Wannamoisett Must Go!

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Who cares if charming old Wannamoisett has hosted the Northeast Amateur for almost fifty years and has produced a wide array of champions while defending itself just fine. Looking at the scores and Ryan Herrington's Golf World Monday write about about the record low scoring by Peter Uihlein and the field, it's clearly time for the 50th anniversary next year to usher in a longer slog of a course that can cope with all the gym time these young lads devoting themselves too!
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More Rory...

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...John Strege has several Rory McIlroy anecdotes from the last week of coverage, including his girlfriend's uh, interesting Tweet and this more wholesome item from the Boston Globe.

Will it go to his head? Not likely. One of the better stories post-Open was his ride to Logan Airport in Boston following a charity outing on Monday, as reported by Brian McGrory in the Boston Globe. A canine officer, Barney Murphy, offered McIlroy a police escort to the airport. McIlroy, eschewing the limo, asked whether he could ride in the police car. The Irish-born policeman agreed, then pulled out an iPad, opened his Skype account and contacted his sister, Joan Dodd, in Dublin.

"You'll never guess who I have with me," Murphy said to her. He then turned the iPad's camera on McIlroy, who waved at her. McIlroy ended up speaking to her and her young son, Sean, who said he'd watched the entire Open telecast.

Battle Of The Macs: Rory and John To Have Tennis "Knock-up"

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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.

PGA Tour Matchups, Week One Thoughts

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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. 

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