By Scott MacLeod, via Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com) The United States Open Championship looms next week and with that players are getting in their final preparation for Congressional.  Many are choosing to tune-up on the PGA Tour...

By Scott MacLeod, via Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com) It’s easy to get distracted in New Orleans but the PGA Tour players in this week’s Zurich Classic will need to steer clear on one-too-many great meals and late...

By Scott MacLeod, via Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com) It might not take place during the week after The Masters anymore that does not take away the relevance and feel that Hilton Head Island and the The Heritage...

By Scott MacLeod via Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com) Temperatures will soar to more than 90 degrees Fahrenheit each day this week in San Antonio but it will be more than the weather that is heating up as...

By Scott MacLeod, via Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com) It has been home to many incredible moments.  Just as its namesake struck countless monumental golf shots in his career fittingly his tournament, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, has been...

  By Scott MacLeod, via Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com) Eucalyptus trees, Kikuyu grass – Riviera Country Club might be found in Pacific Palisades, California but it has a distinctly Australian feel, right down to the pro golfers...

by Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com (Flagstick Golf Magazine) It will be a reoccurring theme this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The name Dustin Johnson will be in just about every sentence uttered by the television...

  By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com It seems obvious that a lot of people turn to the defending champion each week on the PGA with high hopes and expectations. I mean, if a guy can win on a...

By Scott MacLeod via www.flagstick.com Bubba Watson (71-65-69-67-272) may have earned his way on to the trophy at the Farmer’s Insurance Open on Sunday but it was the PGA Tour, and golf in general, that was the...

By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com One thing is for sure on the PGA Tour, when you stumble down the stretch at an event like the Bob Hope Classic the normal order of the day is that you...

By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com Endless times throughout the year post-round player interviews unveil a compendium of excuses about a pros inability to score. The winds were too high; it was too cold; or the course conditions were...

by Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com It was a little more golf than most players wanted on Sunday as the SONY Open in Hawaii wrapped up with a 36-hole, one-day, sprint to the finish, but it did not...

By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com As the rains hammered down in Honolulu the question today wasn’t “who’ll be the winner of the first full field event on the 2011 PGA Tour?” but “who has new and untested...

By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com One of the greatest bonuses for being a winner on the PGA Tour is the opportunity to get a head start on your competition the following year.   The winners-only Hyundai Tournament...

By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com - Any share of the $6 million purse won’t jump you up the PGA Tour money list but the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia still has the endorsement of the world’s biggest...

By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com - In a three-man playoff that threatened to continue into another day, Jonathan Byrd brought it to an abrupt end with a tournament winning ace on the extra hole on Sunday. It’s...

There might be a lot to distract them off course this week but most of the players in Las Vegas for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital For Children Open will be firmly focused on the opportunity at...

Rocco, Rocco, Rocco. The chant was relentless Sunday at the CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California as one of the PGA Tour’s most likable heroes capped off a win like none other in his long career...

On a day thought to be blessed due to its unusual date, 10-10-2010, a cross section of touring pros felt luck fall on their shoulders. European Tour – Tournament action started early on Sunday morning with the...

The FedEx Cup and the Ryder Cup may be over in the calendar might indicate that it is October but that doesn’t mean there is not a lot of premium golf on tap this week. European Tour:...

Heading into the 2010 PGA Tour season Jim Furyk had a lot on his mind. Despite perennially being ranked in the top-ten players in the world and a bank account that was swelling from big finishes, his last...

In a year where he has been knocking on the door time after time it’s no surprise that Dustin Johnson secured his 2nd win of the season on Sunday at the BMW Championship. And this time a whole...

For most golf fans the concept of “playoffs” in golf is still not a highly accepted one.  The first incarnations of them haven’t exactly brought forth the drama you might find in the NFL, NHL, or MLB,...

On the heels of “Glory’s Last Shot” comes that last gasp for many PGA Tour regulars as they try to resurrect their lagging golf season by at least squeaking their way into the FedEx Cup playoffs. I...

An American Classic welcomes back the PGA Tour this week and plenty of the world’s best players are looking forward to competing on a storied venue. The Greenbrier Classic plays out on The Old Course at the...

-Pettersson Wins The RBC Canadian Open- Carl Pettersson himself said that until the closing back nine at the RBC Canadian Open today he was “nothing more than a sideshow.” Until then Hawaiian Dean Wilson had proved unrelenting in...

Nothing attracts a PGA Tour player to a tournament more than the venue itself.  Resort golf courses like those played in events like the Bob Hope Classic simply make players yawn while courses like the venerable St....

Set on what used to be the home to Friendship Farms, where champion Arabian horses were bred and groomed to perfection, a different kind of thoroughbred will be on display this week at the TPC Deere Run....

The critics of the PGA Tour have wanted for some time and now they have it – a player BESIDES Tiger Woods showing signs of domination on the world’s top professional golf tour. Everybody knew it COULD happen...

No matter if the world’s #1 played is not 100% on task as far his game is concerned, the mere presence of Tiger Woods changes the look and feel of any PGA Tour event. Of course, he is...

With Justin Rose dominating The Travelers Championship in the early goings it looked like the 2010 edition of the event would be a runaway. In the end it turned out to be a more compelling story than anyone...

In the throes of a U.S. Open hangover the Travelers Championship sets out to make its mark this week on the PGA Tour schedule.  A chartered 737 from California for the players has helped to enhance the...

It wasn’t the prettiest finish but in the end Lee Westwood could care less as his preparation for the United States Open Championship looks to be on track with his win at the PGA Tour’s St. Jude...

After a lengthy run through Texas the PGA Tour emerges in Ohio this week with a riveting field set to face off at The Memorial Tournament. Phil Mickelson made a great charge in the last few weeks,...

One thing that Zach Johnson has proven is that he knows how to take apart a golf course. It was something Ben Hogan was great at as well so it seems appropriate that Johnson would use his talents...

- The Crowne Plaza Invitational Is Upon Us - No disrespect to the tournament sponsor but rarely will the words – Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial roll off my lips. For myself and millions of others this...

-Jason Day Wins The HP Byron Nelson Championship- Early success and high expectations can be a terrible recipe for a burgeoning golf career but things turned in the right direction on Sunday for Jason Day as he...

When you make your return to defend any PGA Tour title it is special in some way. That is even more so when it is an event that honors the legacy of one of the game’s greatest...

In a week on the PGA Tour when a slightly diminished quality of field was tipping it up at the Valero Texas Open it did not make a win by Adam Scott any less heroic. The Aussie used...