CHASKA, MN – I’m typing today with a badly sprained wrist wrapped in an ice pack. I’m staying here in Minnesota with the coach of local high school girls’ tennis team, so we went to hit some balls. I know she has a competitive streak a mile wide, but I came into the net anyway. She tried to give me what Roger Clemens calls “the bow...
Cybergolf ran my latest piece profiling Club Pro Kevin Roman of Atlanta, GA via Utica, NY. Kev beat the bloody snot out of me as a junior golfer. Oh well, that’s two pros that mopped the floor with me! (The LPGA’s Moira Dunn is the other, for those of you scoring at home.)
Welcome to the Honor Roll, Kevin!
CHASKA, MN – People who dislike me will love today’s piece, because during my morning jog I ran face first into a fruit stand. I’m staying at my friend Julie’s house in a charming small town outside of the Twin Cities and, while out for a run, happened to pass one of the countless storefronts selling the bountiful harvest of the area’s...
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...
CHASKA, MN – This is always one of my favorite sidebars. Kids say the darnedest things! Everywhere you looked Tuesday, there were tousle-haired boys with beaming faces, teens in braces and “Gopher it!” t-shirts, and girls in barrettes and Nike dresses, all cheering on their favorite players and clamoring for autographs. Let’s see who the kids...
CHASKA, MN – First piece of the week. Enjoy.
CHASKA, MN – We are live here in Chaska and will have video and articles all week. The first piece reviewing the golf course will be up at Cybergolf later today, early Wednesday. Then we’ll meet some of the club pros, see what the kids are saying about the tournament, have some interviews, and more! meanwhile, kudos to the PGA for having media parking on...
“Majestic doesn’t appeal to us; we like the Grand Canyon better with Clarence and Arlene parked in front of it, smiling.” — Garrison Keillor, “Lake Wobegon Days” — Clarence and Arlene are going to get their close-up for a whole week as the PGA Championship comes to the bucolic splendor of Chaska, Minnesota. In fact...
Thanks to Jeff Shelley. A little garrison Keillor for ya!
So to get everyone set for next week, we’ll have daily coverage on Cybergolf.com starting Tuesday. I’ll also have a couple of pieces for Golf Observer. Finally, we’ll review three great Minnesota golf courses, two publics and one private. Deets later. My preview piece will be up at Cybergolf later today/early tomorrow. See everyone from Chaska, Le...
Valhalla was recently selected to host the 2014 PGA Championship. Here’s a list of the other venues: 2010 – Whistling Straits, (Straits Course), Kohler, WI 2011 – Atlanta Athletic Club, (Lake Course), Atlanta, GA 2012 – Kiawah Island (Ocean Course), Kiawah Island, SC 2013 – Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, NY 2015 – Whistling...
I know, I know, it’s not the “Club Pro Championship” anymore, but that’s what Mike Small won, along with a berth in this year’s PGA Championship at Hazeltiine. From the press release: Small, 43, will be competing in his fifth PGA Championship. He captured his second National Championship July 1, with a final-round 3-under-par 68 for a 7...
Special thanks to Ben Cowan-Dewar and Ran Morrissett of GolfClubAtlas.com for asking Chris Clouser and I to do this article for GolfClubAtlas.comcomparing and contrasting Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club and fabled Southern Hills. There are interesting tidbits, old maps, and tons of great photos. Enjoy. Chris, it was great working with you! ...
Noted author and Perry Maxwell biographer Chris Clouser and I will be teaming up to do a “Point! Counterpoint!” piece on seven-time major championship venue Southern Hills and 1953 U.S. Amateur host and SH’s nearby cousin, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, which Maxwell did with Alister Mackenzie, (you remember him…we’ll be seeing...
Coore and Crenshaw’s Colorado Golf Club may host a future PGA Championship. Deets coming out on November 20.