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October 2, 2016
The Chaska Champions
The 41st edition of the Ryder Cup was held this weekend at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Bird Golf has two connections with Hazeltine because one of our East Coast professionals, Jim Terry, was the teaching professional at the club for 15 years. Senior BGA West Coast professional, Craig Waryan’s uncle Don was […]
September 26, 2016
Second is Best? – Dustin Johnson Earns POY Honors, Falls to McIlroy in 3-Man Playoff
Typically, the player who wins the season swansong, the TOUR Championship, also wins the FedEx Cup. The TOUR Championship which is held at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, GA, (it was Bobby Jones’s home course, not Augusta National) is the fourth and final FedEx playoff event. The field is limited to the top 30 […]
September 19, 2016
Great Swings
Components of the Best Golf Swings on the PGA Tour Golfers come in all shapes and sizes. Each has a different experience level, background, and training. Some received training from golf professionals, others from family or friends, and some received no instruction at all. Under all of these circumstances, golfers develop a swing. Ingrained from […]
September 5, 2016
Making Moves
When Patrick Reed won the first FedEx Cup event at the Barclay’s last week it moved him from 7th on the yearlong points race to first. More importantly for Reed, however was that the victory secured his selection into the American team for the Ryder Cup which is being contested at the end of the […]
August 20, 2016
The Olympic Spirit
Inbee Park was the leader after the 3rd round of the Women’s Olympic golf tournament in Rio. The former world #1, who has been battling injuries for the last few months, battled the elements (wind gusts of 30 mph) for a well-deserved 1-under par, 70, giving her a two shot advantage, at 11-under entering Saturday’s […]
August 14, 2016
A Golden Rose – The Story of the Men’s Olympic Golf Tournament
The Olympic Golf Course, which was built specifically for the 2016 Rio Olympics, meanders through the Marapendi Natural Reserve which also happens to be home to some pretty exotic wildlife. The world’s largest rodents, the capybara, who can weigh up to 150 pounds, roam the Olympic Golf Course, as do monkeys, boa constrictors, owls and […]
August 6, 2016
Late Bloomer – Jimmy Walker Wins PGA Championship
When Jimmy Walker holed his putt for a par-5 on the 72nd hole of last week’s PGA Championship, he became the fourth first-time Major winner in 2016. Walker’s 4-round total of 14-under par was one better than world #1 Jason Day whose closing eagle-3 was a quantum case of a little too late. Walker […]
July 27, 2016
Olympic Golf
Golf is making its return to the Olympic Games after an 112-year hiatus. It will probably be a very short-lived comeback. The 4 top ranked Men’s players in the world; Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy have all declined to compete. Their uniform excuse has been the possibility of getting the Zika virus […]
July 17, 2016
The New Duel
The 145th edition of the Open Championship was played at Royal Troon who hosted the world’s oldest Major for the ninth time. Royal Troon offers players the opportunity to score on its opening and closing holes which buttress the teeth of the course, its middle holes. A classic links course which sits on the shore […]
July 11, 2016
Se Ri Pak – A Legacy
The last lengthening shadows that lingered around the 18th green at CordeValle Golf Club on Friday evening would usher a brilliant sunset and be the perfect stage for an icon’s farewell. Se Ri Pak completed her second round of the U.S. Women’s Open at the CordeValle Golf Club and would not make the weekend cut, […]
July 3, 2016
Dustin Them Off
The South course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio is really a U.S. Open venue in disguise. It was the host venue for this week’s World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational. The WGC events (there are 4 every year with the others being the Cadillac, Match Play and HSBC Championships) typically draw the strongest fields in […]
June 27, 2016
Front 9-Edition 14
In the continuing aftermath of the Rules fiasco at Oakmont during last week’s U.S. Open, USGA chief, Mike Davis issued an official apology on Thursday. Too little and much too late. After Dustin Johnson and playing partner, Lee Westwood, and then the rules official with their group all agreed that Johnson did not cause his […]
