A fortnight ago, I had the privilege of completing the “career grand slam” of golf attendance when I traveled across the pond and spent three days at The Open at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England. Sunday’s final round was, of course, one for the ages, as Jordan Spieth captured his third different major championship. As […]
I started watching the Masters at the age of 11, having taken up the game of golf a year earlier. My first Masters was the 1979 classic in which Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Tom Watson and Ed Sneed in a playoff. Since that spring morning, I’ve watched the tournament every single year. For the last seven, […]
During the Sunday Night Football contest tonight, most of the sporting world learned that golfing legend Arnold Palmer passed away today at the age of 87. Palmer, affectionately known as “The King” of professional golf, was a fabulous golfer and one of the greatest ambassadors any sport could have. The humble son of a greenskeeper […]
Today on the west coast of Scotland, at the Royal Troon Golf Club, a course originally founded in 1878 hosted one of the greatest one-on-one duels in the history of major championship golf. With a final round of 63 (which included a record-tying 10 birdies with two bogies), 40-year old Henrik Stenson outlasted World Golf […]
Every once in a while, the universe gives you a mulligan. It could be a second ball off the first hole, a second chance at the “one who got away,” or a second run at the presidency (see Hillary Clinton). This is not a political piece. It’s a reflection on one of the greatest golf […]
I started watching the Masters at the age of 13, having taken up the game of golf a few years earlier. My first Masters was the 1979 classic in which Fuzzy Zoeller defeated Tom Watson and Ed Sneed in a playoff. Since that spring morning, I’ve watched the tournament every single year. For the last […]