KIAWAH ISLAND, SC – I’ve heard of sleeping on the lead but this is reedonkyoulous. Rory McIlroy finished his rain-delayed third round of the 2012 PGA Championship at 10 a.m. this morning and before teeing off again at 1:46 p.m., took a power nap in the clubhouse. This has to be the among the most bizarre examples in of the golf history of sleeping on the...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – When the journalists, broadcasters, and oddsmakers were asking, “Which Tiger Woods is going to show up this week?” they had the right wording, but weren’t asking the right question. When asking “Which Tiger?” most people were wondering whether we’d see the Tiger who won at the Memorial or the Tiger who...
Think this will result in a few jokes at the annual caddie dinner? When the caddie tournament takes place, they ought to have it here so we can watch Ricky Fowler and Pat Perez run like rabbits when it’s their turn to return the favor.
***singing***
Never smile
at a crocodile!
No you can’t get friendly
with a crocodile!…
This year, it’s been a warm winter and a hot spring in more ways than just the weather report. The PGA Tour season has heated up like a microwave, with nearly every big name either winning outright or rounding into shape in time for the Masters. Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Bill Haas, Ernie Els, Steve Stricker, Adam Scott and, yes, even Tiger...
As usual, Steve Elling is putting on a dominating Tiger-esque performance (As a writer! Not a porn wannabee!) in the best review of Jaime Diaz/Hank Haney’s book on Tiger, “The Big Miss.” From the article: “9. Toilet humor and Tiger This is not a real revelation, since Woods’ comedy leanings are scatological and sophomoric at best and his...
You’d think all he did was get a DUI or something the way everyone swept 121 skanks under the rug like so much pocket lint. Still, with Hank Haney’s/Jaime Diaz’s book coming out tomorrow, I’m sure there’ll be more than a share of distractions/discussions about things other than swing changes and “tweaked” ligaments. In a Ryan...
On Wednesday the Olympics are expected to do what they always do, greedily chase the last dollar on the table and create a massively expensive venue that will go to waste once the games end. Expectation runs high that R&A Head Peter Dawson has pressured the decision makers to choose the “team” of Jack Nicklaus and Annika Sorenstam to build the Rio...
Judging from these photos, Tiger is prepping for the Olympic javelin event with his golf clubs. (The way he putted yesterday he certainly doesn’t belong in the Olympics playing golf, that’s for certain.) Asks Czaban, “Can we get him some straps like on ski poles?” Forbes magazine rated Woods the No. 2 Most Hated Athlete in the World (behind...
The re-coronation of Tiger Woods will have to wait at least another week as unheralded World Number 117 Robert Rock fired a 2-under 70 en route to winning the Abu Dhabi Championship. An erratic Woods, who started the day tied with Rock, fired a sloppy level par 72 to finish two strokes back. Woods still has not won a full-field, regular season event since his...
Who needed Tiger? We saw a record setting U.S. Open, a miraculous resurrection at the British Open and breakout stars at the PGA Championship and the FedEx Cup, which was exciting for once. I know, I know…Bill Haas won the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup, but I’m still going with Webb Simpson as my choice for Player of the Year. Two wins, twelve top...
If it’s the day after Thanksgiving, then it must be time for our annual Jazzy Awards to start the holiday season! As usual, we kick off with the Turkey of the Year, where we celebrate the ludicrous, lunatic lunkheads and lugnuts that have ruined the sports year. As always, we do this feature in conjunction with our buddy and colleague Tony Korologos of Hooked...
Though Rio 2016 and the International Golf Federation were expected today to possibly announce the finalists for the name of the architect selected to design the golf course for the 2016 Olympics, sources say that all 29 bids were preliminarily rejected and no announcement is forthcoming. Some of the biggest names in either golf or golf design, including Robert Trent...
MONROE TOWNSHIP, NJ – Annika Sorenstam has still got the magic, as hundreds of delighted fans got to see first-hand when she and PGA Tour star Brad Faxon visited Forsgate Country Club to host the club’s annual Charity Classic last month. Everyone came away deeply impressed by Annika the person as well as Annika the professional golfer on every level. She...
Jay Flemma: Tell us about the origins of the courses at Royal Melbourne. When were they designed and by whom? Geoff Ogilvy: It was in the late ’20s, early ’30s. Most of the courses that existed were built in the city. But then there was a movement out to the sand belt where there was this incredible terrain, native trees, and great sandy soil. It was...
Yesterday, the R&A announced what we already knew – The Old Course at St. Andrews will host the 2015 Open Championship. My guess is Royal Troon for 2016…it’s been absent since 2004 when Todd Hamilton bunted his way to victory over Ernie Els. Here are your future Open Championship (British Open) venues: 2012 – Royal Lytham & St...