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
E. Scott Reckard offers a glimpse into the inner workings of a high-end real estate deal gone terribly awry (and to court): Rancho Santa Fe's The Bridges.
Sean Martin talked to the amazing double heart-transplant recipient Erik Compton about his Nationwide Tour win at altitude, likely securing him a PGA Tour card for next year.
That would be the career Grand Slam, just in case you were thinking Stacy Lewis won the Nabisco earlier this year (she did). But at 22, Yani Tseng has a shot at the career slam in a few weeks at The Broadmoor and the U.S. Women's Open. From an unbylined AP report where she's sounding pretty confident:
An unbylined Belfast Telegraph story on the latest thrill from Rory's post-U.S. Open victory tour.
Fun loving US Open champion Rory McIlroy will today celebrate a career high golf ranking of third in the world - by having a "knock-up" with tennis legend John McEnroe at Wimbledon.
McEnroe, still famous for his 'You cannot be serious' Wimbledon rant 30 years ago, threw down the challenge to tennis fan Rory via social network site Twitter.
McIlroy has been on a week long party with friends and pop stars Olly Murs and JLS since his sensational victory at Congressional Golf Club last weekend.
So week one of the PGA Tour Matchups is behind us and as moderator of 35-player group, I must say there were some impressive performances from the group. Yours truly, not included.
I will admit that I forgot about a few of the matchups when scanning the scoreboard, so I'm not sure how that bodes for the concept. But I'm just happy the PGA Tour is doing something to engage fans with something that provides a fun reason to watch.
An unbylined Daily Mail story says Donald Trump has erected a fence and planted trees to hide a property he doesn't like next to his Trump International Scotland project. And because it's The Donald, a man of great class that the Golf Channel proudly touts as a partner, he sent property owner David Milne the bill!
The AP game story on the amazing amateur Patrick Cantlay's 60 following a first round 67 to give him a four stroke lead in the Traveler's Championship.
The Wichita Eagle's Bob Lutz reports on the unimaginable: back to back hole-in-ones by two guys playing each other in a friendly men's club game at Kansas' Hesston Golf Club.Let's hope Larry Olmsted's solution to the Olympic Golf Course design commission puzzle is not adopted. Then again, it would make a fantastic documentary and study of clashing egos!
Yes, the mob hooligan who was on the FBI's America's Ten Most Wanted and who ordered a 1981 hit of a Southern Hills member turned out to be living a few blocks down the street from me here in the Home of the Homeless. Chris Fedor with a nice summary of Rory's appearance on the Dan Patrick Show that has been talked about quite a bit by those who heard it. On whether if he thinks his performance at the U.S. Open was as good as Tiger’s in 2000:
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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