In a move only an actuary could hate, the PGA Tour changed the format of the FedEx Cup this year, translating a convoluted “points”system of scoring to the “score-to-par” system…
Future U.S. Open Sites Through 2027
Here are the U.S. Open future sites from 2018-2027. See everyone from Winged Foot for the Anderson Memorial Fourball, followed by Shinnecock for the U.S. Open. 2018: Shinnecock Hills Golf…
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Kansas City Chokes. There’s no other way to describe losing to a hapless bunch of dink and dunkers like Tennessee. Andy Reid’s crew did not come…
Shootout Turns Tepid – Big Names Surged to top of Leaderboard Friday, but No one Moved on Moving Day at PGA Championship
CHARLOTTE – After Friday evening fireworks sent the biggest names in golf skyrocketing up the leaderboard at the 99th PGA Championship, Quail Hollow Club has become strangely silent, the roars…
USGA Announces Local Qualifying Sites for U.S. Open
From the USGA: A total of 114 local qualifiers will be conducted in 44 states and Canada for the 117th U.S. Open Championship, which will be contested June 15-18 at…
Steve Czaban Skewers the Rio Olympics Course and it’s Potential Closing
Steve Czaban has this eye-opening expose on the graft, incompetence, and neglect plaguing the future of the Rio Olympics course. I remember telling certain golf architects that losing that bid…
It was a wild week for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana, our intrepid animal kingdom prognosticator. He went 4-2, but by the skin of his teeth as he looked to go…
Golf News Net Runs my 2016 Masters Wrap-up
Congratulations to England’s Danny Willett on his Masters win. GNN has my recap here, while we’ll have Tony Dear back on the Jay’s Plays show to celebrate his correctly calling…
The mailbag has been full for the better part of four months, so I figure I better keep my promise to all of you and reply in print to some…
We had a terrific discussion on Jay’s Plays about Chambers Bay and the US Open with Gary Van Sickle of Sports Illustrated and Bruce Charlton of RT Jones 2 Designs….
UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA – Everyone complaining about capricious bounces, difficult greens, and links golf courses might want to just skip the U.S. Open for a while, because the USGA will…
Some casual fans and a few media types with nothing better to talk about have decided in their infinite lack of wisdom that there’s something “wrong” with the PGA Championship,…
Week 15 NFL Picks – Jay’s Plays!
Another killer week for Ernesto the Prediction Iguana! 5-1 overall, 2-1 in teasers bringing the season totals to a 59-16-1 overall, 24-13-1 in teasers. Ernesto is burning it up so…
Book Review – U.S.G.A.’s Great Moments of the U.S. Open
In furtherance of the celebrations surrounding the recent 113th U.S. Open at Merion, the U.S.G.A. released its new book “Great Moments of the U.S. Open,” an assortment of essays by…
NFL Picks – Super Bowl XLVII Edition – Jay’s Plays!
We went 2-0, 1-0 last week, hitting with the Niners. Season totals? 30-15 in teasers, 69-15 overall. So this Superbowl matches two of our AWITP staples, teams we play regularly…
