What do you get when you mix a classical education, a rhyming dictionary, too much soda, and a lot of patience? St. Padraig and The Monster! I’ve been asked by Jeff Shelley over at Cybergolf to do some more notes and comments about writing it, but here’s a few for now: 18 stanzas, one for every hole on the golf course. I finished it on my cousin...
I’ll be off to Virginia for the Potomac Cup at first light tomorrow, but until then, here’s one of my favorite pieces from last week’s PGA Championship. The Eve of the 2008 PGA Championship: The Deep Breath before the Plunge BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – Not far from Oakland Hills Country Club, Telegraph Road intersects with 8 Mile. That’s a...
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – The trophy is bigger than him, but his heart is bigger than the trophy. Padraig Harrington, the 2008 PGA Champion looked like a Bulgarian weightlifter doing a “clean and jerk” as he thrust the squat, bulky Rodman Wanamaker Trophy awkwardly into the air with both hands. Nevertheless, as elated as he was after outdueling star...
They came from Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan, and Missouri. They cheered, they squealed, they urged their man to victory, they even carried little hand-made signs. They were fervent, passionate, and knowledgeable. Who were they rooting for? Ben Curtis. How much did they love him? Enough to make a sign to proudly identify themselves to other fans and their man that...
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – Here’s four words I’ll bet you never thought you’d hear uttered joyfully on a golf course: Thank goodness, it rained. To be precise, it poured. It rained bricks and bats. The lightning crashed and the thunder rolled. Two holes opened up in the roof of the media tent, sending journalists scrambling like rabbits for...
Scratch my last! Everybody back to the tent.
***Update…play suspended at 6:27***
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – Weather permitting, the two hour and forty-five minute rain delay of the 90th PGA Championship will end at 5:00 p.m. At 4:30 the players were sent out to the practice range.
Click here for the cybergolf article.
Here’s some of my favorites from day 1. Sal Johnson of Golf Observer has his observations over at the GO blog. Steve Elling of CBS has this interesting biopic of colorful Robert Karlsson, the Swede in the lead. Dave Dye of the Detroit news said gorgeous women following Anthony Kim, Sergio Garcia, and Camilo Villegas weren’t watching the golf. Jimmy...
Click here for the Day 1 recap at Cybergolf.
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I sound like the Drink-o-Matic machine from the Hitchhiker’s Guide series:Â “Share and enjoy…”
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – The sky darkened without warning, but that happens here with alarming frequency. A drowsy, lazy-hazy day of summer – a mellow day more reminiscent of the easy-going south than the hardscrabble rust belt of Michigan, – suddenly turned into roiling darkness. In an instant, the sky turned from glorious gold and bold, bright...
Baltusrol won 2016. 2014 is still TBD, for some reason. Here’s the rest: 2009 – Hazeltine National Country Club, Chaska, MN 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...
Got to cybergolf for all the action.
DATELINE:Â THE INTERSECTION OF TELEGRAPH ROAD AND 8 MILE
There’ll be some wicked energy in Detroit this week, especially with all the musical kharma swirling about in a vortex. Anyway, my PGA Championship Preview piece is here at Cybergolf and at PGA.com.
And, we’re off…