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
The blog will be a bit different for the next few weeks as I am heading to Australia. There will be plenty of Australian Open and Presidents Cup coverage, but I'll also be soaking up the culture and golf. Translation: there may be a less news coverage than normal and posting times will vary, but I think I'll be able to supplement that with something better in the way of cool photo galleries showing golf and life in Australia.
Which reminds me, if you are in Melbourne, The Woodlands will be hosting a special evening featuring yours truly, John Huggan, Mike Clayton (moderating) and others in a roundtable discussion. Cost is $100. For more information on what should be a fun evening at a great club, you can email Matthew Mollica at matthewm@mpx.com.au
To give you an idea how these galleries may look, here's a test run with some images just sent to me by Robert Nelson of The Prairie Club's HORSE Course, which we built in the summer of 2008. Good to see it evolving nicely and thanks Robert for the photos.
I'm still fine tuning how these galleries display images, but they will all be posted on my new Photos page and also embedded in posts. Here's the HORSE Course collection...
Welcome to our world mates! Tim Dick reports:
I've seen this no-socks with pink pants look before and I must say, Golf Digest's Mr. Style Marty Hackel wears it better. Or perhaps my view is tainted by the possibility that Marty's seen the inside of a barber shop in the last decade, unlike Webb.
Golfweek's Sean Martin has the scoop from Sidney Wolf, the tournament’s general chairman of the opposite Doral week event. Unfortunatly, Tseng's reps are hinting that they'll say no thanks.
Doug Ferguson reports that the U.S. assistant captain and Charlotte Bobcat owner Michael Jordan, who was sure to bring at least two solid controversies and massive revenues to the sluggish Melbourne economy, needs to spend more time waiting for David Stern's phone calls. So much so, he broke the owner's pledge to not speak about the lockout.
Martin Dempster
reports on "extensive work" being undertaken at Castle Stuart to last year's landslides won't happen this year...if the European Tour finds a sponsor for the Scottish Open, a topic touched on later in the piece.Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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