May
03
The LPGA and Golf Canada Watch out, Lexi. You’re getting on, and there’s a wave of greats coming in behind you. Here’s where they’re coming from, as if you didn’t know. In the U.S., the LPGA has truly done what it set out to do, “bringing women’s golf under one umbrella.” The developmental tour, ages …
Apr
25
You can pretty much name the sport. If you’re going to visit Texas, there’ll be somebody who knows how to play it, and probably from pretty well to stellar. That includes golf. Texas has contributed players like Ben Crenshaw, Ben Hogan, Tom Kite, Justin Leonard, Byron Nelson, Lee Trevino and Babe Didrikson to the pro …
Mar
24
Golf a Family Passion With Mothers’ Day and Fathers’ Day coming up, and with International Women’s Day just past, the spring season affords many opportunities for parents and children to play together, which at times can be the most important reason for the game’s existence. Throughout history, family relationships have been forged, strengthened, healed and …
Mar
16
Callaway Razr X Hybrid Review Callaway did a nice job designing the Razr X hybrid. The Razr line features a classic black finish that completely contrasts TaylorMade’s all white club heads. The RAZR X hybrid features a stainless steel club head with a slight off-set. The leading edge and sole design helps the …
Mar
14
We see it everywhere – “North Carolina, First in Flight,” Columbus and the new world (“In the name of Queen Isabella”), Russia sending the first human into space and the advent of vodka (“Vee inwented it”). We love competition. We love races, and above all, as nationalistic points of pride, we love inventing things before …
Mar
02
In October of 2009, Michelle Wie and Padraig Harrington made impassioned speeches in Copenhagen before an international body of peers, at least indirectly. No, they hadn’t been detained by customs, and they weren’t protesting anything. The body they addressed was the IOC, the International Olympic Committee, and soon after, that body voted to include golf …
Feb
27
In all the hoopla over the Accenture Match Play last week, we were reduced to seeing which European would win the whole shooting match. Tiger went down in flames with the rest of his countrymen, and Rory McIllroy rolled over Lee Westwood into the finals – that should have been all she wrote. However, there …
Feb
21
I was surprised and delighted to learn that in this world of “heavy hitter” golf, there is still a soft spot for golf of the 1920s and beyond, particularly in the United States and Scotland. That makes sense, of course. Neither country likes to be told what to do or what to give up. In …
Feb
17
A golfer hits his second shot from a dense grove of trees far to the left of the fairway. The shot strikes one of the large trees, bounces back and kills him on the spot. At the Pearly Gates, God notices at once that the fellow is a golfer, and asks, “Are you any good?” …
Feb
10
Even for the uninitiated, the courses at Pebble Beach jump off the TV screen in a different way. Everybody notices, despite the wide variety of challenging, distinctive courses around the world. Important tournaments, such as the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur and Bing Crosby’s tournament have been played on this course since 1919, and every great …
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