Steiny On Stevie: "It’s sad it’s come down to this.”
/Doug Ferguson, filing from Shanghai, tracks down Tiger Woods agent Mark Steinberg for comment on Steve Williams' racially provocative remarks.
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In golf construction art and utility meet; both are absolutely vital; one is utterly ruined without the other. GEORGE THOMAS
It’s back!
Twenty years later Tatra Press has kindly allowed me to bring back Grounds For Golf now that golf architecture is of more interest to the masses. A new Introduction looks at what’s driven the interest growth and two new chapters I had a blast adding (plus a few edits to keep things up-to-date).
The Amazon purchase page for the book arriving June 15, 2026.
Stevie Issues Statement: "I now realize how my comments could be construed as racist."
/Following his remarks at a dinner Friday night, Stevie Williams has issued this statement on his website:
Read MoreStevie, Stevie, Stevie: “My aim was to shove it right up that black --------.”
/Oliver Brown reports that Steve Williams, receiving a "tongue in cheek" award from his fellow bagmen for "celebration of the year," was asked on staged during a dinner at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai to explain his infamous celebration after Adam Scott’s win in the WGC Bridgestone.
Read More"Wanted to clarify some questions regarding social media and fans at The Presidents Cup."
/I think we have two separate disputes here that the Aussie press is lumping into one. It's a conflict the golf media has been grappling with as the PGA Tour's regulations start to appear dated as the world flies by something a legal team cooked up in 2006.
Read MorePrez Cup Twitterers, Facebookers Beware: PGA Tour Is Coming To Get You!
/Robert Grant reports that Australian fans hoping to Tweet and post vital messages about attending the Presidents Cup about having just seen Adam Scott use a drinking fountain, need to think twice before hitting send. Little men in suits will be monitoring you and tracking you down (if only they were that organized!).
Read MoreHORSE Course Images Gallery, Australia Coverage Warning
/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...
"(Screw) you. I am going to play through and no one will stop me."
/Thanks to reader Putmedownfora6 for this Dublin News police beat report on fun times at Muirfield Village, where a crazed 48-year-old woman created "a disturbance with golfers."
Read MoreAustralia's Finest Scribes Just Perused PGA Tour Media Regulations And They Are Not Happy!
/Welcome to our world mates! Tim Dick reports:
Assistant Captain Cook Is At Tiger's Service
/Reading Bill Fields' report on John Cook's Schwab Cup presser a day after being named as Tiger's Melbourne valet assistant captain, one gets the feeling that if Tiger needs his nose blow in two weeks at Royal Melbourne, "Cookie" will have Presidents Cup logoed hankies ready to go.
Read MoreWebb Simpson Dressing Eerily Like Marty Hackel
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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.A Rare Glimpse At Fishers Island
/George Peper of Links Magazine writes about Fishers Island and it means a rare opportunity to see photographs of the Seth Raynor course. The images are by Larry Lambrecht and include a nice aerial.
Read MoreYani Could Play PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Stop If She Wanted
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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.Rory And Chubby Have First Of What Experts Predict Will Be Hundreds Of Awkward Encounters In Days, Months, Years Ahead
/James Corrigan with the gory details of the uncomfortable mentor and pupil running into each other at the HSBC WGC Champions in China.
Read MoreJordan Out As Asst. Captain; Melbourne Area Courses And Cigar Shops Brace For Massive Revenue Shortfall
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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.
