Kohler In On Milwaukee Rescue?
/We've heard mumblings about a "chill" inducing pitch to save the Milwaukee stop and Tim Rosaforte sheds a little more light on what that may mean:
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
"Bob Seger is bigger than Tiger."
/David Grant offers an entertaining account of Tiger's pro-am round with Bob Seger, who drew bigger ovations and just as many fans as the world No. 1. Jo-Ann Barnas in the Detroit Free Press also reported on the round and posted other Buick blog items.
Read More"Woods ramping up TOUR schedule ahead of Playoffs"
/Doug Ferguson analyzes Tiger's decision to play three weeks in a row and it's fun to see how his story was treated by the different websites. Particularly since it makes only passing reference to the FedEx Cup (the last time Tiger played three straight weeks)
Read More“I lost 30 pounds after last season thinking I was going to work out and get better. I got worse.”
/I'm smelling a golf magazine instruction spread by Carl Pettersson: How dieting ruined my game and how McDonald's can help you find your swing.
Read MoreBrave Strangers
/Only Tiger could lure the attention shy Bob Seger out for a round of golf. I'm guessing
Read MoreOlson's Bank Shot Ace
/Thanks to reader Tim for spotting a posting of Leif Olson's incredible hole-in-one last week's Canadian Open, now on YouTube.
Read More"In what has to be one of the craziest rulings I’ve ever witnessed on the PGA Tour..."
/Bob Weeks says the latest bizarre rules incident involving grounded clubs and intent was driven by viewer phone calls, despite the claims of tournament officials otherwise.
Read MoreCalc: Nine In A Row!
/John Nicholson of AP reports that Mark Calcavecchia broke the tour record for consecutive birdies Saturday, breaking one of the more incredible tour feats:
Read MoreTiger To Play Three Weeks In A Row!?
/Bob Harig calls it a mild surprise that Tiger Woods is entering the Buick and therefore playing three weeks in a row. And frankly, I'm shocked.
Read More"I get the chills thinking about it"
/Gary D'Amato talks to Jerry Kelly about the killer concept he and Steve Stricker are floating to save the Milwaukee stop. He just won't actually reveal what it is, but he's excited and says Tim Finchem "loved it." And it wasn't his idea?
"Missed short putt, got a buried lie in bunker face coming in. not bad, almost great."
/Guess that's the extent of dad's day one account (caddying is exhausting!).
Mike Van Sickle is right on the bubble after opening -1 at the Deere, should make for some interesting online tracking Friday. Besides being a great story, I'll do anything to not ponder a possible Lee Janzen win.
"It's nonstop. You can't lose your luggage."
/Nice story by Bob Harig on the Deere Classic's $300,000 investment in a chartered jet paying off,
Read More“You’ve got Tiger and Anthony Kim in the last group. Does it really matter who’s not here?”
/Doug Ferguson tries to figure out why more top players aren't coming to the swampy, stagnant, dreary Congressional two weeks before the Open Championship and where the host is Tiger Woods.
Van Sickle To Face Scribes
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SI's Gary Van Sickle is caddying for son Mike's PGA Tour debut this week, writing about it and Tweeting about it. First Tweet reports that Mike has been called into the press room. Oh to be a fly on the wall when dad tries to coach son answering questions.
