PITTSFORD – What is it James Taylor likes to sing? —It does you no good to pretend, You’ve made a hole too big to mend, It looks like now you lose again, So call on your Rainy Day Man— They’ll be singing that song in Rochester for many decades to come because mighty Oak Hill – the place where once only ten men finished a major...
Tune in to Cybergolf all week for Marino Parascenzo and I live from Oak Hill…err Soak Hill. Meanwhile,everybody do the Dufner…just make sure no one trips over you as they walk by:) Article here. From the article – Dufnering – the idea is to look like you smoked too many bong hits at the Grateful Dead show, but actually haven’t had any at...
Here are all the 63s in golf’s majors so far: Masters Nick Price, 1986, third round (9-under) Greg Norman, 1996, first round (9-under) U.S. Open Johnny Miller, 1973 (Oakmont), final round (8-under) Jack Nicklaus, 1980 (Baltusrol), first round (7-under) Tom Weiskopf, 1980 (Baltusrol), first round (7-under) Vijay Singh, 2003 (Olympia Fields), second round (7...
“Now you have to try the haggis, she’ll be insulted if you don’t,” my girlfriend cooed soothingly, as if that would make the ordeal any more bearable. Yes, it’s my favorite time of year again, the Open Championship: sparkling seaside links, brisk winds wreaking havoc on poorly played golf shots, the ground game back in vogue, and the...
ARDMORE, PA – As Merion and all its dryad loveliness, incomparable history, and ingenious golf architecture which perennially stands the test of time and technology fades into the mists of time for what may be the last time on the U.S. Open stage, we can’t help feeling somewhat deflated and underwhelmed. Of course we rousingly celebrate our newly-minted...
[Editor’s Note: While we wait for Cybergolf to run Jay’s wrap-up, here is his piece from Saturday. We include it in this position to keep continuity with the rest of the week’s work.] Philly Mick – Fan Fave Mickelson One Round From U.S. Open Title at Merion ARDMORE, PA – And now the golf world holds its collective breath. In his typical...
ARDMORE, PA – As the first prismatic ruby shafts of sunrise illuminate the dryad loveliness of Merion Golf Club’s fabled East course, we see clear proof that time has stood still here for 100 years, a shining golf summer forever undimmed by a winter’s chill. It was in 1913 when Hugh Wilson and Friends first began designing and building Merion, and...
“If you want excitement, the Masters is the benchmark, it owns the freehold.” – FoxSports Broadcaster Steve Czaban It’s Arnie hitching up his pants, it’s Jack raising his putter in exaltation, it’s Tiger fist-pumping and another improbable shot drops in the Cup, and it’s the pines ringing with the cheering as the newly-minted...
It’s the 10 most magical Masters of the last 50 years. (BTW – everything this week will be up at Cybergo9lf first, then here on twenty-four hour delay. From the article: 7. Larry Mize in 1987 Remember that poker movie “Rounders?” When Matt Damon says, “If you look around the table and you can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s...
The Masters may herald spring to the golf world, but it’s really Christmas in April. It’s golf’s yearly celebration of rebirth – a reunion, a revival and the gold standard of how a championship should be run but, better still, for one week all sports fans will be of good cheer, tradition, altruism and sportsmanship. For that reason alone, the...
Here’s my Masters preview for Cybergolf. I’ll have updates here all week, as well as two more long pieces for Cybergolf, so Happy Masters everyone:) From the preview: “Now, after Woods raced out to three early wins in 2013, the media, desperate for more casual eyeballs, are proclaiming him “back” with a paroxysm of hagiographic hero...
“When something like this happens, the memory becomes completely black to you. You don’t remember a single shot,” said Tom Watson. The eight-time major champion was talking about his disheartening collapse at Turnberry in the 2009 Open Championship, but he might as well be describing the 2012 U.S. team which suffered the most historic collapse in...
Jim Furyk is in position to bag the kitten but let the cat escape. The FedEx Cup, with it’s tacky ten million dollar-ish grand prize, could end this year in an anti-climactic fizzle Furyk wins the Championship, but McIlroy coasts to the money…FUTURE money. Personally I say buy a massive, jewel encrusted trophy and give that out…it’ll be more...
They will represent Europe, but they will feel like they are on an island. When the Ryder Cup comes to Chicago with all its pomp, circumstance, and ethnocentrism, you can expect a rough ride for the European team. This year, all the momentum is with the American side. It’s Chicagoland, a fists-up, bare-knuckle, roughneck of a town perfectly reflected in long...
[Author’s Note: For Barclays week, each day we will profile a different regional public course for everyone to play while in the area for the tournament.] RIVERHEAD, NY – It’s tough to get a pulse on Robert Trent Jones, Jr.’s architectural style since he’s done so much globetrotting and designed in so many different ecosystems. He also...