LPGA Tour will suspend memberships if players don't learn English The LPGA will require its member golfers to learn and speak English and will suspend their membership if they don't comply.
July 31, 2008
ESPN's Top Ten All Time Golf Shots [part 2] [part 3]
July 19, 2008
Michelle Wie Disqualified for Scorecard Gaffe In second place at 17 under after three rounds of the State Farm Classic Saturday, Wie was disqualified from the tournament for failing to sign her second-round scorecard until after leaving the scorer's tent. "She was like a little kid after you tell them there's no Santa Claus," said LPGA official Sue Witters.
July 16, 2008
Kid brothers drill back-to-back aces at Sawgrass. The odds of two players in the same group making a hole-in-one have been estimated at 17 million-to-1 by Francis Scheid, a retired Boston University math professor who was commissioned by Golf Digest to calculate hole-in-one odds under various scenarios. The odds for a PGA Tour player have been pegged at 3,700-to-1 and a handicap golfer at about 13,000-to-1.
June 23, 2008
Who is going to replace Tiger Woods? Say, did you hear Tiger Woods is out for the year? Some folks have been talking a little bit about it here and there. Anyhoo, Tiger's absence from the last half of 2008 means there's suddenly a vacancy on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Who's going to get the nod? We offer up some potential choices:
June 18, 2008
Tiger Woods reportedly to miss rest of season Tiger Woods will miss the rest of the season because of a left knee that will require more surgery, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday.
June 16, 2008
An Instant Classic - Single link YouTube post. "Unbelievable. I knew he'd hole it."
May 31, 2008
The greatest golfer ever is someone you've never heard of: John Montague. (aka LaVerne Moore)
May 13, 2008
Sorenstam to retire After 72 wins, the 37 year ld Swed is calling it quits.
May 07, 2008
PGA Dresses Down John Daly for Golfing Topless A video of John Daly golfing in Branson, Mo., with no shirt or shoes has prompted this response from PGA Commissioner Tim Finchem: "There are certain things about presentation that we must insist on."
March 28, 2008
Numbers prove Nelson is still King of the Wild Maybe this is the one way to figure out who is best no matter when they played.
March 21, 2008
Tiger beats God in friendly golf match Is Tiger that good?
March 13, 2008
John Daly disqualified at Bay Hill One day after swing coach Butch Harmon fires him, Daly misses his tee time and is disqualified from Arnold Palmers Invitational. Said Harmon, "My whole goal for him was he's got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life," Harmon said. "And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk."
March 06, 2008
PGA Tour player Tripp Isenhour faces criminal charges for killing hawk It wasn't an accident, but it was with a hit golf ball. How many strokes off for killing a migratory bird?
February 08, 2008
CEOs get serious at Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Top bosses are competing at the pro-am tournament this week, and some of them have notably low handicaps. If you want, you can even check out your boss's scores at the USGA's Golf Handicap and Information Network (GHIN). I leave the inevitable jokes and questions to you.
January 30, 2008
First Day of Term Despite the hour, the temperature was already into the mid-twenties. Despite the temperature, I was shivering. It wasnt nerves; it was terror. Nine years and a day after it happened, JJ looks back at his first round as a professional golfer.
January 28, 2008
The Ricky Roma of Golf: In which Joel Waldfogel provides statistical (and literary) proof that when Tiger Woods is in the field, he makes everyone else play worse, whether he's on his game or not."It's generally agreed that people work harder when they are paid for performance. Anyone who has ever languished in a Paris cafewhere service compris translates roughly as "the Republic of France mandates a minimum 15 percent tip regardless of service quality"can appreciate the power of incentives. But the effects of incentives appear to be muted when the incentives are based on relative performance and the competition is tough."
January 23, 2008
PGA Tour caddie Steve Duplantis dies. Duplantis was killed after being struck by a taxi while crossing the street. Duplantis was working for with Eric Axley and had previously worked with golfers Jim Furyk, Rich Beem, and Tommy Armour III. Duplantis is heavily mentioned in the book Bud, Sweat, and Tees.
January 17, 2008
More Bad Noose for Pro Golf Although the story appeared to be dying down after the Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman apologized to Tiger Woods for her "lynch him" remark, Golfweek has just thrown gas on the fire with its cover story and illustration.
January 14, 2008
18 "sent home" early from Sony Open: A new rule on the PGA tour gave 18 players credit for making the cut, paid them and awarded FedEx points but they were not allowed to continue on the weekend to potentially earn more.
December 16, 2007
Woods closes out the year with a seven-shot win Okay, the guy takes 10 weeks off and still wins by 7 shots. And what's the deal with Rory Sabbatini?
December 10, 2007
Jack talks to Golf Digest - that's Nicholson, not Nicklaus - "You don't understand golf. I can play this game as well as Tiger ... for a very short time. There's one shot a hole between me and the best golfers in the world..." [printable version]
November 01, 2007
Golfing right up til the end .....then going fishing. Canadian links legend a winner of more than 400 tournaments around the world.
September 06, 2007
Tiger Woods could retire on billion-dollar PGA pension? Yes, that's a billion with a "B". I don't know about this guy's numbers, but maybe one of you stats and finance jocks can grok it. Holy crap. Maybe I should join the PGA.