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
Jim McCabe on Chubby Chandler, scorned agent to Rory McIlroy, winning the bidding/schmoozing war for Peter Uihlein of Oklahoma State, and the interesting decision the lad has made to start his career in Europe.
Martin Dempster
reports on "extensive work" being undertaken at Castle Stuart to last year's landslides won't happen this year...if the European Tour finds a sponsor for the Scottish Open, a topic touched on later in the piece.John Daly was in the group at 69 along with Lee Westwood, Retief Goosen, Y.E. Yang and Robert Karlsson.
"With a small field like we have here, and I think I may get in trouble for saying this, but I'm kind of glad it's not sanctioned by the European or PGA Tour," Daly said. "It shows that China is doing something on their own. They're saying, 'Hey, we may not need the PGA Tour or European Tour, no disrespect."
When did China become IMG? Or IMG become China?
Alistair Tait uses the occasion of Tom Lewis first professional win (already!) in the Portugal Masters to make an interesting prediction about the Open Championship and amateur golfers:
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:Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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