Yesterday we hinted that the morning and afternoon waves at Royal St. George’s (aka Sandwich) were mostly equal, in terms of weather conditions and impact. Others...
Morning coffee with the Royal and Ancient returned on this morrow with the 149th playing of the Open Championship. When last we saw Royal St. George’s,...
The places in the world where professional golf was played this week were ones impacted by rain. Both the Scottish Open, and USGA Senior Open suffered...
As some might say, if you don’t take the plunge, you can’t taste the brine. Others might not say such a thing. I’m taking the plunge,...
It’s an odd summer’s week when no tour disputes a major championship. After a run of Opens and PGAs, with the odd Players and Tradition thrown...
Golf is cruel, in the way that April is the cruelest month in “the Wasteland.” Bubba Watson stood on the 14th tee with the lead, at...
The amateur statistician in me is overwhelmed by the fact that NO ONE shot lower than 67 on any given day, and that either 2, 3,...
The U.S. Open reminds me at times of this monologue from Maurice Moss at the infamous The IT Crowd soccer match Sure, Roy says a few things,...
Some golfers played 24 holes on Friday to ensure that the woodsman’s axe would fall and the 36-hole cut would take place on schedule. Louis Oosthuizen...
Should we have anticipated a fog delay at Torrey Pines? Yes. That’s the kind of thing that happens along the California coast. Should we have anticipated...
There is this notion in the British isles, completely foreign to America, that states that visitors shall have access to all but a smallish passel of...
This particular weekend was unique, sandwiched between two U.S. Open championships, and it was filled with events. There was much newness across the tournament board as the...
We’re not giving it away THAT easily, headline skimmers. It was THAT good on Sunday. Through 10 holes of Sunday’s final round, there was little drama...
The U.S. Open is all about hanging in and hanging on. The U.S. Open at the Olympic Club is all about avoiding that big number. The...
Here’s a bit of a primer on how we compose our 5 Things series during major championship weeks. Thursday’s review is Hopes and Dreams, as 54 holes remain,...
The Olympic Club’s Lake Course is the perfect venue for a competition edged with a bit of architectural controversy. Blend narrow fairways, overhanging trees, oddly-placed bunkers...
As some might say, if you don’t take the plunge, you can’t taste the brine. Others might not say such a thing. I’m taking the plunge,...
I’m packing for a nifty, three-day trip as I type. Fear not, you’ll read about it here in the next few weeks. This week features a...
“My dad’s America was exceptional, but there seemed nothing exceptional about another country that traded in the easy currency of fear” — Tom Coyne It’s an...
On absolutely no one’s radar screen but his own at the beginning of the third week of May, Phil Mickelson defied all odds and overcame all...
When his lead reached a quintet of strokes after nine holes on Saturday, I was desperately searching for five different words that began with the voiceless...
The winds were up on Kiawah Island on Friday, and one man took advantage of a morning tee time to work his way up the leaderboard...
Let’s be honest: no matter where any of us find ourselves today, we wish that we were in a rented house at Kiawah Island, taking a...
I’m wondering how the introduction of the Forme Tour snuck up on me. If you haven’t seen the release, it’s a complement to the Mackenzie Tour, for...
May is here in full force, with a complete slate of professional events and a biennial amateur team golf event to boot. The guy who married...
As some might say, if you don’t take the plunge, you can’t taste the brine. Others might not say such a thing. I’m taking the plunge,...
Another five-tournament week makes a writer feel spoiled. So much to talk about this first weekend of May. The European Tour continued its three-week stay in...
The last full week of April saw events played from the Big Easy to Hollywood, from a Spanish island in the Atlantic to central Texas. The...
A week after a major championship can have a bit of a hangover feel to it. When one ends with the welcoming of a first-time major...
Editor’s note: All latency on the publishing here is the fault of the Editor-in-Chief. As some might say, if you don’t take the plunge, you can’t...
Hideki Matsuyama expressed great respect for the victory achieved last week by his countrywoman, Tsubasa Kajitani. Matsuyama understands well the bright-hot spotlight under which golfers from...
With the field reduced to 54, the question on most interested minds was, which Augusta National Golf Club would feature on Saturday? Would it be the...
Bonobos? Bonnaroo? What do they have in common, besides being fun words to pronounce that belong to today’s generations? That’s a question for another story. We’re...
36 marvelous holes of a crunchy, tasty, firm, diabolical Masters tournament are in the books. 54 golfers survived the cut, and 15 of them sit within...
While we all needed a November Masters in 2019, we missed the April rendition that features the Augusta National Golf Club golf course in peak condition....