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July 3, 2016
Dustin Them Off
The South course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio is really a U.S. Open venue in disguise. It was the host venue for this week’s World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational. The WGC events (there are 4 every year with the others being the Cadillac, Match Play and HSBC Championships) typically draw the strongest fields in […]
June 27, 2016
Front 9-Edition 14
Front 9-Edition 14 In the continuing aftermath of the Rules fiasco at Oakmont during last week’s U.S. Open, USGA chief, Mike Davis issued an official apology on Thursday. Too little and much too late. After Dustin Johnson and playing partner, Lee Westwood, and then the rules official with their group all agreed that Johnson did […]
June 20, 2016
US Open Redemption: Johnson Won’t Be Denied
The 116th U.S. Open was played for a record ninth time at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania. Although Oakmont has no water hazards and has cut down over 500 trees during the last 15 years, it is considered by most to be the most difficult of all U.S. Open venues. When Argentina’s Angel Cabrera won […]
June 13, 2016
A Major First for Brooke Henderson
The Women’s third Major Championship of the year, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, was hosted by Sahalee Country Club, in Sammamish, Washington. Now in the second year of a unique pairing, the Women’s PGA Championship is being conducted in partnership with the PGA of America. This is the 62nd staging of the second oldest Major […]
June 5, 2016
2016 ShopRite Classic: Golf Youth Movement Make More Moves
The 2016 ShopRite Classic at our amazing New Jersey site, the Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club, culminated in another thrilling finish. Seaview has two magnificent courses, the Bay and the Pines. The Bay course is a Donald Ross signature design that is a supreme links layout and the venue for the ShopRite Classic presented […]
May 30, 2016
From The Ashes Of Failure
Rise the flames of success. One of the few commonalities of all successful people is that they have failed a great many more times than they have prevailed. Golf exemplifies that margin of victory and defeat more than any other sport in the world. In his 20 year prime from the age of 22 until […]
May 23, 2016
Back 9-Edition 14
On Thursday, the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield voted not to allow women members. Although a 64% majority of the 800 members did vote in favor of allowing women, the vote was a constitutional one which required a two-thirds majority. In a statement the Club said: “The Honourable Company is a members club, […]
May 15, 2016
Day Tames Players Championship Offering Different Days, Everyday
What a difference a year makes. World #1, Jason Day, shot an opening round 9-under par 63, to take a two-shot lead at the Players (aka Golf’s 5th Major). That was 18 strokes better than the last time he played at the TPC Sawgrass when he stumbled to a second round 81 en route to […]
May 8, 2016
Isn’t It Grand
Isn’t it Grand? Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa has been designated as the first Sheraton Grand resort in North America. It is welcomed to the new premier tier of exceptional hotels recognized as a heritage resort that offers a true escape and is exemplary in every way, including in architecture, amenities and personal […]
April 24, 2016
The Golf Scientist
Bryson DeChambeau may be the most polarizing of all the game’s young stars and most people don’t know who he is. Yet. DeChambeau missed the cut at this weekend’s Valero Texas Open, which was his second start as a professional. In his maiden event playing for money, the 22-year old DeChambeau finished tied for 4th […]
April 17, 2016
Spie’ll Be Just Fine: Spieth Down, Not Out
During the past week there has been much hand wringing and teeth gnashing about Jordan Spieth’s Armageddon at Amen Corner. To those who put forward the idea that losing the way that he did will destroy the 22-year old psyche; go read another volume of Freud. To those who have resurrected the notion that Spieth […]
April 11, 2016
A Will-Ing Win
On Wednesday’s par-3 contest at the 2016 Masters no fewer than 9 players made a hole-in-one in the only competition that nobody wants to win. That is because no player who has ever won the par-3 event has gone on to win the main event. Jimmy Walker set a scoring record for the par-3, with […]
