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
Sounds like a children's story, and in a sense, it is.
Bob Carney reports that Golf Digest/Golf World receives weekly letters like the two he posts about Woods bagman Steve Williams and his 18th hole bib-shedding act.
Carney says the tour doesn't really want to pick a fight with Stevie, and after this video, can you blame them?
Maybe the wisest move she's made in a while.
Derek Lawrenson searches for deep hidden meaning in Ian Poulter's Tweeting and also notes this:
That 15ft putt at Birkdale was actually the last time Poulter was seen in action on British soil. Never mind those spelling mistakes. Here’s something worth feeling horrified about: the lad has spent so long in America he’s started referring to next week’s extravaganza as — deep breath now — the ‘British Open,’ for heaven’s sake.
Peter Dawson, chief executive of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, would probably be well within his rights to take the Claret Jug back off him if he started any winner’s speech with those words.
That's what Mark Wogenrich reports from Saucon Valley, including 13-year-old Yueer Cindy Feng.
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.
Thanks to reader Jim for Ron Green Jr.'s take on a old favorite. I can't say I disagree with any of his ten wishes, especially this one:
10 No cars, fountains or signs in water hazards
The only things allowed in water hazards are whitecaps, algae, Titleists, disobedient putters, ducks, rocks and bass. And Tiger Woods' 9-iron Steve Williams dropped in the pond at the K Club in Ireland three years ago.
I'm sure the ESPN on ABC On BBC telecast will feature the inevitable revisiting of Nicklaus-Watson at Turnberry, but this Monday night Golf Channel show sounds promising despite the presence of "award winning" journalists.
ORLANDO, Fla., July 6, 2009 – One of the most memorable showdowns in major championship history took place at the 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry, when Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson engaged in a historic 36-hole battle for the Claret Jug that became known as “The Duel in the Sun.”
When the 2009 Open Championship returns to Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland, next week, GOLF CHANNEL will chronicle the story of the duo’s epic battle in a special presentation, Duel in the Sun, airing Monday, July 13 at 9 p.m. ET. The half-hour special includes tournament footage from the original broadcast and features recent interviews with Nicklaus and Watson, third-round leader Roger Maltbie, 1977 U.S. Open Champion and third-place finisher Hubert Green, and several award-winning journalists.
Duel in the Sun will document the Nicklaus-Watson pairing in the final round at the 1977 Open Championship, where they separated themselves from the field. Watson, going for his second major of the year, birdied the 71st hole on Sunday to take the lead for the first time, ultimately finishing one shot ahead of Nicklaus at 12-under-par. Green, who finished 11 strokes back of Watson at 1-under-par, was the only other player to break par for the tournament.
Duel in the Sun will re-air Monday, July 13 at 9:30 p.m. ET and Tuesday, July 14 (Monday night) at midnight ET.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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