When 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
I've been enjoying Paul Mahoney's reports from the Dunhill at St. Andrews (here's the Friday report on John Daly's 67, setting himself up for a spectacular implosion).
Bernie McGuire reports that 2012 European Ryder Cup Captain Jose Maria Olazabal believes the Seve Trophy date will change in the future to compete with the Presidents Cup (!?) but that either way, players should have showed this year as a tribute to Seve Ballesteros.
And what hair those two have! The caption wasn't so hot though ("American businessman"!?!?). But I do smell a future episode of the break-out Golf Channel hit.
After a one-under opening round in the Irish Open, Rory McIlroy and BBC radio commentator Jay Townsend exchanged some thoughts on the day. From a BBC report, courtesy of reader Lloyd:
John Strege in his weekend roundup has several items of note, including this on the island green follies that broke out during Sunday's windy Nordea Masters final round at Bro Hof Slott Golf Course.
Brian Keough reports that Bubba has become known in Europe as "Blubba Watson" after his French Open complaining, and that Bubba denies snubbing a fellow player needing a ride. And you might want to note this if you were contemplating putting Bubba on your fantasy team this week.In this week's Pond Scrum, John Huggan and Steve Elling talk about last weekend's golf and in the midst of considering Luke Donald's chances this week, Huggan noted this about the Scottish Open rains.
Lawrence Donegan with the always frank Bubba Watson speaking at length about his disastrous visit to Paris, suggesting he was not showing disrespect but simply could not pronounce certain landmarks. He also said he has a fear of large crowds, explaining his issues with the security and expressed a desire to return.
Ewan Murray, reporting from Castle Stuart, where the scores are low and 36-hole leader Graeme McDowell says that's just fine for a number of reasons.
Lawrence Donegan previews the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart and says the players are already raving about the course and the return of links style golf the week prior to the Open Championship.Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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