Fellow Pros Exasperated at DeChambeau Repeat Performance in Vegas A lot of people dared to hope that the DeChambeau phenomenon would not become a “thing”…but it did. There was no getting around it. It was inevitably going to become a “thing,” and a big one. What is now called “smash and bash golf” is becoming …
Tag: course
Jan 23
Climate Change Shows Golf No Respect
Climate Change is Endangering Golf Courses, both Pedigreed and Munis My opinions on the reality of climate change are immaterial to the discussion, because I don’t know the details of the science. However, we don’t need to be rocket scientists to know that something is happening, and that we are in the way. Whatever sort …
Aug 29
Pesticides Making Courses Look Great
Do We Need to Change our View of Landscape Beauty Because of Pesticides? There we were at the Canadian Pacific, finishing up Saturday’s round – and there was Michelle Wie – and suddenly, there she wasn’t. Lamentably, Wie missed the fourth round, and ended up in Ottawa having an emergency appendectomy. We wish her a …
Aug 19
Death on the Golf Course
Death is a Mystery, and Many Speak Wistfully of Dying on the Golf Course The anticipation of dying is, of course, something that has to be worked out by each human brain individually, according to his or her beliefs, ways of being and thinking. In terms of the game of golf, death is a strange …
Mar 05
Can You Bully Golf?
Type “A” Golf As most people who pay any attention to the modern course of human events know, it’s election year in the United States, and that the process tends to bring out some colorful personalities and unusual threads of logic…and/or the opposite. This time around, we’ve got some real doozies flooding the airwaves, and …
LPGA News
- Dark days behind him, Chris Kirk's path back from alcoholism to PGA Tour should be a model for other sportsLA QUINTA, Calif. – One thing that many sports fans forget on a regular basis is that the athletes they cheer for, or cheer against as (...)
- Brandon Hagy wasn't supposed to be in American Express. Now he holds first-round lead.LA QUINTA, Calif. – As it turns out, Jon Rahm had an impact on the first-round leader board of the American Express after all. Rahm, the (...)
- Rickie Fowler looks to put behind him 'by far the worst year that I had,' starting at the American ExpressLA QUINTA, Calif. – Rickie Fowler showed up at the American Express with a new look and a new attitude. The look was something close to a (...)
Latest Golf News
- Southern Hills replaces Trump course for '22 PGAThe PGA Championship is headed back to Southern Hills next year, as the Oklahoma course will host the major championship in place of Trump Bedminster, which was dropped by the PGA of America earlier this month.
- Citi keeps Thomas; money set for LGBTQ causesCiti announced Monday that it will keep its sponsorship of Justin Thomas, condemning the anti-gay slur he muttered and requiring him to donate a "meaningful portion" of his deal as part of an active role in LGBTQ causes.
- Kim overcomes Cantlay to win American ExpressSi Woo Kim birdied two of the final three holes to finish a rock-solid, 8-under 64, coolly rallying past late-charging Patrick Cantlay by one shot to win The American Express on Sunday for his third PGA Tour victory.