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
As someone who has advocated (from the beginning) an alternative to the current algorithm-happy conclusion to the FedExCup, it's fun to read Sports Business Journal's roundup of FedExCup reviews because a consensus is forming. And it goes like this: it's not quite working.
John Huggan catches up with Darren Clarke a few months after his Open Championship win. He has this to say about the long putter:
John Paul Newport reports on the Texas golf course situation where drought was followed by record heat this summer.
I've been enjoying Paul Mahoney's reports from the Dunhill at St. Andrews (here's the Friday report on John Daly's 67, setting himself up for a spectacular implosion).Thanks to Steven T. for this unbylined Arizona Republic story on the 2012 return of the LPGA's controversial RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup.
The ladies will have to play an extra round...perhaps this means they'll get paid this year?
The tournament will be held March 13-18 and will expand from 54 holes to 72.
This year's tournament, won by Karrie Webb, was noteworthy in that LPGA players agreed to donate the $1 million purse to charity. There was no immediate word whether that will occur again next year.
"We are delighted to be hosting the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort," said Steve Hart, general manager and area vice president for Marriott. "The event last year was terrific and we look forward to a long relationship with RR Donnelley and the LPGA."
That's Deadspin's headline. And in return, they have created their own less flattering name for the power couple.
"Wozzilroy," which is what they have decided we will call them. We, obviously, have decided to go with McIliacki, because it sounds gross.
I've always been fascinated by this Bobby Weed-designed short par-4 at the TPC Summerlin and I had a chance to look closely at it while making a visit to the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open (starts Thursday on Golf Channel.)
I Tweeted some videos today with my analysis. The short but sweet conclusion: I need to play this one, but I love the attempt at something different, I just don't know how well the options work in today's game, where so many guys can reach the green with driver. (341 uphill yes, but higher altitude, hot weather means it plays shorter).
Anyway, here are the videos in order...
Part 5 (don't ask why it's smaller...technology is moody)
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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