After a thrilling victory in the U.S. Open over Rocco Mediate, and surviving a 19-hole playoff in the process, Tiger Woods will have reconstructive surgery on his damaged left knee. Details are in the press release below. Source – Tiger’s Official Website and Golf.com
Well, figuratively, not literally. Tim Rosaforte didn’t actually take any x-rays or hit the patella tendon with a rubber chicken or anything. He’s not a doctor, but he plays one:):) The only thought I have is after watching Woods roll his ankle at Tulsa in person, I wonder if that might not be the excta date, time, and place of injury. I’ll...
Hat tip to Awful Announcing on this video of ESPN’s Dana Jacobsen grilling Woods about his screaming that he’d break someone’s ***F-bomb deleted*** neck the next time a camera clicked on his backswing. Boy for having legendary concentration, he sure sounds like Nancy Kerrigan every time it happens. Do you think Woods was happy he had to actually...
Two golf news items from CBS Sports today: first, this disturbing revelation that Michelle Wie’s parents actually thought they could tell Stanford University what’s what on Michelle’s college dorm life; second, the Arjun Atwal speedracing case is NOT closed, but is still being processed by Florida officials. Remember, Michelle’s parents...
From the A.P. report: “An effective test for detecting human growth hormone will be in place for the Beijing Olympics, the head of the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday.”By the Olympic Games there will be a capacity to detect HGH,” WADA president John Fahey said. HGH is considered one of the most widely abused performance-enhancing drugs in...
According to an AP report, Congress will take another look at drugs in sports next week, with a hearing that will feature top names from all four major professional leagues, the NCAA and the U.S. Olympic Committee. A House subcommittee, working separately from the committee that held last week’s hearing featuring Roger Clemens, is holding a hearing Wednesday on...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Like a lyric out of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, Roger Clemens went skating on the thin ice of modern life today, dragging behind him the silent reproach of a million disdained eyes. Of course, cracks in the ice appeared under his feet and he was left to claw helplessly as the last support disintegrated beneath him. We watched transfixed...
The United States Golf Association has announced that it has awarded the 2015 U.S. Open Championship to Chambers Bay, the spectacular municipal links course located on the scenic lower Puget Sound in University Place, Wash.            The USGA also announced that Chambers Bay, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Bruce Charleton, will play host to the...
Tim Rosaforte has a great article detailing John daly’s relationship with Bruce Harmon. It seems after years of pandering and enabling and burying heads in the sand, people are finally realizing how close to total self-destruction Daly is and are staging various levels of one-on-one interventions. From the article: “Soon after, John was spotted at...
One of the more intriguing prop bets for yesterday’s Super Bowl was this unexpected little nugget: “Which will be greater, the number of Tiger Woods birdies in the final round at Dubai or the number of Plaxico Burress receptions?” Tiger trounced him, carding nine birdies while Plax had a mere two catches. What’s that? Plax has ring and Tiger...
After Tiger just throttled everyone this weekend, Doug Ferguson quipped, “Ryuji Imada won the B-Flight.” He’s dead on. There’s no doubt why Doug is the golf writer of record.
Further, Westchester and the TOUR reached this accord going forward regarding the Barclay’s dispute.
Here are the round one scores from Torrey Pines. AS usual, Woods is in great position after a first day 67. Who’s tied with him? Rory Sabbatini.
Say what you want about Rory’s attitude, but you know what? The guy has serious game. He and Justin Rose are poised for monster years.
Popular and effective PGA Tour caddie Steve Duplantis was killed in a strange traffic accident today when a passing taxi struck him as he crossed a divided median. Duplantis was 35. The Fox Sports article is here. One PGA Tour source described Duplantis as “a good guy and a good caddie. He made all his guys play better, a rare feat for a caddie, but an...
Sal Johnson, editor-in-chief and publisher of Golf Observer, has finished his e-book previewing the entire 2008 PGA TOUR season and has it available for download at Golf Observer.com for a mere $12.95. Considering you’d pay $8-15 for the tournament program of any particular tournament during the year, Sal’s 52-week guide is not only a staggering bargain...
Four bits of golf news: One of my favorites, Karl McGinty writes about Faldo and the European Ryder Cup team. Lorne Rubenstein discusses Woods’s dominance over everyone and notes that today is Tiger’s thirty-second birthday. Hey while we’re at it, I’ve been re-reading my Strunk and White: The Elements of Style and want to do my part to...