Lee Westwood agreed with Phil Mickelson’s Friday observations after his +3 73 left him six back of leader retief Goosen. “You have to be very defensive out there, you can’t charge your putts. It’s very difficult. If you miss the green, sometimes you have to treat the hole as a dogleg and play four or five feet away from the hole and hope to...
Trip expert Jen maples and her architect dad, Dan, a third generation of Pinehurst area designers. His dad did No. 5 and his grandfather shaped No 2. among others.
Jay and fourth generation architect Brad maples. The apple is close to the tree, luckily for golf.
Surprise, Jay. Yo, Yo, Yo…rollin in the architect’s mad wheels.
Jay and Payne. We miss you.
Meet Zenos Frudakis, one of America’s premier visual artists. Golfers everywhere marvel at his bronze masterpieces – Payne Stewart, Dinah Shore, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer, and many more, some of which grace the clubhouse at Augusta National. But this Philadelphia native and son of a Cretan immigrant has devised bronze statues of baseball players...
JF: I’m here with Adam Scott who is +1 and only three of the pace. Adam, you’re right in the thick of things, what aspects of your game plan have worked so far and what do you want to improve? Adam: Well I want to hit more fairways off the tee. It starts there. I have got to be in play to have a chance to even get close to these hole locations. JF: What...
The tenth at Monterey Peninsula CC Shore Course
The 15th at Monterey Peninsula Country Club (Shore Country Club)
I caught up with Olin Browne and Shigeki Maruyama out in the parking lot post round and they shared their thoughts on the setup at Pinehurst. JF: Olin, did you have more trouble with the rough today or the pronounced swales and chipping areas around the green? OB: Today I drove it poorly. Jay you know what the big problem is when you’re in the rough here? You...
I caught up with Ian Poulter and his caddie Mike Donagh pre-round. “For a great course outside London try Woburn Sands. It’s my home course and I play it all the time” Ian noted with a smile. Ian looked good in his pink and purple outfit today. Mike, who began caddying for Ian two and a half years ago when “we had some drinks together and he...
Swinging a “speed stick” in the parking lot to gauge his swing speed, Boston pro James Driscoll took the time to offer public golf travel tips. “I played Red Tail in the New England Amateur one year and all the players loved it. It’s more modern than many of the old Donald Ross courses and it’s in great condition. I especially liked its...
Remember 1980 and 1982 and 1983…Bill Rogers led and everybody wanted to know if he was going to run a marathon, then Jim Thorpe led and everybody wanted to see him do sprints, then George Burns led and everybody wondered if he handed out free cigars and told jokes.
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Hard at work, Jay at the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst.
I caught up with Sergio Garcia and Brandt Jobe outside the locker room after the round. Here are some excerpts: JF: How were the playing conditions out there? Sergio: Conditions were terrific for scoring. The rough could get tougher and the greens could get quicker. They can’t start too tough because then it’s hard to control, but they have control now...