All this nonsense about adding women members at Augusta (which ran long past it’s shelf life when it continued past Wednesday) was bad enough… but when one silly and foolish went so far as to publish the flat out lie that Augusta was founded on the “bedrock foundational tenet of segregation,” that was the last straw. When the New York Times is...
We’ll be tweeting all weekend here at my feed. Also, we’ll have the tournament recap duty here and at Cybergolf tonight and Sunday.
Charl Schwartzel, thank you for introducing us to South African BBQ and “Monkey Gland Sauce.” (Hat tip: Steve DiMeglio) “An iced seafood display kicks off the meal and includes shrimp, lobster, oysters, King crab legs and the aforementioned Jumbo lump crabmeat, all ready to be topped with an assortment of sauces. International cheeses and crudite is...
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...
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...
If there is anything more disheartening and disgraceful than people who try to cash in on the goodwill and fame of Augusta National and the Masters it’s people who try to do it while simultaneously smearing the good name and reputation of Clifford Roberts or Augusta National members, all while writing themselves into some golf masturbation fantasy where –...
Great…just great! Charl Schwartzel won the Masters. I don’t even know how to spell “Charl Schwartzel.” I’m not even sure he knows how to spell “Charl Schwartzel.” My spell checker is working overtime warning me to correct it. It doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. Every casual fan will mis-pronounce it, which is good...
The epic war between Greece and Troy was poignantly summed up by Homer in one powerful line of The Iliad: “For ten years they battled beneath the city walls, and no one knew whose side the Gods were on.” The greatest week in golf arrives with similar confusion and uncertainty, but also with an inspiring milestone. Though the PGA Tour lacks a dominant...
My preview piece will be up at Cybergolf.com later today and at PGA.com tomorrow. I’ll have pieces after the Saturday and Sunday rounds as well as sidebars, features, and special reminiscences of Jack in 1986.
Golf season has arrived…finally!
Three quick bits of business before we begin our descent into Augusta National for golf’s Rite of Spring. 1. I’ll be reprising my series of previews for the PGA of America this year: all four majors and the President’s Cup. Look for them at PGA.com 2. Congratulation’s to Cybergolf’s Jeff Shelley for his 10,000th article. Jeff is a lifer...
Here is a list of Augusta National hole names, par, and Yardages for the 2011 Masters 01 4 445 Tea Olive 02 5 575 Pink Dogwood 03 4 350 Flowering Peach 04 3 240 Flowering Crab Apple 05 4 455 Magnolia 06 3 180 Juniper 07 4 450 Pampas 08 5 550 Yellow Jasmine 09 4 460 Carolina Cherry 36 3,725 10 4 495 Camellia 11 4 505 White Dogwood 12 3 155 Golden Bell 13 5 510 Azalea...
You might remember all the talk in late 2009 about how it looked like Tiger could run the table and win the Grand Slam of golf, (until a bunch of Ulricas and Jezebels got in the way), but 2011 looks like a great year venue wise for Woods as well. The Masters – Woods plays well at Augusta National. Even with his world in flames and his wife screaming like Nancy...
While I prepare some Jazzy Award presentations, here is the list of people who came in second to Tiger Woods at majors. This is a sure bar bet winner for you… THE MASTERS 1997 – Tom Kite 2001 – David Duval 2002 – Retief Goosen 2005 – Chris DiMarco THE U.S. OPEN 2000 – Ernie Els, Miguel Angel Jimenez 2002 – Phil Mickelson 2008...
Hat tip to Jay Busbee of Yahoo! Sports for finding Jim Nantz’s pointed comments about Tiger’s swearing and club dropping at Augusta. Here’s the crux: “If I said what he said on the air, I would be fired. I read in the USA Today and it was called “mild language.” Someone on my broadcast dismissed it as him having a camera in his...
Arms raised in exaltation and the pines ringing with the cheering, a victorious Phil Mickelson, The People’s Champion, closed out the 74th Masters with his second consecutive 5-under round of 67 and donned his third green jacket. The victory washed away the major disappointment from his 2006 U.S. Open collapse at Winged Foot, and brought the focus of the PGA...