May 16
Ford Helped Lead Formation of PGA, Oldest Surviving Masters Winner Those of us who have been around a long time and have immersed ourselves in professional golf know the big names. However, sometimes the way we talk, one would think there were only four or five per era. Whatever the era, that is patently untrue. …
Apr 22
Goalby and ei Vicenzo Go to the Wire at the Masters The year of 1968 was an important one for me. I was making ready to start college, the first time away from home on a regular basis, the world is my oyster, whole life ahead of me…that sort of thing. On the other hand, …
Apr 11
Those of Us Who Know the Least Often Unleash Dark Side on Competition We are almost a week away from an impressive Masters tournament, in which a good share of the greatest golfers each had a shot at it, and came up short. This was due to Patrick Reed’s nerves of steel and gifted shot-making …
Apr 08
Patrick Reed Shows Great Nerves, Holds Off Best at Masters I had to stop and think about how long I’ve been watching this tournament. It comes well over half a century, and I don’t believe that I’ve ever missed a year. Still, as an adult, I don’t watch the Masters in the same way I …
Apr 04
The Most Traditional Tournament of all, the Masters Requires Semblance of Civility It all begins tomorrow, the most spectacularly cultural celebration golf has to offer outside of St. Andrews itself. The old south’s cultural code, sustainable only through a great deal of wealth, is high church all the way, and those unfamiliar with the ropes …
Mar 28
Winning the at Augusta Takes Greatness, All Crammed into One Week So much thought has gone into the Masters since I saw my first one somewhere in the 1950s. Yes, the course at Augusta is exquisitely beautiful, making it a star attraction, but there’s more to it than that. Among the winners, usually men of …
Mar 25
Generational Competition is Nonsense, But I’ll Weigh in on the Great Ones I have always been offended, if sometimes only slightly, by generational comparisons of men’s golf. Women are more inclined to revere their former greats. At other times, I am more than a little offended. It is as though a casual observer of one …
Feb 21
Is There a Way Back for a Rehabilitated Champion? As millions of other people have over the last two weeks, I was glued to the television this evening, in special anticipation of the Combined Downhill women’s skiing event. Yes, Lindsey Vonn was at the top, needing only a stable slalom run to grab her final …
May 10
Daly and Willett – How the Mighty Have Fallen, and the Fallen are Again Mighty I’ve followed John Daly for so long that I’m surprised that either one of us is still around. It’s been wild, colorful, outrageous, absurd, incredible, and entirely unpredictable. And through all of it, something in me has always sort of …
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Jul 16
Immelman Bowing Out – Gracefully
In this, the week leading up to the Open, that major where we see all those qualified players we haven’t seen in a while on a course that is double scary from drought, I found myself casting about for something to say about the game of golf. There is no dearth of things to talk …
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