"European skipper Colin Montgomerie has revealed he will wait until after The Open at St Andrews to confirm his two vice-captains for the Ryder Cup."
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I know you're disappointed at this news. Maybe he's just waiting to talk to Faldo?
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.
"Probably the best bankrupt golf course"
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I remember when this place was the next great course, Jack's masterpiece, etc...amazing.
"It was confirmed that because he did nothing illegal, he is not the subject of any criminal investigation."
/Interesting confirmation from Mark Steinberg that Tiger met with the FBI.
"Tiger willingly spoke to the authorities and cooperated fully," Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, said in an e-mail to the Associated Press Wednesday. "It was confirmed that because he did nothing illegal, he is not the subject of any criminal investigation. Because there is an ongoing investigation involving others, there will be no further comment."
"While this scenario could cause consternation for many players, it will be the choices of a chosen few which are dissected and analyzed, celebrated and criticized."
/Jason Sobel makes a strong case against the PGA Tour's proposed "designated tournament" option to improve fields at events not drawing stars. Sobel's point? This is all really about Tiger and Phil and therefore, is a waste of time.
While this scenario could cause consternation for many players, it will be the choices of a chosen few which are dissected and analyzed, celebrated and criticized.
It is because of this that should such a law be enacted, it could hardly cause a ripple on the PGA Tour, save for one or two more events being played by one or two more superstar competitors.
"Everybody seems to refer to this as a Tiger and Phil issue; it's really not," said PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, who intimated that details of the plan wouldn't be ironed out for a few months. "It's really about having a representative number of top players week in and week out."
That's some solid commish-speak, but the simple fact is, not many other guys can move the needle. Let's face it: Nobody is buying tickets to watch Scott Verplank. No one is clamoring for more Tim Clark. No offense to either player -- each of whom is ranked in the top 50 on both the OWGR and the FedEx points list -- but if this rule is being built to showcase the big names at more venues, it might as well be referred to as the Tiger-Phil Formula.
"You know, you see that repeated all over the country."
/Commissioner Tim Finchem spoke about all things PGA Tour and insisted there will be no schedule contraction. But more interesting were his remarks about the First Tee and the youth movement on the PGA Tour.
Read More"Instead they chosethe [SP] path to criticize others work and insult an entire membership of a club."
/The sensitive reaction to my disdain for the Rees Jones redo (two-times!) of Robert Trent Jones's original Atlanta Athletic Club upset quite a few readers, including the club's general manager, who so graciously writes:
Read MoreDonald Gets Green Light To Build "The world's greatest golf course"
/Has anyone ever declared they were building the world's greatest before starting construction?
"My team will (now) finally get to work and build the world's greatest golf course for Scotland and for the great game of golf," Trump said in a news release.
"We are building on the finest piece of land I have ever seen and we will turn it into a national jewel," added Trump who possesses several championship courses around the world.
Oldest Course In The World Has The Youngest Record Book!
/Doug Ferguson points out the oddity of the St. Andrews Links Trust not recognizing Old Course records prior to 2006 because of extensive course changes.
Read MoreSharp Park Madness
/Things are heating up at what's left of Alister MacKenzie's public gem and the embedded videos below would be funny if they weren't such tragic displays of a broken society.
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Pebble's 17th, Another Look At The Evolution
/Not to beat a dead golf hole, but I just loved this effort by the art department (a.k.a. Tom Naccarato) to show us how much the fronting bunker at Pebble Beach's controversial 17th has eaten into the green. You may recall I detailed the issues here in this story and video.
First, the historic image (click on images if you wish to enlarge them):
And now, mid-Photoshop layering, the old bunker and the evolved together:
The view today:
And a restored look:
“Very seldom do people look at a president golfing with admiring eyes."
/Alexander Bolton files an interesting look at Barack Obama's golf addiction after calls that he stop playing until the BP oil leak has been plugged. Bolton also looks at past pressures on Presidents to curtail their golf in the face of criticism.
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