There's No "Mr. and Mrs. Wie" In Team!
/Jim Gorant reports that the parents have been told they weren't welcome in the Solheim Cup team and locker rooms.
In golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
Aus Open Officials Confident Daly Too Weak To Repeat Last Year's Camera Chuck
/Assured that John Daly's 600 daily calorie intake
Read More"An argument could be made that what the world witnessed Monday was the latest -- and perhaps greatest -- example of the market phenomenon known for a decade as the Tiger Effect."
/Spotted by John Strege, this is disturbing on a level I can't even begin to describe. Ty Wenger at TheStreet.com:
Read MoreESTMATED 35.7 MILLION SUFFER THROUGH ALL-OR-PART OF CBS SPORTS’ COVERAGE OF 2009 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
/And survey's report a record spike in DVR sales directly attributed to CBS's promo-cluttered, commercial-heavy, golf-light broadcast.
Read More"It was only a short putt, but I thought Tiger’s early departure was pretty bush."
/Alan Shipnuck answers a reader question about Tiger's gamesmanship ploys at Hazeltine, adding a couple more possible incidents to our list.
Read More“When we urged him to go into farming, he would say: ‘I’m not going to live like my father"
/There's plenty of great reporting the day after Y.E. Yang's improbable PGA win covering an array of topics.
Read MoreCBS Scores Ratings Spike In Spite Of Awful Coverage
/Despite relentlessly plugging CBS shows and having almost nothing prepared to tell us more about Y.E. Yang, the network scored the highest PGA ratings since 2002.
Read MoreAcushnet Wins New Trial, Lawyers Rejoice!
/E. Michael Johnson first reported at GolfDigest.com that a federal appeals court tossed the Callaway-ProV1 patent infringement verdict
Read More"What was up with Steve Williams coming off the 13th tee yesterday?"
/I haven't seen anything in the first round of stories about some of the possible gamesmanship and perhaps tension that was part of the Tiger Woods-Y.E. Yang. Several readers have posted or emailed about this incident on the 13th, including reader Cam:
Read MoreYang Ball On Ebay...
/...not the one you are thinking.
Read More"You enhanced our people's morale by winning the major title for the first time as an Asian."
/AP's Kwang-Tae Kim tracks down Y.E. Yang's family and reports that the president called Yang. Photos are posted with the story showing billboard photos that have already been erected.
Read More2009 PGA Championship Clippings: Final Round Whoa Nellie, Y.E. Yang Wins Edition
/They'll be slicing and dicing this one for a while.
From Tiger's post round take to Yang's dynamic personality to the gamesmanship to that silly rough around the greens to the CBS exec who insisted on showing us a Michael Vick clip as the leaders reached the terrifying 16th, the 91st PGA that was looking like a typical Tiger coronation turned into one for the ages.
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Y.E. Yang Wins The PGA Championship!
/Alright, Tiger just said in his post round press conference that his execution was flawless, the putting wasn't. Brandel Chamblee on Golf Channel questioned some of Tiger's strategy and execution, particularly during Saturday's round.
Read More2009 PGA Championship Clippings: The Final Round Got A Lot More Interesting Edition
/A golf tournament broke out Saturday amidst commercial breaks. So before we get to the scribblers, a word about CBS from new Tweeter Lloyd Cole.
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