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When discussing the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry, prominent golf course architect and native Texan Kelly Blake Moran has a strong opinion. “And I’ll tell you another thing” he roars disapprovingly, “those Oklahoma teams that won those national championships a few years ago? I’ll give you one guess where half their roster is from.” He...
Here’s a list of future PGA Championship venues: 2008 – Oakland Hills Country Club, (South Course), Bloomfield, MI 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...
TULSA, OK – He drinks, he smokes, he gambles, he’s beyond overweight, he has a devil-may-care attitude and yes, once again, John Daly is lurking at the top of the PGA Championship leaderboard after the first round at Southern Hills Country Club. Looking as frumpy as ever, Daly fired a sparkling 3-under 67 over the 7,131 yard par-70 Perry Maxwell layout to...
TULSA, OK – In 1958 Tommy Bolt played 72 holes at Southern Hills in 1-under. IN the 1970 PGA and the 1977 U.S. Open, Dave Stockton and Hubert Green won with – gasp! – 2-under. All seemed well. Until… Ray Floyd stepped to the 6th tee and promptly carded nine 3s in a row on his way to a 63. Floyd held off a dogged Craig Stadler and won with a...
TULSA, OK – One of the greatest things about golf is watching dads and their sons bond, moms and their daughters getting autographs and families attending together. Who do the kids want to win this week? Matt Yeardon – age 12, Minneapolis, MN: “I’m rooting for Zach Johnson. He beat Tiger at the Masters and I thought that was cool. I also want...
TULSA, OK – Mysteriously, the PGA Championship has selected an incongruous, indeed tacky slogan to try to identify its idiom and set its reputation apart from the other major championships. No other major brands itself and “Glory’s Last Shot” doesn’t exactly make golf fans feel all gooey inside (kinda like John Edwards couldn’t...
TULSA, OK – Chris Clouser, author of “The Midwest Associate” may have compiled the most comprehensive synopsis of Perry Maxwell’s body of work as a golf course architect. “Actually, Maxwell is misunderstood by many people” he notes with a hint of regret in his voice. “For example, he wasn’t Mackenzie’s associate...
See you in Tulsa. This piece and my coverage of the event will be on Cybergolf and linked to by Golf Observer. SOUTHERN HILLS – THE MOST UNSUNG COURSE OF THE MAJORS              Ask any golfer to list the private masterpieces he or she would love to play before dying and you’ll get many similar answers. Augusta National, Shinnecock...
If not for a staggering sequence of events, John Daly would never have even been playing at the 1991 PGA Championship, let alone winning the event like a bolt out of the blue. AFter seeing his huge drives, it was the patrons and fellow players that were thunderstruck. After failing twice to qualify for the field, Daly was listed as the 9th alternate. As of Monday of...