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The Front 9-Edition 8
It is with great pride that we announce Craig Waryan’s election into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame. Craig is one of Bird Golf’s Senior West Coast instructors and this great honor is certainly deserved for a lifetime of brilliance. Craig was the 87th member of the PGA of America to achieve “Master” status, and […]
The First at No. 2
This week it would be the women’s edition of the U.S. Open at fabled Pinehurst No. 2 as they followed the men who played there last week. It is the first time in history that the Men’s and Women’s Opens have been played on consecutive weeks on the same course. For the first two rounds […]
Number 1 at No. 2
In the opening two rounds of the U.S. Open at historic, Pinehurst No. 2, Martin Kaymer did something that nobody is supposed to do at either the U.S. Open or at No. 2. Twice. 29 year old Kaymer shot two sublime rounds of 5-under par, 65 that would be record breaking in so many ways. […]
The Back 9-Edition 7
1. Next week’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst will be the last with Johnny Miller as the lead announcer. NBC TV lost the rights to the Open in a bidding war with Fox TV earlier in the year and loses its relationship with the USGA (who run the Men’s and Women’s Opens) early in 2015. Two-time […]
A Memorable Memorial
After the first round of the 2014 Memorial Tournament, it looked like there would be a runaway winner. Firing a course record 9-under par 63 was all of sudden red-hot, Rory McIlroy. Fresh off his storming come from behind victory in last week’s European Tour’s PGA Championship, it seemed as though the wonder kid (are […]
The Front 9-Edition 7
1. An 11 year old qualified for a Major Championship. Last week Lucy Li from California became the youngest person ever to qualify for any Major by winning the US Women’s Open sectional qualifier at Half Moon Bay GC. Li shot rounds of 74 and 68 to beat her nearest competitor by a whopping 7 […]
The Back 9- Edition 6
1. The decision by the USGA to host both the Men’s and Women’s US Opens at Pinehurst in back to back weeks this June is fraught with the possibility of disaster. The men play in the first week which is no cause for concern. It is the women that may be playing in some very […]
“I Stopped Thinking”
The first two days of the Players Championship were dominated by two of the game’s twenty somethings. A resurgent Martin Kaymer tied the course record with a flawless opening round of 9-under par, 63. He followed that up with a 69 to have a one shot lead over Jordan Spieth who played his first two […]
Sweet 17
Lydia Ko turned 17 over the weekend. She also won her 3rd LPGA Tour event at the Swinging Skirts Classic event at Lake Merced GC, in San Francisco. This is actually her 7th professional win (the others were one each on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA of Korea Tour and two on the […]
Heading In The Right Direction
This weekend, two of the game’s marquee players ended winless droughts. Former World #1, Lee Westwood, cruised to a seven shot victory at the Maybank Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur to win his first European Tour event in over two years. After being delayed by weather concerns in the middle of the final round, Westwood […]
Elementary, My Dear Watson
It is a common theory that Golf needs its’ superstars to be in contention to be a viable, visible and commercially successful mainstream sport. While that may be true of everyday PGA Tour events, there is some hallowed ground in Augusta, Georgia, that is much more about the venue, than the player. The 2014 Masters […]
A Lexi To Remember
Youth is served. Golf will age a player beyond their years and give players’ an age of experience before their time. We have been riveted by the ascendancy and then the struggles of Michelle Wie since she burst onto the world golf scene 12 years ago. She is now a grizzled veteran, who at the […]
