Slow Pokes Creating Kapalua, BCS Clash!
/Doug Ferguson asked on Twitter this morning: "What time is the game? Because I'm not convinced the final round at Kapalua will finish by then."
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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
TigerWoods.com Flash: PGA Tour Return At Pebble
/Mark Soltau with the exclusive and revealing quotes ("I have good memories at Pebble. It will be fun going back.")
Read More"Trump is getting a gift from a fellow billionaire, the mayor.”
/The NY Post's Rich Calder and Chuck Bennett say Donald Trump has been awarded a no-money down 20-year management deal to operate the Bronx's new Jack Nicklaus-designed course in Ferry Point.
Read MoreHaney On His Tiger Book: "I think there's a lot of things that people are going to find interesting."
/Doug Ferguson reports on The Big Miss, the forthcoming Hank Haney (with Jaime Diaz) book about the instructor's years working with Tiger, due out March 24.
Read MoreFinchem On First Tee Expansion: "We have set out on a course to raise $100 million this year"
/Answering a question at Kapalua about future plans, Commissioner Tim Finchem has planned now that the television contract is finished, he revealed what many had feared: a ramping of The First Tee investment and hype. From the transcript:
Read More"The game at the top level has almost become one for bombers. You can’t survive out there if you are short by tour standards."
/You have to admire Andrew Coltart for not being ashamed to admit his game doesn't work with today's equipment and setups, but don't you also have to wonder if there's something wrong when the game becomes so blatantly one-dimensional? John Huggan profiles the professional, who discusses his "lack of competitiveness.
Read MoreSabbo Unfashionably Late For Dreaded O'Hair Reunion
/Jim McCabe reports on Rory Sabbatini's two-shot penalty for arriving late to the first tee Saturday. He was paired with Sean O'Hair, the same player Rory bickered with at last year's Zurich Classic.
Read MoreElin Lets Charity Loot Her Termite-Infested Tear-Me-Down
/Here I was about to call Habitat For Humanity to see if they wanted my old La-zy-Boy and somehow I feel like it won't amount to much after reading Bill DiPaolo's story about Elin Nordegren letting the charity outfit loot the to-be-demolished $12 million mansion in Florida. And I must say, a nice bit of ink to counter the demolition story. Taking notes Steiny?
Read MoreIrish Open Finally Confirmed For Portrush; Will Today's Masters Be Able To Handle Three Links In Four Weeks?
/Long discussed and mercifully not a reality, the Irish Open will be played at magnificent Royal Portrush this year in what the golf world can only hope is the audition it needs to land an Open.
Read MoreThe Four-Day, Single Pro-Am Partner Event Not-Played-At-The-Classic-Club-Effect: Phil Returns To Desert
/Bones, get ready to remember a new pro-am partner's name every day! For Immediate Release:
Two-time event champion Phil Mickelson commits to play Humana Challenge
Immensely popular Southern California native and four-time major winner
has an enviable record in the Coachella Valley
LA QUINTA, Calif. – Phil Mickelson, a two-time winner of the Humana Challenge and the leading all-time money winner in the event, has committed to play in an event where he has enjoyed immense success -- the 2012 Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation.
Set to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in May, Mickelson is the second Hall of Fame selection to enter the Humana Challenge field. Greg Norman, winner of two British Opens and captain of the International Team at the last two Presidents Cups, also committed to his first Humana Challenge since 1986.
“I’m honored to join President Clinton and the Clinton Foundation for the Humana Challenge,” Mickelson said. “I admire President Clinton and the charitable work of his Foundation, which helps millions of people around the world, and I applaud him for joining Humana in using the tournament to help promote health and wellness. Some of my best seasons have come after starting at this event and I’m really excited about coming back again.”
Stars From The Previous Century Aligning For Clinton Desert Initiative
/Still waiting for the big names to sign up for the Humana Challenge, as predicted expected when former President Bill Clinton signed up to help resuscitate the former Bob Hope Classic. (There's a fun Thomas Friedman interview with Clinton in the new Golf Digest, with some of the least interesting excerpts available here.)
Read MoreGobs Of Cash Suspected In Demolition Of Elin's New Mansion
/Despite workers signing confidentiality agreements, someone leaked ground shots of Elin Nordegren's new $12 million mansion undergoing demolition to TMZ.
Read MoreLucas Glover Claims The Annual Injured-At-Kapalua-Prize
/Geoff Ogilvy, unable to defend his crown after last year's cut finger that hindered his game for half a season, hands the commemorative prize to Glover, who was paddle boarding on the eve of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, reports Doug Ferguson.
Read MoreWhew: Johnny To Get Tampa Week Off For Burdening Himself With A Kapalua Trip, Working With Sir Nick
/I've been wondering how NBC convinced Johnny Miller to make his way over to Kapalua for a lowly Golf Channel telecast when he already works so many grueling weeks a year (eight?). Sure enough, Doug Ferguson reports that Transitions Championship chokers need not worry about being heckled from the booth.
Miller said the plan is for him to skip the Transitions Championship outside Tampa, Fla., to be replaced by Tampa-resident Gary Koch.
"Ricardo Polo took the head cover off of his daughter’s driver and, according to the police report, began to lash out with the club."
/Beth Ann Baldry, who recently broke the LPGA Q-School blunder story, tweeted that she was writing up the most bizarre story of her career. And she wasn't kidding. This happened at the Dixie Amateur:
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