HAVEN, WI – With a tip of the hat and a golf clap to Una Jones of the PGA of America, here’s everything you need to know about the magic number – 63, now accomplished 27 times. HIROSHI IWATA JOINS CLUB 63 With a 9-under-par 63 in the second round, Japan’s Hiroshi Iwata tied the all-time 18-hole scoring mark in a major championship...
And as Zorak would say, “BONUS!” Tony Korologos and Ryan Ballengee joined me on Jay’s Plays for a wrap-up of the Open Championship and a preview of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
So Golf News Net ran my first article for them – the biopic of Old Tom Morris! Here’s the link to the article. Look for a new series of mine starting there soon called “The Rock-n-Roll Golf Diaries about my adventures playing with musicians and celebrities or playing golf between rock gigs. We’ll also be on Matt Cahill’s DC radio show...
[Editor’s Note: While Jay is playing in Boston this weekend, we’ll re-publish Jay’s article from his Golf Observer days about Old Tom Morris, St. Andrews, and the early days of the Open Championship.] He could be the patron saint of golf – few people had more influence in elevating golf from its adolescence than Old Tom Morris, (1821-1908.)...
Poor Royal Liverpool (or Hoylake to locals): It’s become even more of a football for wise-cracking critics of Open Championship venues than Somber Olde Carnoustie. Normally Open Championship venues conjure images of hallowed, centuries-old golfing Meccas. There’s the stately architecture of St. Andrews, the romantic beauty of Turnberry, the rugged...
The R&A just announced that Royal Birkdale and Carnoustie will get future dastes for the Open. Moreover, expect an announcement on Royal Portrush finally getting an Open back to the Emerald Isle for the first time in over sixty years. For more information on that go over to Brian Keogh’s Irish Golf Desk Here are your future Open Championship venues: 2014...
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...
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...
Here’s my latest Back 9 Network article on the changes to St. Andrews. From the piece: “Opponents say the changes homogenize the layout and run counter to its strategic design tenets, essentially “dumbing down” the golf course. “This year the Grinch stole Thanksgiving,” quipped one irreverent Internet wag. Despite their...
You can’t fault a guy for picking up a Claret Jug he finds on the ground. Ernie Els, who’ll tell you himself he had no business winning the 2012 Open Championship, left Royal Lytham & St. Annes the accidental champion while Adam Scott is left to wonder how his wings melted, leaving him to crash like Icarus. Scott bogeyed the last four holes to fumble...
“Where’s this Royal Lye-Thumb?” Britt asked, thumbing through my nightstand stack of reading material. Usually she’s looking for resorts with spas where she can luxuriate, but seaside golf appeals to the beach lover in her. “It’s pronounced ‘Lytham’ like ‘rhythm.’ The British Open is being held there this...
The R&A announced today that Royal Tron will host the 2016 Open Championship. Here is a list of future Open Championship venues: 2012 – Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s, Blackpool, Lancashire, ENGLAND 2013 – Muirfield Golf links, Gullane, East Lothian, SCOTLAND 2014 – Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, Merseyside, ENGLAND 2015 – The...
Hat tip to Niall Carlton for keeping his ear to the ground and doing some sleuthing worthy of Sherlock himself: We may son get the formal announcement that Royal Troon will host the 2016 Open Championship. After all the excitement of Rio and Doral, one wonders if Castle Stuart might get a nod some time:):) Future British Open Venues: 2012 – Royal Lytham &...
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...