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
Compton Among The 25 Nationwide Grads Who'll Be Desperately Trying To Get In '11 West Coast Swing Events
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Pete Iacobelli reports on Erik Compton finishing 13th on the 2011 Nationwide Tour season money list, giving the two-time heart transplant recipient PGA Tour status in 2012.
"[Bleep] Augusta."
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Charlie Sifford is going to be inducted into the Southern California Golf Association's Hall of Fame today and as an attendee to the event, I can only hope Sifford shares his thoughts on the folks at Augusta, as he did for Bill Plaschke in the LA Times:Lewis Wins: "And don’t be shocked if a player from the unpaid ranks wins the game’s oldest major in the near future."
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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:Rickie Wins And Here's Why Few Will Get Excited About It...
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Rickie Fowler is an exciting player, fan friendly and really a nice guy by all accounts. Everyone wants him to do well.Clarke: "I can't get too worked up about long putters, to be honest."
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John Huggan catches up with Darren Clarke a few months after his Open Championship win. He has this to say about the long putter:The (Luke) Donald's No-Three Putt Streak
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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).
Vinny And Buddy Hanging Out The 10% Shingle!
/Tim Rosaforte reports that Ernie Els and Chubby Chandler have called it quits, and while that's rivetting news in the 10% community, the more interesting tidbit related to the amateur golfing greats Els might sign with:
Read MoreSay It Ain't So: Webb Simpson Retires From Tweeting
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It's negativity like that which forced him to retire from the Twittersphere, reports Jason Sobel reports.
If you weren't following Simpson, his page continues on...
Job Creator Azinger Runs Afoul Of ESPN Policy
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Paul Azinger's Tweet about his job creating prowess and the Presidents decision to play golf on his vacation got the once-a-year ESPN announcer a slap on the wrist. John Strege explains how the "discipline" was consistent with another ESPN announcer's comment about Sarah Palin. Padraig Misses The Old Grooves
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Brian Keogh notes that the R&A Ambassador wouldn't mind seeing the old grooves come back."Ogilvie also understands that it's time for him to be more candid about his future interests in a job currently held by Tim Finchem."
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Joe Ogilvie tells Jeffri Chadiha that the players "have a perfectly great commissioner right now in Tim" but "eventually Tim is going to retire." And with that, he officially lets it be known he would be interested in the job.Look Out: Couples Playing Pain Free
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Hank Gola on Senior Players Championship leader Fred Couples saying that he's playing pain free after traveling to Germany for back treatments approved by the PGA Tour.
