BETHESDA, MD – The lightning blinded the eyes of all the spectators with its burnished reflection of the sun off the shaft of Rory McIlroy’s hybrid. We first heard the “Thwack!” as the clubface spoke its single word, and then the golf ball soared skyward, waving to Snoopy 2 as it cruised by on its way to the 10th green at Congressional Country...
Thanks to Jeff for a great week – and Nancy!
Enjoy the piece. Tournament retrospective coming tomorrow.
BETHESDA, MD – For the third straight day Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy strangled the formerly Big, Bad Congressional Country Club Blue Course, grabbing it by the throat and squeezing until it cried for mercy. In the process, McIlroy is piling up records, accolades, and new fans by the truckload, (sorry…lorry-load), shattering the 36 and 54-hole...
Facebook definitely cuts into your time writing web-site pieces:):) But here’s a few odds and ends and thoughts: Tiger Who? I’ll be on ESPN 980 between 2-4 today. Thank you Steve Czaban and Andy Pollin. In all the majors I’ve covered, I’ve never written pieces as short as I have this week. Whoa-oh what I want to know-o…where does the...
BETHESDA, MD – He looks like any other kid – like we were, you and I, when we were playing for cokes and burgers at Valley View or Pine Hills, or Meatball Meadows – waking with the rooster’s crow, racing to the course, and playing till we couldn’t see the ball. He looks like any other young 20-something you know: lithe and wiry, the...
I had the chance to follow Michael Whitehead all week, and got a lot more out of the story than “he’s the guy who got Tiger’s spot.”
You’ll like this kid.
BETHESDA, MD – Dan Jenkins sums up the situation with his usual sparkling wit: “Five hours into the U.S. Open and Tiger has yet to make a bogey.” As usual Jenkins is lampooning, indeed skewering the broadcast media for their addiction to ratings, casual eyeballs, and train wrecks. The biggest buzz of the tournament so far is “Tiger’s not...
I need practice…and a comb:)
You know what? I haven’t missed Tiger at the U.S. Open this week…have you? Meanwhile Rory McIlroy continues to scald Big Bad Congressional…
This piece was on 24-hour delay – it’s from yesterday at Cybergolf, before Phil’s day at the U.S. Open turned into “The Hair-raising Adventures of that Wacky Phil Mickelson.” Anyway, here it is: BETHESDA, MD – It’s become a bit of a tradition at the U.S. Open that the galleries will serenade Phil Mickelson with many rousing...
Cybergolf has my piece on Phil Mickelson and what he thinks about Congressional. Enjoy.
BETHESDA, MD – Barney Adams looks more like a boxer than a golfer: tall and muscular with chiseled features and a piercing, hawkish gaze of steel. If eyes truly are the window to the soul and the mirror of the man, then Adams is every bit ready to tackle the proverbial golf fight of his life. Well he’s going to need every bit of iron will and steely nerve...
Tee it forward – yes, Ben Crane is part of an initiative to speed up play! Click here for more.
The U.S.G.A. announced minutes ago that Shinnecock Hills will host the 2018 U.S. Open. The announcement was greeted with excitement by the media and golf industry. Shinny as it is known to its friends will host its fourth U.S. Ope. and third since 1986. It also hosted the second ever National Open in 1896. Here is a list of all future U.S. Open venues: 2012 –...
People always ask me what I mean when I say “This is reedonkyulous!” Well the video below is a perfect example! This is just flat-out frightening on so many levels:P Oh well, no one can claim that golfers are too stiff anymore. Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler, and Ben Crane mix Halloween and April Fools Day – and set of every dork alarm in...