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August 11, 2014
No Doubt About It
After 36 holes in the 2014 PGA Championship there were a familiar trio of 20-somethings once again at the forefront of a Major Championship. World #1 Rory McIlroy was in command after rounds of 66 and 67, which left him at 9-under par for the Championship, but only with a slim advantage over 26-year old […]
August 4, 2014
Number One
One gets the sense over the past few months that there has been a gradual changing of the guard with the world’s top players. The game’s two biggest draws over the last 20 years have been Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, neither of whom has recorded a Top 10 finish on the PGA Tour in […]
July 21, 2014
A Third of the Four
The Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, has been the Open Championship host when some of the game’s greatest players claimed their Claret Jug. Among those Champions were Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Peter Thompson, Roberto Di Vincenzo and Tiger Woods who was the last player to win here in 2006. The 143rd Open Championship was the […]
July 14, 2014
Front 9-Edition 8
31 year old American, Mo Martin, opened with a pair of 3-under par 69’s that staked her to a 3-shot lead entering the weekend at the Ricoh Women’s British Open. As expected, Martin would stumble on Saturday and relinquish her command of the season’s 3rd Major Championship shooting a 5-over par 77 that seemed to […]
July 7, 2014
A Third on the Fourth
There were fireworks aplenty during the final round of the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic over the 4th of July weekend. Billy Hurley III had been in control of the first three rounds of the tournament taking a 2-shot lead over Argentinian Angel Cabrera into the final round at 12-under par. There was something poetic about […]
June 30, 2014
The Front 9-Edition 8
It is with great pride that we announce Craig Waryan’s election into the Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame. Craig is one of Bird Golf’s Senior West Coast instructors and this great honor is certainly deserved for a lifetime of brilliance. Craig was the 87th member of the PGA of America to achieve “Master” status, and […]
June 23, 2014
The First at No. 2
This week it would be the women’s edition of the U.S. Open at fabled Pinehurst No. 2 as they followed the men who played there last week. It is the first time in history that the Men’s and Women’s Opens have been played on consecutive weeks on the same course. For the first two rounds […]
June 16, 2014
Number 1 at No. 2
In the opening two rounds of the U.S. Open at historic, Pinehurst No. 2, Martin Kaymer did something that nobody is supposed to do at either the U.S. Open or at No. 2. Twice. 29 year old Kaymer shot two sublime rounds of 5-under par, 65 that would be record breaking in so many ways. […]
June 8, 2014
The Back 9-Edition 7
1. Next week’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst will be the last with Johnny Miller as the lead announcer. NBC TV lost the rights to the Open in a bidding war with Fox TV earlier in the year and loses its relationship with the USGA (who run the Men’s and Women’s Opens) early in 2015. Two-time […]
June 1, 2014
A Memorable Memorial
After the first round of the 2014 Memorial Tournament, it looked like there would be a runaway winner. Firing a course record 9-under par 63 was all of sudden red-hot, Rory McIlroy. Fresh off his storming come from behind victory in last week’s European Tour’s PGA Championship, it seemed as though the wonder kid (are […]
May 26, 2014
The Front 9-Edition 7
1. An 11 year old qualified for a Major Championship. Last week Lucy Li from California became the youngest person ever to qualify for any Major by winning the US Women’s Open sectional qualifier at Half Moon Bay GC. Li shot rounds of 74 and 68 to beat her nearest competitor by a whopping 7 […]
May 20, 2014
Chuck Reeves
Big Congratulations to another one of our amazing students, Chuck Reeves, for winning the Golf Channel Am Tour’s Northern California Championship, May 17 and 18. Chuck shot rounds of 82 and 89 on the extremely difficult Bayonet and Blackhorse courses to beat out the other 25 players in Senior Sarazen flight. In a thrilling finish, […]
