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
For the Ponte Vedraspeak files, Jill Painter looks at the Northern Trust Open's millitary outreach efforts and shares this from the tour's David Pillsbury.We lose Ernie Els to a ""sore neck"" (note the double quotes) and Graeme McDowell ended up not entering after committing to recharge his batteries one more week, but I'm more than happy to see Erik Compton Monday qualify to the Northern Trust Open along with Pepperdine great Jason Gore. Randall Mell reports.
Even better, the qualifiers all go from the putrid Eisenhower Course at Industry Hills to the splendor of Riviera!
It's rare that a course takes a step up in class going to a numerical name, but a case could be made that the Dedman's purchase of The Pit and the potential for it becoming a member of the Pinehurst would be a huge branding upgrade.
Ted M. Natt reports on the sale from Austin Adams to the Dedman family.
Sean Martin posts a Q&A with Frank Chirkinian on the CBS producer/director's Hall of Fame induction.
Q: What is your thought on golf on TV today?
A: I’m ambivalent about that. I think that there are too many graphics on the screen today. They miss an awful lot of live golf shots. That was my forte. I showed a lot of golf shots live, and therein lies the difference. My only problem is that it looks like they’re all doing the same thing. They all look alike.
John Huggan and Steve Elling play two Federer-Nadal style sets with Tiger as their ball. Warning, it's a lively Pond Scrum.
Too bad the forecast for this week's Rain Dance Open at Riviera stinks, because we probably won't know if PGA Tour Championship Management's stepped-up marketing efforts are paying off.
First there was the Groupon ticket buy that sold 252 "Weekender" passes, and then (below), the super-cool plastic wrap around Sunday's LA Times featuring a free ticket offer and a Northern Trust Open-logoed green Sharpee.
BBC's report on Eliot Saltman dropping his three-month suspension appeal, but going out with a few jabs and word that he passed a polygraph.
Doug Ferguson on D.A. Points and Bill Murray winning at the AT&T Pro-Am, which also lead to the unthinkable: a Bill Murray press conference. (Check out Jeff Labreque's Entertainment Weekly look at just how difficult it is to get Murray talking on the record.)Doug Ferguson reports on the Mickelson clan's loss becoming the PGA Tour's gain.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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