Poor Adam’s had a rough year, (which means his army of nubile, young fans have had a tough year:) One girl I interviewed this year said she loved his “hot buns.” That made for good copy, and I dined out on it a couple of times. This time he was hurt jogging out of the surf. Couldn’t his publicist have come up with something better? Like...
CBS Sports’s Steve Elling breaks down the new changes to the FedEx Cup, where the top 5 control their own destiny, the next five have a great chance to win, and the last 20 have a shot if they win and players around them falter. From the article: “After two seasons of not-so-grand finales in which the top $10 million bonus was all but clinched before the...
The Lion’s share of what you really need to know is Augusta National, Sawgrass, Bethpage Black, Hazeltine National, and Harding Park, (Oct 6-11).
Here is the list, minus the meaningless nonsense of the Kids Table…err…”Fall Finish.”
Keep praying though. Nevertheless, if he’s talking to us, that’s a great sign.
Great stuff Dermot, as usual. Darren may be one serious threat to Padraig at the majors next year if he gets back in form.
Karl MacGinty has some thoughts on the why the Irish Government should bail out the Irish Open. Sounds good to me, that tournament rocks. Wanna bet Padraig Harrington agrees? Of course, one of my favorite all-star writers, Mike Vaccaro has this throwaway classic about Tampa Bay Rays pitcher David Price, who rocked my beloved Red Sox to sleep. Man, come all the...
Seve had complications cause by swelling after part of the brain tumor was removed last weekend and endured a second procedure to remove some bits of skull. The article is here. Doctors say such a second procedure happens occasionally in case’s like that of the golf star.
Our great lion of a sportswriter has some acute observations in this AP article. I would like to see someone do a follow up piece on this bit though: “PGA Tour events crossed the $1 billion mark two years ago in charitable giving, its hallmark. How much a tournament raises for local charities depends largely on the secondary tiers of sponsorship – sky...
Steve Elling reports that changes are coming once again at Augusta National, but there is hope that they’ll prune the trees on 11 and 15 that have everyone howling like the Banshee of Tralee. (Hat tip: Mike Mosely and Chewbacca). Next Tim Rosaforte has an excellent review of his sit down with Tim Finchem about the FedEx Flop. But look, what’s more...
Steve Elling reports what we expected: now that Michelle Wie is recognized as merely human, she’ll have to go to Q School and win her way on to the tour like everyone else. You know what? It will do her good. The world will finally see she can earn spots on tour with her play, she’ll learn to win, and she’ll grow closer to the other players and...
Irish Golf Desk is one of the great unsung websites for golf news. It’s great name too. Anyway Brian Keogh had some solid articles on Padraig. The collection is here. With Padraig specially preparing extra hard for the Masters, and with Bethpage’s layout playing into the teeth of Padraig’s considerable strengths, we have a chance to see a...
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...
Here’s Doug Ferguson on Michelle’s announcement that she’ll be in Reno/Tahoe next week on the PGA Tour. Is this a good idea after failing to sign her scorecard last Friday? What kind of professional forgets to sign your card after firing a 65? You never see Natalie Gulbis or Paula Creamer or Morgan Pressel do anything like this at all. When mommy...
This is nice: one of my favorite writers/broadcasters writing about my Trinity College classmate and all around good guy Jay Williamson. Jay shot a first-round 73 and is tied for 26th. he’s getting a lot of mileage out of that incredible 62 he shot on Saturday at the John Deere. That, coupled with finishing in a tie for second, won him exemption into the...
Until they start testing for growth hormone, they are just providing a roadmap of what to use and get away clean. Human Growth Hormone can be added to the list now and a useful and facile test has been established. The Beijing Olympics will be using it, so golf has no reason to avoid using it as well. Here’s the Daily News article.