Hat tip to Ryan Ballengee of Golf Channel for this tidbit I had forgotten:
No one has ever repeated as Players champion since the tournament moved to Sawgrass.
Now the question is…why? And what does the architecture have to with it?
Hat tip to Ryan Ballengee of Golf Channel for this tidbit I had forgotten:
No one has ever repeated as Players champion since the tournament moved to Sawgrass.
Now the question is…why? And what does the architecture have to with it?
While I write my Travis Invitational preview this weekend and move the ball forward on my U.S. Open work, Tony Korologos will be handling Players Championship tournament coverage for all the Golf Space Team. Drop by and check up on everything from Tiger’s WD to a great interview with Y.E. Yang…in Korean:) Kinda reminds me of the time I tried to interview...
God bless us every one, a nice guy finished first. Tiny Tim Clark, whose “legs are too short so I use my head,” as he once said at a U.S. Open, won the arguably “fifth major,” as his 5-under 67 captured the Players Championship by one shot over Robert Allenby. Third round leader Lee Westwood closed with a dreary 74, allowing Clark, who fired a...
Tiger had a few poignant observations during his pre-tournament presser for the Players. Congratulations to Laura Hill on getting to moderate the discussion with the assembled media, (and by the way break a leg – that’s good luck – to Beth Murrison when her turn comes at the U.S. Open). “Q. How different has this comeback been for you than the...
It was 1978. Loud plaid and big hair were fashionable, disco music battled KISS on your radio dial, and a peanut farmer who couldn’t keep the loyalty of his own Cabinet was President of the United States. Politically, America was gripped by a crisis of confidence and uncertainty. Golf, however, was prospering. It was the age of Nicklaus, but unlike the flash in...
Here’s Tony Korologos’s diary of his round at Sawgrass and review. Besides being a world-class drummer and music producer, Tony runs the Golf Space and plays to a two handicap…except when he dumps three in the drink at 17, (I’ve done that…I also made three by getting up and down from the 18th teebox!!!). And as for those pictures of him...
We’ll be writing previews and recaps of The Players, and then reporting live form the Travis Invitational at Garden City and the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. The tournament coverage season has begun. Deals are in the works to also cover the Anderson and the Crump.
Sergio Garcia fired a 66 to take a two-shot lead at the Players. Click here for Live at the 17th and the leaderboard.
Despite lunatics who think her head is where it should be for an 18 year old girl, Michelle Wie shot a four-over 75 to tie for 127th place in the Michelob Ultra Open.
While I get ready to cover the Travis Invitational at Garden City Golf Club and finish my review of great Georgia golf, let’s all celebrate Sawgrass’s rich tradition, history and golf course architecture: Pete Dye Interview Players poll: yes it is a major Padraig Harrington agrees. (Hey Dermot Gilleece! Am I gonna get inside Paddy’s head...
Well, here you go. The tour players voted in a landslide – 70% in favor of declaring The Players golf’s fifth major. That’s “fifth of five,” Geoff Shackelford. There is no need to resist this. Don’t be preconditioned and afraid of change. Embrace Sawgrass as hosting a major…after all, you can go play it. Now by an even...
Ron’s excellent article is here. It’s time people. There are now five major golf championships. And Sawgrass, The Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass sure has alot of excitement, doesn’t it?
Here’s the best tournament preview. Sal Johnson of Golf Observer breaks it down like a fraction for us. I like this quote: Key stat for the winner: Craig Perks blew the greatest stat the tournament had going for it with his win in 2002. Before his victory, nobody had ever won the Players without a win on the PGA Tour. Matter of fact, other than Perks, every...
That’s right, a crowded Irish pub in Manhattan put the Yankee game on Yes Network on in the most distant TV in the bar, while all eyes were front and center on the PLAYERS. When they tried to change the channel to the baseball game, the entire place screamed to put it back on golf. Don’t worry…they still luv ya, stripey boys. BUt for four days...
Put Padraig Harrington in the camp that supports Sawgrass and the THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP as the fifth major. “I’m thinking more about (The Players) and the U.S. Open. It fits nicely into the schedule this year after the Masters. The change does suit the schedule better. Now there are five tournaments to peak for.” The entire article is in...
What can I say? I’m all for Spanish “Hacienda” style architecture, but the new clubhouse at Sawgrass is so huge, it’s reedonkyulous! [Editor’s note: That’s “ridiculous,” but with a donkey thrown in to show how over the top it is…] Look, call me Egyptian, (or maybe in the case of my deep love for Sawgrass, a...