Callaway Gets Its Next CEO
/From the Dow Jones newswire reporting that Callaway has poached Adams Golf CEO Oliver "Chip" Brewer as its new president and CEO.
Read MoreIn 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.
"The new system undoubtedly makes it harder for outsiders to crash the PGA Tour’s party."
/Sean Martin says good players will make their way to the tour, but he also mourns the likely demise of stories like Q-Schooler John Huh's Cinderella run, which will not be possible if the PGA Tour policy board votes to approve changes (and since FedEx just re-upped for $35 million based on the proposal, I'd say the votes will be there!).
Read MoreGreater Miami Velvet Ropemakers Prepare: Trump Announces Doral Purchase
/Long anticipated and confirmation finally arrives...note that the release never mentions the TPC Blue Monster. And here I was hoping for a rebranding/merger to TPC Trump Monster.
Read MoreHarding Park In Running For Another Prez Cup
/Ron Kroichick reports that the 2009 site may get another as part of the Tour's renegotiated deal with the city of San Francisco.
Mahan Motivated By Desire To Quiet Johnny And Sir Nick!
/Doug Ferguson on Hunter Mahan's impressive win over Rory McIlroy in the Accenture WGC Match Play.
Read MoreHuh? Ponte Vedra Spinsters Prepare To Twist Q-Schooler's Huhnbelievable Win
/The Golf Gods do work in mysterious ways…but I think they are making their statement about the planned demise of Q-School as a vehicle to line more pockets and value prop up the Nationwide Tour!
Read More"Would you mind walking 250 yards forward?''
/Doug Ferguson's note on spectator Larue Branch bending down to avoid Lee Westwood's 13th hole tee shot in the Sunday semi's only to find it insider her sweater. Last week Phil Mickelson had a drive finish in a man's pants!
Read MoreHats Off To Golfweek's Bracket Masters
/I'm down at 3881 with a score of 42, so I can only marvel at the two...yes two folks who had Hunter Mahan winning and a bunch of other matches picked correctly in Golfweek's bracket madness.
And with matching scores of 130, they had to go to the tiebreaker picking how many holes the final match would go and "C, MacKay" even got that right, picking 17. Nice going!
And tip of the cap to Golfweek for a smooth running bracket aided by daily update emails. Yet another reason I wish we had more match play.
Finchem: Number Of Golfers Is Growing
/Tim Finchem joined NBC's Dan Hicks and Johnny Miller for the traditional WGC-contractually-obligated-visit-by-the-Commissioner and perhaps sensing no one really expects him to say much of interest, threw out a stunning assertion.
Read More2012 WGC Match Play Final Thread: Rory V. Hunter
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Do note the very retro and cool move to let the galleries walk in the fairways during the final, something Allen Henry pointed out earlier in the week. I had to see it to believe it!
Now That Angela Stanford Has Won The HSBC Champions...
/...beating South Koreans Jenny Shin and Na Yeon Choi and China's Shanshan Feng, we can delight in her cold-topped shot from Friday that set up a birdie, courtesy of a shakey YouTube video.
Rory-Westwood Say Awkward Remarks Of Past Year Are Behind Them...Well Until Rory Added Another
/Rex Hoggard on Sunday's big WGC semifinal matchup between Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood, former stablemates in Chubby Chandler's stable.
Read MoreKuchar An Unlikely Tonight Show Successor After Failed Jab At Faldo
/Doug Ferguson explains why 6&5 loser Matt Kuchar's ultra-dry delivery suggests he stick to his career in golf.
Read MoreBrandel Likely To Get A Visit From Camp Ponte Vedra Police
/There were new set pieces (more cactus!) and a little more spunk in this year's State of the Pro Game discussion from Tucson. The first by-product of last year's marriage between NBC and Golf Channel managed to address the everyday game in a rushed final segment last year and though they didn't get that far this year, once they got past the tedious Tiger talk the discussion must have had the monitors in Ponte Vedra picking up the red phone.
Read More"If you prefer brooding, introspective writing, better see another guy."
/Must read (for wannabe writers) Q&A with Dan Jenkins conducted by Jon Winokur at AdviceToWriters.com
