Tour To Westwood: You'll Be Missed But The Fifth Of Four Majors Will Go On
/Somehow I'm not sensing they are worried about a sales dip in Ponte Vedra on the news that Lee Westwood won't be coming to The Players. Garry Smits reports:
Read MoreIn 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.
Purple Cardigans Not Expecting Return Invite To Ryder Cup After Love Vows To Have U.S. Team Looking, Feeling Comfortable
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From Nancy Armour's story on Davis Love's widely applauded (here, here, here and here) appointment as 2012 Ryder Cup captain.Historic Shadow Creek To Re-Open After Renovation!
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You know those masterpieces, requiring tree removal and other dusting off after 20 years. Anyway, I know it's the Las Vegas Sun, but still, you have to giggle at John Katsilometes revealing that after all of these years, Shadow Creek is finally going to be available to the public for either $500 or as a spectator at Michael Jordan's Celebrity Invitational.NGF: "Market Correction of Supply/Demand Imbalance Continue"
/You have to chuckle at that header from the NGF, former proponents of the open-a-course-a-day-to keep up with demand.
Read MorePadraig's Driving Range Addiction Becoming Apparent
/After a 65 despite 438 swing thoughts:
"And obviously then I had a knock on effect. I had to change my chipping action and bunker action. I had a good six weeks," he said to much laughter in the interview room.
Whoa: Monty Was On The Committee That Suspended Saltman!**
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From the beloved you-can't-make-it-up files, Lawrence Donegan writes about the European Tour considering a revamp of their disciplinary procedures now that it looks like Elliot Saltman's suspension may not stand up to legal scrutiny. And it was Colin Montgomerie, who received what many declare to be one of the great caught-cheating free passes ever, who sat in judgement of Saltman. But that's not what they want to overhaul!Els, Westwood Vie For Center Spot On Tim Finchem's Dartboard
/You be the judge of whose picture is going to be placed in the center for the Commissioner's daily C-level dart throwing and general male bonding session.
Ernie Els, talking to Doug Ferguson about missing the Presidents Cup (possibly). The problem rests with the European Tour's scheduling of the South African Open.
Fellow Five Guys Investors Breathe Sigh: Phil Confirms Falling Off Vegetarian Wagon
/Talking to the wretches in Abu Dhabi, Mickelson verifies that he is no longer a vegetarian, surely to the delight of his fellow Five Guys investors.
Read More"He went out doing what he did, just supporting the community and helping out."
/There were a few awful golf cart-related accident stories crossing the wire today, none more depressing Morgan Cook's recounting of the Monday death of Gregory Lypps, 41-year-old father of four who was playing in a charity event at Pala Mesa Resort.
Read MoreThe Annual Anthony Kim-Snubs-Childhood-Hometown-Event-Update
/This is only fun to recall since it was Kim who complained about tournament directors not returning his calls, who received one of those calls and an invite to the 2007 Bob Hope in his hometown, and who now makes sure to pass on the event. Including this week, even though he's been spotted around town, reports John Strege.
Read MoreRIP Bomb And Gouge Blog; Welcome HotList365
/I'll miss the days of Bomb and Gouge but the same characters remain blogging and doing it more than ever 365 days a year!) at HotList365 while GolfDigest.com also debuts The Instruction Blog with Roger Schiffman the main host.
Read MoreJack: “Probably the whole book of the rules of golf should be changed."
/I tuned in for a bit but missed Jack Nicklaus joining Morning Drive's Erik Kuselias and Gary Williams via phone for Wednesday morning. Thankfully, the Golf Channel PR folks sent out a few highlights, including this response to an email question about any rules of golf he would like to see changed:
Read More"Seventy-two holes of strokeplay, we have that one after the other. You need an alternative.''
/Thanks to reader Matthew for Martin Blake's story on Jean Van de Velde, who is one of the uh, headliners, at this week's Surf Coast Knockout. You may recall this is the event aimed at bringing to golf a version of Twenty20 cricket by featuring a Sunday shootout of 32 players playing six hole matches until there's a winner. Hopefully our friends in Ponte Vedra are monitoring this event.
Read MoreTiger's Virtual Commitment To San Diego: "hooah!"
/He probably could have done this three weeks ago.
The Big Break Is Now Officially Dick Ebersol's Problem
/Oddly, in the FCC approval reported on by David Lieberman, the Golf Channel's Big Break is not cited as one of the Comcast-NBC deal provisions "to protect the public."
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