SEAWANE COUNTRY CLUB It’s tough being a small private country club in this economy, especially in hyper-competitive New York, where there are a glut private country clubs, many of which have long waiting lists and can be as selective about their members as pre-eminent liberal arts colleges are about their students. Still, there is good news for NYC golfers...
JOHNS CREEK, GA – Wave that flag, wave it wide and high! Americans covered the leaderboard on day one of the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club with an avalanche of stars and stripes, including a record-tying performance PGA Tour uber-nice guy Steve Stricker. The affable Stricker, Wisconsin’s favorite son but loved by all the golf world scorched...
And here it is…
Phil had fun taking Rees Jones to task didn’t he?
After sending a twisting, long-distance, double breaking putt towards the cup, the PGA of America left itself with just a tap-in, so allow me to do the honors: the PGA Championship is not “Glory’s Last Shot,” but “Glory’s Best Shot.” Make that small change and watch the slogan catch fire like a hit song by U2. Nobody gives a...
FOREST HILLS, NY – Golf is at a crossroads right now, but none of the issues it faces are as lethal as the scaremongers would have you believe. Sure rounds are down, costs are up, and American players haven’t won a major championship in six tries. Nevertheless, with a little patience, wisdom, and foresight, golf will do what it has always done best...
My golf State of the Union Address is up at Cybergolf. Just one thing – you’ll need this photo, tweeted by none other than Rory McIlroy himself. From the article: “As for our drought in the majors, remember I said this: an American will win in Atlanta. The PGA Championship set-up usually invites everybody to the party. You don’t have the...
Thanks to Jeff for handling the heavy lifting while I take the weekend off. Back soon with my own British Open recap, my PGA Championship preview, and more. Until then – here’s Jeff on the 3rd round of the Open Championship.
Hey waiter! Make my Open-faced Sandwich a double because I’m super-hungry for a four-day helping of Royal St. George’s! No course in England has hosted more Open Championships than ancient and storied St. George’s, hard by the sea in the quaint town of Sandwich, which dates back to the mid-seventh century and has a wonderfully colorful and bloody...
Thanks to Jeff for a great week – and Nancy!
Enjoy the piece. Tournament retrospective coming tomorrow.
You know what? I haven’t missed Tiger at the U.S. Open this week…have you? Meanwhile Rory McIlroy continues to scald Big Bad Congressional…
Cybergolf has my piece on Phil Mickelson and what he thinks about Congressional. Enjoy.
Tee it forward – yes, Ben Crane is part of an initiative to speed up play! Click here for more.
Right here as a matter of fact. From the article: “Dazed by dehydration and 100-degree heat (and accidentally poisoning himself with too many salt tablets), a semiconscious Venturi fired a sizzling 66-70 to win his only major championship. As he sat down for his post-tournament interview with the press, the affable Venturi couldn’t help cracking a joke:...
My preview piece will be up at Cybergolf.com later today and at PGA.com tomorrow. I’ll have pieces after the Saturday and Sunday rounds as well as sidebars, features, and special reminiscences of Jack in 1986.
Golf season has arrived…finally!
Three quick bits of business before we begin our descent into Augusta National for golf’s Rite of Spring. 1. I’ll be reprising my series of previews for the PGA of America this year: all four majors and the President’s Cup. Look for them at PGA.com 2. Congratulation’s to Cybergolf’s Jeff Shelley for his 10,000th article. Jeff is a lifer...