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
R&A Still Openly Seeking Swedish Golfers For Top Secret Reduced-Flight Ball Test
/The U.S. Would Like To Play The Ryder Cup This Week
/In recent years, a look at the U.S. Ryder Cup points standings a few months from the event could be eye-opening, even depressing, but as Jason Sobel notes, not this year.
Just look at the options after the first eight of Bubba Watson, Jason Dufner, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Zach Johnson, Keegan Bradley and Rickie Fowler.
Sobel writes:
The next eight on the current points list – Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods, Bill Haas, Brandt Snedeker, Ben Curtis, Johnson Wagner, Kyle Stanley and Mark Wilson – have each won a Tour event already in the year’s first five months, giving the captain plenty of ammo for his four wild-card selections.
All of which leads to one prevailing notion: The team will never be hotter than it is right now.
Granted, that only increases the U.S. chances by mere percentage points. As we’ve often witnessed over the years, the hotter team on paper hardly owns much of an advantage once the first balls are in the air at this biennial grindfest, but even the smallest advantage is still an advantage.
Holy Monty: Fails In His U.S. Open Bid, But Not Before Getting Some Quality Driving Time...By Himself!
/For a man who lost his license over his proclivity to drive too fast, especially when Coldplay comes on the radio, and who cheated death in a car accident, I think it's fair to say the former Ryder Cup captain made a strange call to drive 900-miles home after the BMW at Wentworth and then return immediately after some tea and upon fetching a new putter.
But that's what this wire story claims:
"Who in their right mind would do that? But yes, I did," Montgomerie said. "I left Wentworth at 2pm, was home at 8pm, had tea with the family, left at 11pm and got here just after 6am."
A four‑under‑par 68 put the 48-year-old Scot on course to play in San Francisco next month, but he followed it up with a 72.
And the round featured the usual Monty dramatics:
Montgomerie missed out on a play-off by two strokes, so could look back on his pitch to the 17th hitting the flagstick and rebounding 15ft away, then lipping out from the same distance on the last.
You can view the Walton Heath Sectional results here and also count up the number of WD's, a qualifying tradition in England.
Phil Joins O'Malley Bid For The Padres
/NY Times Correspondent: Obama "Hates" Going To Camp David Because There Is No Golf!
/Bad News For Tiger: Hosting Google Hangout In Lieu Of Media Sitdown Appears To Not Bother A Soul
/You know you're on the road to irrelevancy when the hostage video you hosted in lieu of a press sitdown was received with such pity that no one seems too upset you are avoiding the press room on Tuesday at the Memorial. Especially with 8 of the world's top 10 in attendance and media-friendly types like Rory, Bubba, Phil, Jack and Luke expected to drop in.
To Intervene Or Not To Intervene: Zach's Mistaken Mark
/Zach Wins In Spite Of Himself
/Video: Dufner And Hogan...More Similar Than You Think
/No, the Hawk never sported a soul patch but check out this amazing CBS/Konica Minolta Biz Hub Swing Vision analysis by Peter Kostis and posted by the PGA Tour. He may not have won Sunday at Colonial, but his swing is looking pretty Hoganesque.
Also, Dufner threw out a decent first pitch at the Rangers game:
Beem On Euros: "They want to win any tournament, but they really want to win the big ones."
/John Huggan profiles Rich Beem, who has a lot to say about life on the European Tour (playing off his major championship win exemption) compared with the PGA Tour. This was interesting:
“In the US we sometimes lose sight of what is important. There’s a lot of ‘flash’ over there right now. Wins are what really count though. And major wins count even more. Ask anyone how many events Jack Nicklaus won and not many will know. Ask how many majors he has and almost everyone knows. I would hope that the young kids on the PGA Tour think that way too, because it’s very evident to me that their counterparts over here think of nothing else. They want to win any tournament, but they really want to win the big ones.”
Rory's Weekend Of Practice Takes Him...To Paris
/2012 Colonial And Senior PGA Comment Thread
/I know the action at Wentworth wasn't enough, what with the first of fourteen senior majors today at Benton Harbors and the historic Colonial National Invitational. But with Jason Dufner going for a third straight win, there is something pretty serious on the line in Texas.
Els To Make "European Tour Benevolent Trust" Donation For "Intemperate Language"
/Colonel O'Grady speaks today after Ernie's outburst Saturday. Thanks to BBC's Iain Carter for tweeting the statement:
European Tour Statement Re: Ernie Els' Remarks
European Tour Chief Executive George O'Grady said: "Ernie Els asked to see me this morning and apologized for his intemperate language following the conclusion of his round yesterday. He stated that he had already apologised to all the individuals concerned and offered a substantial donation to The European Tour Benevolent Trust, which I accepted. The European Tour now consider this matter closed."