Scott's Golf Blog

I’m posting the contest results for Thursday, but keep in mind that per contest rules – I’m picking your 5 best players (of your 9 players total) for all 4 rounds, NOT round-to-round. So although the leaderboard is indeed accurate after Day One, it is very much subject to change in the coming rounds. Example: [...]

Well? Seriously, now what? I ask because I often watch our range and see either my students or the other Instructor’s students and for the life of me, I can’t figure out what they’re working on! If you’re truly taking lessons to affect a change, why are you there just banging balls? Instruction is a [...]

It’s been a number of years since I can recall such a miserable, wet, and unseasonably cool spring. No golf was played last Saturday anywhere in the Northeast. And it appears that no golf will be played either Saturday nor Sunday this week as well. I honestly don’t know how a lot of public golf [...]

I just wanted to take a moment to apologize to my loyal readers for the “light” blogging over the past week or so. Unfortunately I will not be coming up for air anytime soon. It appears that what little spare time I have had over the past couple of weeks will not be “spared” for [...]

Who would’ve thunk that a player off of my “less notables” contest list would be the guy donning the Green Jacket in Butler Cabin on Sunday evening…. yet only one contestant picked him. Tony CHOY picked Charl Schwartzel, and that pick alone locked up the contest. Congrats to him. And I’d like to thank the [...]

Through 3 rounds, here’s how things are looking in the first annual Scott’s Golf Blog Masters Contest. Tony Choi David Toms: -2 Brandt Snedeker: -2 Ryan Palmer: -4 Charl Schwartzel: -8 Miguel A. Jimenez: -2 Ben aka Lowpost Ryan Palmer: -4 Bill Haas: +2 Steve Marino: +1 Miguel A. Jimenez: -2 Moeman100 David Toms: -2 [...]

Gentlemen, just a reminder in case you didn’t see the edit in the opening contest thread: Total team money wins the contest. The way I had it worded originally was very vague and hard to understand. After rereading it Thursday morning, I edited it. So the contestant whose players earn the most money wins the [...]

Combined AP & UPI Sources Friday, April 8, 2011   In a shocking statement today, Augusta National Chairman, William Porter “Billy” Payne, announced that by unanimous vote, the Competition Committee of Augusta National, has voted to purchase the entire state of South Carolina. “In an attempt to avoid the seemingly yearly modifications to our golf [...]