Tag: golf
Johnson & Johnson
The season opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions at Kapalua in Maui; oh wait….scratch that. The Tournament of Champions is the first event in 2014 on the PGA Tour but it is the seventh official event of the season. Yes, really. That is because the PGA Tour season starts now in October. At some point we […]
The Best 13 From 2013
As the year of 2013 draws to a close we can look back at the many memorable happenings in the game. Here is our take of the most significant 13 moments and achievements. 13. Lydia Ko turns professional. The 16 year old Kiwi who was born in South Korea has already won 5 tournaments on […]
A Return To Form
Resurgence Unveiled: A Return to Form and Triumph From the very early rounds of The Australian Open (played at aptly named, Royal Sydney Golf Club), it became obvious that it would be a two man battle between two of golf’s “royalty”. 32 year old Australian superstar, Adam Scott, has had an iconic year that was […]
An Extraordinary Life
It is with a broken heart that I am writing to tell you that Carey Mumford passed away on Friday (October 18) night at his home in Crossville. The world has lost one of its most magnificent people. Jim Samsing and I were with him and Jan last week. Carey’s brilliant mind was still here […]
The Front 9
Boo hoo. Boo Weekley won the PGA Tour’s Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial yesterday to register his third career win and first since 2008. The absolute best ‘quote’ on the PGA Tour, who will always tell you exactly what is on his mind, Weekley’s welcome return to the winners circle is a blessing for golf […]
Billy. Billy, Billy
For the last month on the PGA Tour, the Tour’s hottest player has been a player who has never won. Until now. 27 year old Floridian, Billy Horschel, birdied the final hole of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans to claim his first victory in the most dramatic of fashions. Horschel started the last round […]
The New #1
With her win at the LPGA Founders Cup yesterday in Phoenix, Stacy Lewis became the #1 ranked women’s golfer in the World. It has been the most remarkable of ascendancies. Lewis was diagnosed with scoliosis when she was 11 years old. As a teenager, she had to wear a back brace for 18 hours a […]
The LPGA Tour-These Girls Are Good
The LPGA Tour has made a remarkable comeback in the last 3 years. Since the Tour dismissed heavy-handed and unpopular Commissioner Carolyn Bevins in 2010 and replaced her with Mike Whan, the renaissance has been in full swing. In the early days of 2010, the Tour was on life support as they lost one event […]
The 76th
The final winning margin of 2 shots did not really describe the dominance of Tiger Woods’ 76th career PGA Tour victory at Doral. It was his seventh victory at the WGC-Cadillac Championship and his fourth win at the event at Doral. Woods has now won an amazing 17 World Golf Championship events, of which there […]
A Good Walk Spoiled
When world #1, Rory McIlroy, walked off on the 9th fairway during the second round of the Honda Championship last Friday, he committed one of professional golf’s most cardinal sins. He quit. A huge no-no. He had just hit his second shot to the ninth green into the water and was already 7-over par for […]
Anchors Aweigh
On Sunday afternoon, PGA Tour Commissioner, Tim Finchem, announced that the PGA Tour opposed the proposed ban on ‘Anchoring’ putters. “I think the essential thread that went through the thinking of the players … was that in the absence of data or any basis to conclude that there is a competitive advantage to be gained […]
Horses For Courses
There are certain players who are so suited to a particular course that they dominate there. Proof of that are Sam Snead winning 8 tournaments at the Greater Greensboro Open, Tiger Woods’ seven wins at Firestone CC, and a further 6 each at Doral, Bay Hill and Torrey Pines and Jack Nicklaus’s 6 victories at […]
