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
Colin Farquharson says GB&I Walker Cup snubbee David Law took the high road after winning the Northern Open, the first amateur to do so in forty years.
From WABC in New York comes word that a "New Jeresy" (SP.) man was arrested and charged "after he allegedly assaulted a Scotch Plains teenager following the Barclays Golf Tournament last week."
Thanks to reader Don for this unbylined Globe and Mail story on 10-year-old, 30-handicapper Kayla Parsons' DQ from the Golf.com World Amateur Handicap Championship "because officials determined her scores were inconsistent with her handicap." The young lady is a recent graduate of SI's Faces in the Crowd.
I think it's safe to say Roger Ebert will not be watching Seven Days In Utopia when it re-airs on Lifetime. The golf movie opens today with Robert Duvall starring in a performance Ebert noted:
Alex Miceli reports on the work about to get underway at Chambers Bay to prepare for the 2015 U.S. Open. And because the work is driven by the U.S. Open's needs, the USGA is helping pay for the work, setting an interesting precedent.
I tracked the jargon-usage from the press conference to announce a new TV deal--starring Tim Finchem, with cameos by Sean McManus and Mark Lazarus--and Value never had to go the whip, leading gate to wire despite a nice stretch run move by 99-1 longshot Underpinning. Value you paid $2.80 to win.
Steve Elling on the wild scene at the putting green with belly putters seemingly everywhere you looked Thursday. But all eyes will be on Phil Mickelson's bag.This revamp debuted last year but this is the first time I've had a chance to see what Gil Hanse, Brad Faxon and Jim Wagner cooked up for their remodel of the second green. I must say, television does not do this one justice. I definitely plan to spend some time there as the Deutsche Bank kicks off. And not just because it's so close to the media center.
The green is located in the same spot as the Palmer designed green, with the bail-out area changed from a giant drainage catch basin to a more level and natural look. But check out what golfers face if they do bail away from this reachable par-5 green (click on the images to enlarge).
(Above) left side lay up view, note how the "bump" creates problems.
From above the bail out...what a wild shot!
And the view from the ShotLink scaffolding...
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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