Well it certainly wasn’t Carnastie today as Sergio Garcia fired a blistering 6-under 65 to lead by two over Paul McGinley and three over reigning U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera, 2005 U.S. OPen champion Michael Campbell and Boo Weekley. Eldrick T. Woods was tied for 8th after and up and down 69 that featured 12/15 fairways, 13 greens in regulation and 30 putts...
In honor of Open Championship week, lets examine a little bit of ye olde sod here in Ye Big Apple. Mark Cannizzaro of the New York Post wrote this excellent column on one of my favorites and the best course in New York City – Bayonne Golf Club by Eric Bergstrol. I reviewed Bayonne here and discussed it in depth here when it finished second in...
Remember Shinnecock in ’04? Funny…the R&A didn’t during today’s Open Championship qualifier and they had a mess on their hands.
They had to move a screwy pin on the fourth hole at the Old Course at Sunningdale (a false front green) and order eight players to replay the hole…some of whom scored worse the second time around.
29! It’s a magical number. One of those career milestones a player never forgets. Garcia has positioned himself into an unlikely spot. A full seven shots in Woods’ rear view mirror, Garcia is now 6-under through the front nine and tied for the lead after Woods bogeyed the 2d. With three short, reachable par-5s on the back, Garcia can make a charge. (He...
I’ve read this book before. Heck, book? It’s a blueprint – right off Woods’ nightstand. “Day 1 – The heck with “getting to know the course” – send message with textbook execution. Try to eagle all par-5s, get one or two. Shoot 65/66. Be at or near lead. Day 2 – Achieve separation from pack. Shoot another 65...
Everybody sing it with me! (Cue Tambourines) Roll Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! Roll up for the mystery tour! Yes members at Royal Liverpool are also singing (“Get Back to where you once belonged”?:) Beatles metaphors are everywhere and the tournament is looking to be similar to those held at nearby Royal Lytham and St, Annes (think deep, rivoted...
What’s the buzz this week? Nick Faldo says it won’t be fun being paired with Tiger Woods for two days after criticizing him from the broadcast booth. My Golf Observer colleague Art Spander discusses biscuit brown – the color of the links course fairways we see at the Open. Don’t know anything about Hoylake? Well meet both golf writing newcomer...
My Golf Observer colleague John Huggan has his preview of the Open Championship. Thomas Bonk writes this preview of the week’s championship. Here’s another good British Open piece. Steve Czaban reports on the grim reality of Michelle Wie’s failed week at the John Deere. Czabe writes: “She came in not just talking about the “cut”...
Ron Whitten says in Golf Digest how Royal Liverpool was a mezza-mezza choice for an Open. He calls it Royal OB and, with several holes featuring this as an unctuous internal hazard he’s right to an extent. Here’s my Royal Liverpool preview piece. The R&A has their say about the changes to Royal Liverpool Links Magazine previews the British Open. Golf...
After a long absence, the Open returns to the home of the Beatles. With only two Opens contested at Royal Liverpool – referred to by many as simplky “Hoylake” – in the last fifty years it feels we’re rolling up on a magical mystery tour. As this will be Liverpool’s first Open in my lifetime, it will be tough to pick a winner when...
Moonset over Arcadia Bluffs. The sun is rising behind me. See why I play golf every full moon in October?