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. Michael Johnson reports that orders are way up for belly putters and even more disturbing for the people who should have banned the act of bracing a putter against your body but were too afraid to act, acceptance is now trending toward coolness!
...the word contest probably an unfortunate choice in that it cheapens things a bit, but I'll let you decide after reading the announcement. This is essentially as was reported in Golf World recently, again, without the "contest" word mentioned and sadly, it appears not period for the public to see the finalist entries.
Alistair Tait uses the occasion of Tom Lewis first professional win (already!) in the Portugal Masters to make an interesting prediction about the Open Championship and amateur golfers:
Darius Oliver provides the first review of Hainan Island's Shanquin Bay, a Coore-Crenshaw designed course that looks stunning and so different than most of the dreck we've exported to China.
Thanks to twobird for Selim Algar and Kieran Crowley's entertaining account of a jewelry heist that spilled onto the Village Club of Lake Success, with three "hoodlums" jumping from an SUV on the course.Seth Soffian reports on yet another motivational quote (I've lost track!) for Tiger, once again courtesy of International Presidents Cup team captain Greg Norman:
“I wouldn’t have (picked Woods),” Norman said during a press conference today to announce the field for the Shootout at host venue Tiburon Golf Club in North Naples. “I think Keegan Bradley was much more deserving.
“I can understand the name of a Tiger Woods and his history of what he’s done on the golf course. But I pick the guys who I think are ready to get in there and play and have performed to the highest levels leading up to it.”
With the McGladrey Classic underway, here are a couple of old views of Sea Island's most recognizeable hole, as created by the firm of Colt and Alison.
Ron Sirak reports on Bill Clinton and Tim Finchem's sitdown with select scribblers to plug the new Humana Challenge (aka Bob Hope Classic) and the tour is boldly planning on making days other than Thursday-Sunday spectator friendly. Cutting edge these people are!Businessweek's Nadja Brandt got the reclusive, press-shy Donald Trump on the phone for a rare interview and The Donald already has makers of gold plating salivating at the possibilities.
Todd Miles takes us through all of the USGA-mandated and paid-for changes to Chambers Bay to make it palatable for the 2015 U.S. Open.Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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