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Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is coming in a few weeks to Valhalla G.C in Kentucky. In a contest that was once dominated by the American team it has now become a lop-sided affair in which the Europeans have been victorious for the last 9 years. Here are the Top 10 reasons why the Euros will keep, […]
Golf in the Olympics
There is at the moment, a great debate about Golf being introduced as an Olympic sport. We love golf but it should not be an Olympic sport. The Olympics should be about sporting events that have evolved from the ancient Greeks and the events that they participated in. It should also be about amateur athletes; […]
They Smile Still
Irish eyes, that is. 14 months ago, Padraig Harrington was a very good player. In the intervening months he has become an icon. Harrington’s victory at the PGA Championship at diabolical, Oakland Hills, was stunning golf. After trailing the hapless, Sergio Garcia for most of the day, Harrington made three huge putts on the 16th, […]
Sarge
It was with great sadness, that I learned of the passing of Orville Moody, yesterday. Orville Moody was one of the finest ball-strikers of all time and a genuinely nice human being. I first met “Sarge” as he was known in 1986. I was beginning my career as a club professional at Lake Arbor GC […]
The Asian Invasion
The winner of the British Women’s Open at Sunningdale is not someone that US golf fans may have heard about; but she will be someone that you will be hearing a lot more about, in the coming years. Ji-Yai Shin is a 20 year old Korean player who does not have a weakness, which is […]
Woe is Wie
Any remaining sympathy that we may have had for Michelle Wie just flew straight out the window. We have hesitated to write about the once phenomenal, Wie, during the last year to avoid ‘piling on’. After all, she was 18 (she is now 19), and although she or her family were guilty of some terrible […]
Irish Eyes Are Smiling; Again
In one way a fairytale ended and in another one was fulfilled. For Greg Norman, it was a story that has he has written many times before. He held the lead going into the final round of a Major Championship, only to let it slip away. Except that on all the other occasions we expected […]
The Norman Conquest
It’s only Friday and the second round of the British Open (otherwise known as “The Open”) is not even finished but the second round leader is none other than the “Great White Shark”; Greg Norman. Norman has shot two, even par rounds of 70 in atrocious conditions. Pretty good for a 53 year old, part […]
Triumph at Whistling Straits
CONGRATULATIONS! TO: ERIKA HAYFLICK Erika is a relatively new golfer but has made remarkable progress is a very short time, with her teacher, the incomparable, Tim Peightal. Erika was playing at Whistling Straits, on the Straits course, on July 6, 2008. Erika was playing with her boyfriend, Mark Kiesel, who is himself a superb golfer, […]
It’s About Time
We are overjoyed with the recent announcement that The World Golf Hall of Fame is inducting Denny Shute into its hallowed halls. Denny is the older brother of Bird Golf’s professional emeritus, Larry Shute. Denny Shute was an extraordinary player and even more special, person. Denny won three Majors, the 1933 British Open and the […]
I Kim, I Saw, I Conquered
Anthony Kim won his second PGA Tour event at Congressional over the weekend His second victory in his last 6 starts. Three shots behind at the beginning of the fourth round, Kim played nearly flawless golf and shot a 65 to win the tournament by two stokes. We hesitate to say, “we told you so” […]
You may not have heard of her, yet
But you are going to be hearing a lot more about her, soon. Stacy Lewis is leading after 3 rounds of the US Women’s Open; in her first event as a professional Lewis has a one shot lead over Paula Creamer, who is in search of her first Major Championship. Creamer, 21, a two time […]
