Tag: Ryder Cup
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 […]
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 […]
All The Presidents Men
The biennial Presidents Cup is scheduled to begin this Thursday at Jack Nicklaus’s home at Muirfield Village GC in Ohio. The event is a four day team event pitting the best 12 American players against the Rest of The World team that can be comprised of any player from any country except Europe. Thus far, […]
The Back 9: Edition 4
Winning the first FedEx playoff event on the PGA Tour last Sunday has put Adam Scott squarely into contention for Player of the Year honors. The criteria for which (Tour players vote for that honor) is very interesting indeed because there are no specific rules to go by. Ergo, should it be Scott, with one […]
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 […]
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 […]
