Tag: Jason Day
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 […]
From The Ashes Of Failure
Rise the flames of success. One of the few commonalities of all successful people is that they have failed a great many more times than they have prevailed. Golf exemplifies that margin of victory and defeat more than any other sport in the world. In his 20 year prime from the age of 22 until […]
Day Tames Players Championship Offering Different Days, Everyday
What a difference a year makes. World #1, Jason Day, shot an opening round 9-under par 63, to take a two-shot lead at the Players (aka Golf’s 5th Major). That was 18 strokes better than the last time he played at the TPC Sawgrass when he stumbled to a second round 81 en route to […]
A Lob-Sided Affair
The Presidents Cup has been a one-sided affair since its inception in 1994. The American team has dominated the International sides, having lost only once at Royal Melbourne in 1998 and tied once in South Africa in 2003. For something to become a compelling competition it must first be, competitive. The venue this year was […]
Front 9-Edition 12
1. In one of the classiest gestures you will ever see, Jordan Spieth waited for an hour to congratulate Zach Johnson for winning the Open Championship last Sunday. Spieth who had painfully missed the 3-man playoff by one shot, thereby losing his chance for a historic Grand Slam, was even greater in defeat than he […]
A Worthy Champion
The 2015 Open Championship began with a farewell. Living legend, 65 year old Tom Watson, was playing in his final Open Championship at the home of Golf, St. Andrews. A rain delay earlier in the day meant that Watson and his playing partners, Ernie Els and Brandt Snedeker, would finish their second round […]
A New Day
It has been quite a three week stretch of golf for 32 year old Australian superstar, Adam Scott. Two weeks ago he was triumphant at the Australian PGA Championship and then followed that up with a win at The Australian Masters. He has a chance to win the Aussie “Triple Crown” at next week’s Australian […]
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 […]
