Posted in General on Aug 29th, 2011
If you’ve read this month’s issue of Golf Digest then you’ve seen the photos. There’s the cover photo of Dustin Johnson swinging a golf club while atop an inflated physio ball. This one caused my naysaying father to make the comment of “this has to be Photoshopped right?”. Nuh uh. Johnson is an athletic freak. [...]
Posted in General on Sep 29th, 2010
Well before the Tour Championship last week I stated that my POY was going to have to be Dustin Johnson. With 2 tour wins, and providing plenty of other drama throughout the year, he seemed like a lock. Matt Kuchar could have made a run after notching plenty of top 10s and a win at [...]
Posted in General on Sep 27th, 2010
So I’ve had a handful of debates and discussions about the “playoffs” and if they are good for golf, provide any hype, and in general… are at all popular. I’ve said that I like the idea of them, but don’t necessarily like or understand the point system that makes them up. The playoffs give true [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2010
Earlier today Tiger Woods posted his best round of the year. Could it be just a coincidence that this falls just days after the official announcement of his divorce from Elin Nordegren?
Tiger lit up Ridgewood Country Club this morning, missing only one fairway and two greens en route to a 6 under 65. At the [...]
Posted in General on Aug 24th, 2010
This week the FedEx Playoff series kicks off in New Jersey at The Barclays, where the top 125 point getters from this year will tee it up. (on a side note, next week the Tour stops in my hometown finally for the Deutsche Bank Championship where I will be covering the event with a real [...]
Posted in General on Aug 23rd, 2010
Yesterday Arjun Atwal became the first Indian-born player to ever win a tournament on the PGA Tour. He also became the first Monday qualifier to win a tournament in 24 years, when in 1986 Fred Wadworth won the Southern Open. On a side note, when Wadworth won his tournament he took home a check for [...]
Posted in General on Aug 17th, 2010
Last week the PGA Tour launched a contest to find the “Ultimate PGA Tour Fan”. Until Monday September 6th, you can go to http://pgatour.com/fancontest and upload a self-produced video or photo essay describing why you are a fan of the PGA TOUR. The videos/photos will be voted on by the public and there will be 10 [...]
Earlier today Jim Furyk joined Ernie Els as the second multi-winner on Tour in this early season. Furyk, who won the Transitions Championship a few weeks back, looked to have everything in line for a strong Masters appearance. But after shooting an opening round 80, things didn’t work out quite so well at Augusta for [...]
