Sal Johnson takes Tiger Woods for the woodshed in part 2 of a 3 part exploration into Tiger’s world. It’s a heck of a detailed piece with a unique inside look at Tiger, the Tour and the inside lives of the players. From the article: “Woods could be most selfish player in sports. I think that Phil Mickelson signs more autographs for kids in one...
Link is here. I’ll also be writing a longer piece on Sleepy Hollow for Cybergolf soon. Enjoy!
Sal Johnson has the second round recap of the HSBC Champions WGC event in China. He even said WGC stands for Woods Golf cash-cow because Woods wins a disproportionate share of these events worldwide, collecting 16 out of 30 winners’ paychecks.
So my first piece for a new architecture column over at Golf Observer is up. I talk about Jim Engh’s new course in Nebraska called Awarii Dunes. I’ll be writing about Old Macdonald, Sagebrush, and many others in the coming weeks. Enjoy!
Kudos to John Huggan, my colleague at GolfObserver who has this excellent interview with Titleist’s Wally Uihlein about the distance dilemma and bifurcation. From the interview: “JH: How about the bifurcation argument? Isn’t the grooves thing a step down that road? WU: It is a de-facto bifurcation, yes. JH: So why not have a tournament ball for the...
Thank you Sal Johnson!
Stephen Kay interview is here.
This summer, I went back to two old haunts and found them better than ever: THE LINKS AT HIAWATHA LANDING 2350 Marshland Road Apalachin, NY 800.304.6533 (800-30-golf-3) www.hiawathalinks.com Architect: Brian Silva and Mark Mungeam Par – 72 Excitement Level – 9/12 Difficulty – 8/12 Design: six stars Natural Setting Five and 1/2stars Conditioning – Six Stars...
CHASKA, MN – Minnesota is the Native American word for “cloudy water.” It fits: Lake Hazeltine, named for Susan Hazeltine, the first teacher in Carver County, is a wide expanse of murky currents, seaweed green and turbid blue. Still, surrounded by tall hardwoods and with the golf course’s 10th and 16th holes hard by the water, it would be tranquil...
CHASKA, MN – Tauting machismo and unbelievable length, Hazeltine National, tops out at 7,674 yards, the longest major in golf history and featuring the longest par-3, par-4, and par-5 in the tournament’s history. Rumor has it –through the U.K.’s Daily Mail, that Tom Watson took one look at the yardage and tore up his invitation. But does the added...
Above, the 18th at Southern Hills in Tulsa is a better finishing hole than 18 at Bethpage. Closing the Deal BETHPAGE, NY – Golf writers from across the globe are uniformly falling all over themselves to vilify Bethpage Black’s short, dictatorial 18th hole as one of the worst finishing holes in major championship golf. But what should a truly great 18th...
Thank you, Sal Johnson.
And after a hair-raising, teeth-grinding, 90-minute commute, we are live from the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black.
In a potential nod to both great golf course architecture and Mike Strantz’s precious legacy to golf, the AT&T Pro Am may move one day of play from Poppy Hills to the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course. GolfObserver.com found this on-line article. Hat tip: Sal Johnson A brief review of my day there is here. This is unbelievable news. here are...
There will be plenty to read at Cybergolf this week. I’ll be covering the Travis Invitational, and Jeff Shelley is writing about his trip to Scotland to play St. Andrews. In bad news, one of Chicago’s two terrible courses that we just can’t get rid of, Cog Hill, is now vying to be the next “People’s Open” host. This is what the...
Great work from Sal Johnson and Dave Seanor. Click here to go to the Golfobserver.com site for a terrific one-on-one with Mike Davis of the USGA. It has everything you need to know about the set-up and changes.
While I’m getting my own preview piece done, Sal Johnson has a nice write-up of the changes discussed at media day. Scroll down to question 6. Kudos to Mike davis for – as he put it – easing up on the accelerator. From the article: “Several tees have been added, which will enable Davis & Co. to vary the lengths of certain holes, either...