Only In Golf Files: "Excuse me!"
/A must read unbylined story from The Age on Karrie Webb being saved from a two-shot penalty just before pulling the trigger on a putt.
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
Your Primer For The LPGA At Royal Melbourne
/No offense to the ladies, but the real star of the LPGA Tour's first 2012 event is the glorious Royal Melbourne composite course hosting this week's Australian Women's Open.
Read MoreBattle Of The Teen Phenoms Down Under: Lexi And Ko Tee Off
/Lexi Thompson (16) and Lydia Ko (14) are squaring off this week in the Australian Ladies Masters at
Queensland’s Royal Pines Golf Course. You should be able to follow the proceedings here.
Read MoreQueensland’s Royal Pines Golf Course. You should be able to follow the proceedings here.
The Choking Freaking Dogs' Wounds May Have Finally Healed
/Randall Mell believes Meg Mallon's appointment as 2013 Solheim Cup captain was newsworthy because of her openness to a Dottie Pepper assistant captaincy, healing the lingering wounds from Pepper's honest (and accurate) assessment from the 2007 (get over it!) Cup telecast.
“I don’t know who my assistant captains will be yet,” Mallon said. “But I do believe Dottie Pepper should be a captain someday. I also strongly believe that anyone who is captain should be an assistant captain first. Whether it’s me who names her, or another captain after me, Dottie was the face of the U.S. Solheim Cup team in the ‘90s. She deserves to be captain.”
Mallon believes it’s time to welcome Pepper back into the Solheim Cup fold.
“I’m all about forgiveness, and I think both sides need to step forward to kind of have that healing happen, and it couldn’t happen soon enough for me,” Mallon said. “I’ve spent my whole career with Dottie, and I know her whole heart bleeds red, white and blue. She is so passionate about the Solheim Cup that sometimes that passion comes out in ways that have obviously hurt other people. But I still believe you can get over those hurts, and that she will be a captain someday.”
Pepper, 46, was visibly moved when told about Mallon’s comment.
“I don’t know what to make of it, but it’s terribly complimentary, and that means a lot to me,” Pepper told GolfChannel.com.
Update on 2012-01-28 02:28 by Geoff
**Here's the announcement video.
LPGA Announces 2012 Slate Well Before Its First 2012 Event!
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Ron Sirak breaks down the additions to the LPGA Tour's 27-event schedule and says this "very well be the most crucial corner turned in a seemingly endless series of twists and turns during the 62-year history of the tour.
Golf Channel's Randall Mell also gives the LPGA a big thumb's up, saying "The ship doesn’t look like its foundering anymore."
"The English star lost patience and instead of hiring a local caddie decided to take care of it herself."
/Another great note from Doug Ferguson, this time on Laura Davies opting to go without a caddy after hers had visa problems.
Read MoreShame On The AP: Yani Tseng Not Even In Their Top 3
/Abby Wambach, U.S. women's World Cup goal scorer who gives good morning talk show interview took the AP's annual Female Athlete of the Year award, making her the first individual soccer player to win one of the AP's increasingly credibility-shattered awards.
Read MoreLexi Wins Again...
/AP's Michael Casey on Lexi Thompson's Dubai Ladies Masters win by four over Lee-Anne Pace.
Read More“Rather than postpone the inevitable, it was best to be fiscally responsible and good stewards of the money we have left."
/Dave Kane's story on the end of Springfield's 36-year LPGA Tour run explains why the event is shutting its dissolve after a 10-month sponsor search. Including this:
Read More“For them, this is a blip on the radar of the trouble the tour is facing."
/I'm not sure I agree with UCLA Coach Carrie Forsyth's assessment of where the Stephanie Kono saga lands on the LPGA radar, as their decision to not rectify their own mistake is just the kind of credibility killer that taints a leadership group for years to come.
Read More"With the LPGA’s newly streamlined qualifying system that combines LPGA and Futures Q-Schools into three stages, the layers of confusion can be maddening."
/Beth Ann Baldry tells the story of an LPGA Tour triple-bogey stemming from an LPGA Tour bogey, and well, it's complicated. But in a nutshell, amateurs can enter the LPGA's Futures Q-School, earn a card, but not be considered a pro until they are ready to turn.
Read More"I'm not a real sentimental type."
/Doug Ferguson reports on the USGA requesting and getting Mickey Wright's memorabilia for a special room at Golf House.
Read MoreYani Could Play PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Stop If She Wanted
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Golfweek's Sean Martin has the scoop from Sidney Wolf, the tournament’s general chairman of the opposite Doral week event. Unfortunatly, Tseng's reps are hinting that they'll say no thanks.
