Wednesday’s Par3 Contest Suspended Due to Weather “Padraig Harrington and Jonathan Byrd shot 5 under par and were declared the winners Wednesday as inclement weather brought an early end to the Par 3 Contest. Byrd rolled in a birdie putt on the final hole to tie Harrington as sirens sounded to mark the suspension of [...]
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Tuesday’s Notable Masters Quotes
April 4, 2012
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One of the things that I’ve come to enjoy over the years watching the Masters is the pre-tournament interviews. They offer a rare glimpse of each player’s confidence heading into the first major of the season, as well as the strategies that will be employed, two things that are requisites for a serious bid to [...]
Read more Tuesday News and Notes at The Masters
April 3, 2012
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Dustin Johnson Will Have to Wait for Green Jacket Bid The first newsworthy item on Tuesday is that Dustin Johnson will not be in the field this week at the Masters. Johnson posted this comment on his Twitter account earlier today: “First I have to apologize to the fans and sponsors. With heartfelt regret, I [...]
Read more Masters Preview: The Beginning of Amen Corner
April 3, 2012
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Well, if you’ve not checked out the HOLE-BY-HOLE FLYOVER at the Official Masters website, you’re missing out on an education in golf course topography. The embedded link I provided showcases the official start of Augusta National’s Amen Corner. The long, difficult 505-yard par4 11th, known as White Dogwood, is probably my personal favorite and provides [...]
Read more My 2012 Masters Pick-Em Contest
April 2, 2012
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For those interested in playing in my 2012 Masters contest, read the competition guidelines below and submit your picks NO LATER THAN 10:00 p.m. Wednesday evening, April 4th. The winner will receive a sleeve of Titleist ProV1 golf balls from Yours Truly. Submit your contest entry in the reply section below. Contest Rules Pick two [...]
Read more Mahan Earns Second Win of the Season at Shell Houston Open
April 1, 2012
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Louis Oosthuizen came into the final round with a 2-shot lead, but after shooting a 5-over 41 in his opening 9 holes on Sunday – the only question remaining was whether Hunter Mahan or Carl Pettersson would stumble coming in. Both Pettersson and Mahan were tied for the lead heading into the back-nine, but the [...]
Read more Oosthuizen Takes 2-Shot Lead at Shell Houston Open
March 31, 2012
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Courtesy of Golf.Com “Louis Oosthuizen shot his second straight 6-under 66 on Saturday to reach 17 under and take a two-shot lead over Hunter Mahan after the third round of the Houston Open. The 29-year-old South African shook off two early bogeys on a sunny, windy afternoon at Redstone. He reeled off four birdies in [...]
Read more Sports Radio Shock Jocks Bash Haney During Live Phone Interview
March 30, 2012
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Thanks to Geoff Shackelford for sharing THIS HORRIBLE, UTTERLY TASTELESS INTERVIEW-GONE-AWFUL by Boomer Esiason and Craig Carton, as these pieces of work paired up on Hank Haney earlier this week on NY’s WFAN. I’m over halfway thru the book… and the vitriol that is coming out of the critics’ mouths over this is beyond me, [...]
Read more Augusta National Finds Itself in Membership Quandry
March 28, 2012
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Interesting tidbit from THIS Bloomberg article released on Wednesday. “As Augusta National Golf Club prepares to host the competition next week, it faces a quandary: The club hasn’t admitted a woman as a member since its founding eight decades ago, yet it has historically invited the chief executive officer of IBM, one of three Masters [...]
Read more Tour Instructors Weigh In About ‘The Big Miss’
March 28, 2012
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As I noted earlier this week, I’ve yet to read Haney’s book all the way through and will post my own review on it as soon as I do. But there’s some serious blow back from the vacuum that he’s created and it’s all centering around the ‘professional code’ that many of his fellow instructors [...]
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