroke of fate in terms...
Posted on April 12, 2008
If there's one thing I like about certain golfers, it's fire--it's passion, it's personality. Guys like Vijay Singh, who are calculated and basically go from shot to shot and win roboticly--that's not for me. The soft-spoken ones, the ones...
Posted on April 10, 2008
It was kind of funny when I was looking at the picture gallery at golf.com. Here is the biggest tournament of the year, and we've got so many great players on the course, yet as I am paging through...
Posted on April 8, 2008
It's not enough that the Masters is all about pressure and winning one of the most prestigious tournaments of the year (hence the name). It's not enough that the players are trying to overcome one of the hottest players...
Posted on April 7, 2008
The oddsmakers have it marked, almost begging you not to take it--Tiger Woods is a 1:1 odds on favorite to win it. Have you ever seen a bigger event that has a more certain winner? I mean, we are...
Posted on April 6, 2008
Johnson Wagner had some nerves on Sunday. I mean, why wouldn't he? He had over 40 starts on the PGA Tour without a win and had missed six of nine cuts so far this year. He had been leading...
Posted on April 5, 2008
Johnson Wagner was born in Amarillo, Texas. Six Texans have won the Shell Houston Open. So it's no surprise that after two rounds Wagner is leading the tournament, even though he noticeably cooled off after shooting a course record...
Posted on April 2, 2008
Tiger Woods had a very impressive streak of consecutive wins. And while really no one overall was terribly surprised that he did what he did, here's another number for you to chew on: 70. That's the number of majors...
Posted on March 31, 2008
Alright, it wasn't like an outburst of reality television proportions. There was no screaming, no temper tantrums, no crying, but it was still a little uneasy to watch. The PGA, which has never lacked for drama when it comes...
Posted on March 30, 2008
There is now an official aura for the Zurich Classic--a place to stake your flag as a first-time winner on the PGA Tour. After Andres Romero charged with a 68 on the last day to eek a 1 shot...
Posted on March 30, 2008
> Woody Austin was not happy. After he birdied three consecutive holes, Mother Nature spoke, and spoke with authority. After rain, lightning and thunder rolled across the course for almost 4 hours, 46 players had to call it quits and...
Posted on March 28, 2008
254 starts. That's how many tournaments Briny Baird has entered on the PGA Tour. And that's also how many times he has not won a tournament. Ouch. But--the Zurich Classic has been a haven for first-time winners, and now...
Posted on March 27, 2008
Dean Wilson had played in eight straight tournaments. Even for the best iron men of golf, that is asking alot. So he decided to take a couple weeks off heading into the Zurich Classic in Louisiana. And for the...
Posted on March 26, 2008
Nick Watney has one PGA win under his belt--and it just so happens to be the tournament that is being played this week in Avondale, Louisiana in the Zurich Classic. He's hoping that he can repeat on the 7500...
Posted on March 25, 2008
Geoff Ogilvy lead wire to wire. It was a great feat. But of course, the biggest news of the CA Championships at Doral was that the King had fallen. Tiger Woods was beaten. While golf is a sport where...
Posted on March 23, 2008
Tiger Woods has been unstoppable, unbelievable, and inhuman. He's won everything he's attempted, but barring another once-in-a-lifetime comebacks, the king's reign will be over. After basically dominating the World Golf Championships 15 of 26 times he's played in them,...
Posted on March 22, 2008
Geoff Ogilvy has done something that hasn't happened very often on the PGA Tour this season--lead both the opening and second rounds. But, somehow, that doesn't seem to matter on the larger scale of things when you consider Tiger...
Posted on March 20, 2008
Yeah, yeah, everyone is interested in Tiger Woods and if he can keep his streak alive. Yes, this is the first back-to-back event PGA wise in quite some time. Will it make a difference? Well, that's impossible to surmise...
Posted on March 16, 2008
I don't want people to think that I am this Tiger Woods worshipper or that there's no other news other than Woods, but the issue is--when you are talking about the world of professional golf, he's not giving me...
Posted on March 13, 2008
With a performance that really--honestly--no one could have predicted, Fred Couples shot an amazing 65 in the opening round at Bay Hill (Orlando, Fla), and took the lead. Even though Couples is a proven winner and a veteran who...
Posted on March 11, 2008
John Daly could hit the ball a mile. He's been able to really make a name on the tour for years for his play on and off the course--and off the course, it's been more of an "off the...
Posted on March 7, 2008
Animal cruelty like the kind that was exposed in the Michael Vick case was deplorable--not only because of the things that he and his thugs were doing to them in general, but because they were making money off it...
Posted on March 5, 2008
How long has it been since a penalty has been assessed on the PGA tour for slow play? Tick tock, tick tock...time's up. Just like it should be for all golfers who basically are ignoring the rule of timely...
Posted on March 3, 2008
It was Lorena Ochoa’s first tournament of the LPGA year. Would she be sharp? Would she be able to make a start that she seemed to finish at last year, when she dominated women’s golf? Well, the answer was...
Posted on March 1, 2008
Luke Donald started out smoking at the Honda Classic on Thursday. A bogey-free 64 sent him sailing into the lead at PGA National located in Florida, but suddenly it all came crashing down--on Friday, he carded a quadruple bogey--yup,...
Posted on February 25, 2008
The World Golf Championship Match Play event is a study in endurance; to those that win, they have to consistently play tough, both physically and mentally. Like the NCAA Basketball tournament, while there are teams that are seeded as...
Posted on February 23, 2008
Jeong Jang scorched a 68 in the second round of the LPGA Fields Open, taking a 1 stroke lead at the midway point of the tourney held in Kapolei, Hawaii. The irony is, although the 68 was impressive, her...
Posted on February 22, 2008
The World Golf Championship Match Play tournament has had its share of excitement; many matches have not only been tight, but many have had to go into extra innings, so to speak. Kudos to the bracket makers, it certainly...
Posted on February 21, 2008
Steve Stricker has always been a player that, normally in the clutch, is a prime-time player. He has been one of those types of golfers that continue to get better with age, and his number one seeding in the...
Posted on February 19, 2008
Elaine Joyce is NOT happy. The Cape Cod native, who has won over 20 club championships over several years and also won the State Club champion title for women in 2001, was told that she would not be able...
Posted on February 18, 2008
Tiger Woods has definitely gained the world's top spot--and then some. He's played in two tournaments and won them both. He's continued to dominate the sport like no one has ever done--so the logic is that with this ranking,...
Posted on February 17, 2008
Alright, that's a little bit dramatic, don't you think? But anyways--there has been a lot of speculation lately about whether Phil Mickelson or Vijay Singh holds the the "true" second ranking in the world. This is largely due in...
Posted on February 15, 2008
KJ Choi, you would think, would try to avoid the Palisades, CA, Riviera course. He's never played consistently well. And when you combine that with the fact that the first round was a very windy day on the course,...
Posted on February 14, 2008
For years it seemed Annika Sorenstam would rule golf; and for years, she did. She has won 69 LPGA tournaments and is a shoo-in for the hall of fame. At 37, not many people could ask for more. But...
Posted on February 13, 2008
Butch Harmon has laid the law down--or so he thinks. In a recent interview, Tiger Woods' former swing coach told the world that he thinks Adam Scott is the best player under 30 and can challenge Tiger for the...
Posted on February 12, 2008
As the barbs continue to fly between European Ryder Cup Team Captain Nick Faldo and Colin Montgomerie, the Scottish Montgomerie has claimed that he does not want an exemption and to be basically "given" a spot on the team,...
Posted on February 11, 2008
India is one of the most populous countries in the world, and the fastest-growing sport there is golf. More courses are springing up and being planned it seems faster than ever, and the country only held one major tournament...
Posted on February 7, 2008
“I haven’t played to my full potential yet. And when that happens it will be just me and Tiger” In my best Janice voice...Oh....my...gaaaawwwdd..... Ian Poulter made this statement recently...and it is certainly pure golf comedy. But of course, reality...
Posted on February 5, 2008
Awww...after starting out 2-0 on the PGA Tour, Tiger Woods is missing this week's Pebble Beach Pro-Am...but he isn't the only one that people are mourning not being there. Comic mainstay Bill Murray is shooting a movie in Ireland,...
Posted on February 4, 2008
How odd. It's one thing to be a strong player at static events like Augusta or Dubai or Pebble Beach or Hilton Head, but it's a strange thing that a player who has only been on the tour for...
Posted on February 3, 2008
The vast majority of golfers almost never even gets close to getting a hole in one. Even less of those people are over 90 years. and even less of those are blind. Leo Fiyalko is all of them, and...
Posted on January 31, 2008
Phil Mickelson got slammed...and I mean slammed. After he had not played in the first couple of tourneys at the beginning of 2008, he had said that he was going to play in the Buick. Then it was disclosed...
Posted on January 29, 2008
Hugh Royer III, a former PGA player, gives instruction on short putts, and talks about not only some practice in set up, but also in the mental game that seems to follow players of all levels. The "Yips", which have...
Posted on January 27, 2008
Tiger Woods' victory in the Buick International was just...well, normal. Actually, I can't say that. He once again showed the world why he is in fact the best there is, and the best there ever was to play the...
Posted on January 23, 2008
Phil Mickelson has been ill with a respiratory illness, so much that it had kept him in bed for the past three days. In fact, he has been struggling with this type of issue since October. However, he is...
Posted on January 21, 2008
There was Justin Leonard, a seasoned veteran who had pulled out 11 victories. And then there was D.J. Trahan, a 27 year old pro that had won a single time on the tour. In an improbably turn of events,...
Posted on January 17, 2008
After Kelly Tilghman made commentary about having to beat Tiger Woods by "lynching" him in a back alley, which I have already discussed that it was taken so far out of context and turned into a good old fashioned...
Posted on January 15, 2008
KJ Choi was able to do it--lead wire to wire at the Sony Open, despite hard-charging Rory Sabbatini, who has also started off the 2008 season on fire. With the victory, Choi captured his seventh event of his PGA...
Posted on January 13, 2008
As of this writing, K.J. Choi is leading the Sony in Hawaii by 4 shots after 4 holes, and his record is that when he has lead after 54 holes he has never lost. However, as we saw in...
Posted on January 11, 2008
"How do you overcome Tiger Woods?" is a question that has been asked for a while now. When Kelly Tilghman said "Lynch him in a back alley" jokingly during a broadcast, it lit a fuse behind the Rev. Al...
Posted on January 10, 2008
We don't review such exotic things as tees, but these are a bit different. Just look at the picture--the look alone is space-age and will definitely turn heads. And perhaps you will also turn heads with the drives you...
Posted on January 7, 2008
It was all Weir and Watney. Everyone was talking about what may happen in the showdown between Mike Weir and Nick Watney (including me!), but that did not materialize--what happened was even more dramatic. Riding a sparkling 9 under in...
Posted on January 6, 2008
I think a lot of people probably thought Nick Watney's first round at the Mercedes Benz Championship was a fluke amongst the weirdness and weather that accompanied the beginning of the tournament. However, going into the day's final round, Canadian...
Posted on January 4, 2008
I love it. Amidst all of these hyped up golfing "champions" comes a newcomer of sorts in Nick Watney, who shot a 5 under to start off the 2008 season with a bang in the Mercedes-Benz championship. It was...
Posted on January 3, 2008
In the world of the weird and wacky, this one may be one of the more odd ones to start the new year. A snake in Australia, hungry for some chicken eggs, accidentally swallowed several golf balls instead. What, he...
Posted on January 1, 2008
In the next couple of days, a field of 31 former winners will engulf the beautiful island of Kapalua, Hawaii, for the Mercedes Benz Championship. The par 73, 7,411-yard Plantation Course, is dubbed the "course of champions" The grand scale...
Posted on December 30, 2007
Phil Mickelson became famous for his well-executed flop shot, which he worked like magic to get him up and down seemingly at will. 2007 seemed like one big flop shot for Mickelson, who had to endure the first half of...
Posted on December 26, 2007
Paul Casey, a native European, hasn't joined the PGA Tour in 2 seasons. He's back. Why now? Well--quite simple. It's a Ryder Cup year, and he not only wants to make the European team, but he wants to also just...
Posted on December 24, 2007
Ernie Els talked to the Daily News of South Africa about things other than--gasp!--Golf. In this down-to-earth interview, Els discusses things like his vineyard, his family, his love for soccer, and also his passion for creating golf courses. I've always...
Posted on December 21, 2007
Not that it was a huge surprise, but out of the four sponsor exemptions that will help kick off the PGA tour in 2008 at the Sony Open, one won't be going to Michelle Wie. Even though she has played...
Posted on December 20, 2007
I just recently read an article on MSNBC talking about Tiger being boring. At first, I was like...dang! Whaaaaaaat? But then--it all made sense. Tiger Woods is becoming boring. Why? Because we are all used to him having to make...
Posted on December 19, 2007
The LPGA has been working on getting a pro-am set up for a while now--and finally, it's going to happen! At Turnberry in Aventura, FL, the Ladies PGA tour will hold this event on April 24-27. The tourney will be...
Posted on December 18, 2007
The Bobby Jones award is given yearly by the USGA, and its main symbolism is for sportsmanship and basically promoting a positive image of golf. There was one non-golfer (translation=amateur) who had ever won the award--Bing Crosby/Bob Hope. Now there...
Posted on December 15, 2007
He looked obviously sick--the droopy eyes, the rosy-ish nose, that look of "I so want to be home". So what does Tiger Woods do at his own tournament, the Target World Challenge? He shoots a 62, sets a course AND...
Posted on December 14, 2007
In a less-than-glamorous announcement, Greg Norman and Chris Evert, two greats of their respective sports, are engaged to be married. Both had been divorced last year, with the "Great White Shark" having to pay his ex-wife Laura over 100 million...
Posted on December 13, 2007
Lee Williamson had been on the Canadian Tour from 2003-2006 and had marginal success. But at the opening round of the Australian Open, he came out firing on all cylinders, posting an impressive 65 and finishing strong, nabbing two birds...
Posted on December 12, 2007
A day after awarding Tiger Woods the Player of the Year in one of the most unsurprising events of the year, the PGA went in the extreme other direction by awarding Steve Stricker the Comeback Player of the Year--for the...
Posted on December 11, 2007
Tiger Woods was named by his peers as the PGA Tour Player of the Year. Oh, did you know that you will eventually die? And--also, did you know that water is wet? Just checking. This announcement was about as lame...
Posted on December 10, 2007
Many people use eBay for goods and services. Many people know that using this route takes out the middleman and therefore gives you wonderful prices. However, usually if something seems too good to be true--it probably is. There's obviously a...
Posted on December 9, 2007
Jason Day is known as a big hitter with a smooth putter--not too many people can claim this together--generally, most players are either one or the other. Likewise, Day is not exactly a proven tour player--but he could be--very soon....
Posted on December 7, 2007
This is a video from a pro in Scottsdale, Arizona, and he makes a good point about how we try to emulate and assume the lag is where the power comes from in terms of the players on the PGA...
Posted on December 6, 2007
It’s been a late fall tradition that 30 of the nation’s top male college golfers have looked forward to for 33 years, but a rule change by the NCAA may make the most recent tourney in November the last one...
Posted on December 5, 2007
Jane Park matched the Q-School tournament record by firing a final round -3 and a final score of 343 to lead the way in Daytona Beach. Park won the US Women's Amateur in 2004 and tied Ai Miyazato's 2005 record...
Posted on December 4, 2007
Augusta National does not want to have more than 100 players for the Masters. Fortunately for them, they are going to get their wish--as usual. There is a complex formula now that won't allow that to go above the 100...
Posted on December 3, 2007
26 players earned their cards very recently, and while many of them won't make it big on the tour quite yet, it's important to note that 3 that qualified last year from the end of year tour made their way...
Posted on November 29, 2007
Doug Hammer, the pro at Talking Stick Golf Club in Arizona, gives a nice, simple tip on wedge shots in the video below. I thought this would be something to post since I have been doing some equipment reviews on...
Posted on November 27, 2007
Jack Nicklaus was, in a word, dominant during his tenure on the PGA. The "Golden Bear" was a competitor that won a record 18 majors and lasted over 40 years on the pro tour, and his legacy will continue to...
Posted on November 26, 2007
If you've followed the PGA tour for 2007, you've known that there's been a lot of drama as well as some new things happening that were sometimes good (the Disney event made for some great background settings with the money...
Posted on November 25, 2007
The feel-good team of Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum had been riding the wave of success through the first three rounds of the World Cup held in China. But, lo and behold, here came Scotland with Colin Montgomerie and Marc...
Posted on November 23, 2007
Boo Weekley and Heath Slocum, who were really never considered any threat to the title at the World Cup in China, have jumped out to an early lead at 11 under. Why the surprise? Well, mostly because many thought that...
Posted on November 22, 2007
..or says his agent. When it was announced that the European Tour would host a 10 million dollar event in Dubai for the 2009 season, the rumor was that Tiger Woods would possibly jump ship due to the fact of...
Posted on November 21, 2007
We've covered golf balls and wedges. Now, we'll focus on a few high-end iron sets. First up: Tour Edge Exotics EX-3. At first, you may look at the price tag and go "really?"--but not in a good way. At 799.00...
Posted on November 20, 2007
Everybody wants Pings. Ok, maybe not everybody, but given the choice, a good deal of people will jump at the chance to use a Ping, and so thus we'll talk about the Tour W Wedge. The updated Tour wedge "has...
Posted on November 19, 2007
Cleveland has always been one of those niche equipment makers that has been within the wedge market for years. It's been one of those things that while some people will pay a little more for Cleveland wedges, they tend to...
Posted on November 18, 2007
I love the look of this sleek wedge. With a classic steel type look but with modest flashiness, this has also the classic teardrop shape to it. But the design wasn't for looks alone--this design provides relief along the toe,...
Posted on November 16, 2007
This club--just by looks alone--is super smooth. Of course, what else would you expect from Nike? But the question is--does it perform? According to the manufacturer, "Nike broadens the SV Tour line by adding five lofts with a black satin...
Posted on November 14, 2007
Next up in wedge reviews is the Srixon WG-706. Srixon's latest scoring set is forged from soft 1020 carbon steel to boost impact feel. A larger groove volume, milled U-grooves and a roughed up face surface generate spin, so you...
Posted on November 13, 2007
You know, it's time for me to get on my soapbox again. For years, we've all been used to the same types of tournaments, held at a lot of the same places, and it's been a tradition that I have...
