Golf News Net on iHeartRadio returns with my post Masters review. Ryan Ballengee, head of all things GNN joins us with his thoughts on the wild ride that is Rory McIlroy. First he looks like the Rory of the early 2010s, then he looks like the Rory that ran from that tennis chick like she was a live scorpion, then he finally (FINALLY!) tamed Amen Corner to coast to...
Fingerpaint Masterpiece at Augusta National Earns Rory McIlroy Golf’s Career Grand Slam —by Jay Flemma, reprinted from Golf News Net— There were moments when we were sure he had it won, but he didn’t. There were moments when we thought he had thrown it away for good, but he hadn’t. There were moments we thought it was his daughter Poppy hitting the golf...
It’s the eve of Masters Championship Sunday, and the leaderboard for this, the 89th playing of America’s most august sporting event could have been written by Hollywood or Shakespeare, take your pick. Start with Rory McIlroy. He burst on the scene as a wunderkind, blossomed into a Hall of Famer, and now stands – along with Tiger Woods – as the bulwark against LIV...
Woo hoo hoo! It’s the greatest golf week of the year. Rebirth, renewal, resurrection, and the epitome of that is indeed the Masters. We have a terrific radio show preview for you at Jay Flemma Sports Report. First, Jay Busbee of Yahoo!Sports checks in from his jet-setting adventures across the sporting globe. Then in the second half of our show, Ryan Ballengee...
A mid round birdie barrage and a textbook Sunday back nine powered world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler to his second Masters Championship in three years. His sparkling final round 68 featured seven birdies, including three consecutive at holes eight through 10, a tricky if not treacherous stretch of the golf course. Scheffler finished at 11-under, four shots...
It was 1977, and before their famous “Duel in the Sun” at Turnberry for the Open Championship, Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus had another duel for the ages at the Masters. Watson had been in contention the entire way, tied for the lead after both the second and third rounds, and was in the final pairing on Sunday. Jack opened poorly, snarling acidly that...
Jon Rahm Won the Green Jacket but Dan Hasty won the Masters this weekend. “Wait, who the hell is Dan Hasty?” you may be asking. Don’t look for him in the Players Guide, he’s not there. In fact, he’s not even a golfer. And he wasn’t even in Georgia last week. But he metaphorically won the Masters last weekend with his hilarious call...
Texan Scottie Scheffler has chosen home cookin’ for his Masters Champions Dinner. The 26 year-old Longhorn from U. Texas will serve Texas Ribeye for the main course, with blackened redfish for those who don’t prefer beef. Sides will be family style – mac and cheese, fried brussels sprouts, jalapeno creamed corn, and seasoned french fries. For the...
In just over two weeks all eyes will be on Augusta National as Scottie Scheffler endeavors to repeat as Masters Champion, the first since Tiger Woods in 2005 and 2006. Scheffler has moved into a tie with Spain’s Jon Rahm, the 2021 U.S. Open Champion for the favorite’s position. Rory McIlroy, Cameron Smith, Collin Morikawa, and Jordan Spieth round out the...
The kid looks rock solid, but we’ve all been wrong before on Saturday night. Scottie Scheffler has a three shot lead on the eve of championship Sunday here at the 2022 Masters and looks unflappable. Completely in control of his game and emotions, Scheffler’s downright artistic rounds of 69-67-71 in the swirling gusts Augusta National has conjured for the...
It’s almost enough to make you feel sorry for him. Almost. At least as sorry as you can for a multi-millionaire athlete with James Bond’s good looks, an astronaut’s brain, media savvy, a mission in life, and grillion-dollar talent:Â the fall of Bryson DeChambeau from being the PGA Tour’s “it boy” capable of vaporizing every golf...
All signs point towards the Masters at Augusta national, the first major golf championship of the the year. Everyone is in good spirits as the Masters – Christmas for Golfers – has arrived. Not just Christmas, but a rebirth:Â spring has sprung, and for those of you that aren’t skiers, but live, instead, the snow belt, the warm weather brings a...
It was either going to be the Green Jacket or a straightjacket; there was no middle road for Hideki Matsuyama. Japan’s newly-minted greatest golfer ever won the 2021 Masters, but only after nearly squandering a 6-shot lead and hanging on narrowly after late charges by Xander Schauffle and Will Zalatoris fizzled. Matsuyama’s 10-under score edged major...
It was a bullet-grey sky that blanketed Southport, England, on a July Sunday in 1998, but the low clouds that hung oppressively over Royal Birkdale Golf Club were parted by the radiant sunshine of a young, fresh-faced high school kid who carried all of England on his shoulders. Skinny as a broomstick, blushing with the rosy cheeks of youth, and his red sweater and...
Everyone always says the Masters doesn’t begin until the back nine on Sunday, but you can’t get to the back nine without playing the front nine. And that’s no walk in the park. Maybe Tiger Woods can fire a front nine 40 during the first round and still win the Masters, but mere mortals can’t. While both per-5s are reachable in two and birdie...