[Author’s Note: Here’s an old favorite that never goes out of style…] It was 1978. Loud-plaid and big hair were fashionable, disco music battled KISS on your radio dial, and a peanut farmer who couldn’t keep the loyalty of his own Cabinet was President of the United States. Politically, America was gripped by a crisis of confidence and...
Donald Trump gets a major, (insert joke here). Too bad it’s not funny. In fact, with his outright swoop-in like Rodan purchase of Turnberry, he may get two. This may all be small peanuts if in two years we’re calling him President-elect Trump… AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH! Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you that much. Anyway, Trump...
I Noh him! I interviewed hm back in 2010 at whistling Straits when he led for ten minutes or so… Some Guy Yul Noh If anyone personifies the unpredictability and wackiness of the tournament thus far, it’s the performance of a young breakout Korean star named Seung-Yul Noh. Pardon the bad pun, but you’ll know him pretty well this weekend if he adds to...
Dear Hank: It’s good to catch up with you again. You’ll remember I’m the Entertainment, Trademark, Internet, and Sports lawyer that’s also a golf writer – that colorful little skinny guy that usually dresses in all black, (sort of like a short, Italian version of Chi Chi Rodriguez, but I digress…). We’ve met a few times at...
Casa de Campo Resort’s legendary Teeth of the Dog golf course, one of architect Pete Dye’s indisputable masterpieces, is finally ready for its on-camera close up. The PGA Tour’s “Latinoamerican Tour” Dominican Republic Open will be held there this May 12-18. “We look forward to welcoming the finest golfers from the Dominican...
It was lost in all the fanfare of the NFL playoffs and the holidays, but the Golf Writers Association of America gave their Player of the Year Award to Adam Scott. He beat Tiger Woods by five votes. One can’t help but wonder – were any voters affected by Tiger’s four rules controversies? Or was it just that in the bog moments last year, he was...
You can clamor all you want about Tiger Woods winning five tournaments this year, (three of them early, limited field events and one – Sawgrass – besmirched with an ugly asterisk for a highly questionable drop), but Adam Scott had by far and away the best year of any golfer. A. Scott won the Masters. Woods wasn’t competitive in a single major except...
Since silly season is upon us, it’s time to turn our attention to the yearly Jay’s Golf Awards, known around here as the Jazzys. We’ll recall all the best and worst of the year while mixing in some new course reviews, Cybergolf pieces, and various holiday bric-a-brac before kicking off the new year with Phish at MSG. We’ll highlighting Best...
Dear Trey: Congratulations to you Page, Mike, and Fish on another stellar Fall tour and, in particular, on another excellent Halloween show. You guys totally killed it! It was both fun and interesting to see you perform so many new songs on such a special occasion. Here’s my best wishes to the four of you that the new album is a tremendous success, and I look...
“You can have Heaven, I’ll take Bermuda…” —Mark Twain and now, very probably, Adam Scott SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA – Punctually at seven o’clock local time, one hour earlier than mainland U.S. EST, the last rays of the setting sun shone upon the pink walls of the Southampton Fairmont Hotel with a final golden flash before vanishing...
SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA – — When the morning came and the storm had passed And the dismal fog began at last To open up before my eyes, well then I saw to my surprise Chains and specks of islands curved Where palm trees dipped and sea gulls swerved— —Trey Anastasio “You’re going back to the Caribbean?” she asked. “No...
Let’s have a polite golf clap (but not a “mashed potatoes” or “baba booey”) for the newest blogger on the block – Rob Silk and “Golf Tantrums.” He’ll be keeping tabs on all the swearing, clubthrowiing, and otherwise deplorable behavior of St. Tiger, Rory Sabbatini, and all the other club-throwing, caddie-abusing...
PITTSFORD, NY – Jason Dufner put the entire PGA Championship – players, fans, and tournament – in so much of a sleeperhold, the entire golf world must have looked like they were Dufnering. “This is boring,” groused several sports writers as the final round plodded to a bland, anti-climactic conclusion, and they were right, but you...
Here’s my closing piece from the PGA. Great week with Marino Parascenzo and the rest of the gang. Also big ups to Jeff Shelley and Tony Dear of Cybergolf. Enjoy the piece and see everyone from National Golf Links of America and the Walker Cup and a killer golf course near you.
It’s the worst place to host a professional golf tournament because you’ll never rein in the crowd. Bathpage – the wet, soggy mildly overrated public favorite of New Yorkers and loudmouth fans is expedcted to be named host of the 2019 PGA Championship and the 2024 Ryder Cup. Bad idea. They never shut the hell up at Bethpage. Worse still, dumb bunny...