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
“Miguel’s announcement means that I now have four world-class golfers as my vice captains – all with tremendous experience of playing in the Ryder Cup which is absolutely invaluable," Olazabal said in a statement.
Now, if The Mechanic would just lead the European squad in a pre-round team driving range warm-up session, we'd be in for a fun week.
That's what Gordon Brown was quoted as saying by the Scottish Daily Record in a speech at the Scottish parliament festival of politics in Edinburgh Friday.
The Guardian's Severin Carrell also had this quote:
"If the golf club in Augusta can admit women, then shouldn't St Andrews? If they can do it in South Carolina, can we not do it in Scotland?"
South Carolina, Georgia-schmeorgia. We know what you meant. Those bastions of progressivism to all kind of bleed together.
The intensity of the algorithms, resets and overall immensity of the Playoffs got to Sergio Garcia as he withdrew from next week's Deutsche Bank Championship under the vast weight of the...wait? What did you say?
Oh, it's to rest for the Ryder Cup? Well why not! He could win this week and next. Then there is a reset of the points before the final event that helps ensure more algorithm madness anyway. So why not take a week off?
“Everybody knows how important the Ryder Cup is for me and I want to be fully fit there,” Garcia told PGA Tour officials after shooting 3-under 68 to get into a share of the second-round lead with Nick Watney at The Barclays. “I need to take a week off somewhere.”
How refreshing. He's passing up a chance to make money to be ready for a free appearance week at the Ryder Cup. Keep this up Sergio and we might start to really, really like you!
Tiger docked his yacht at Kiawah for the PGA but didn't have Privacy shipped up to New York for this week's event at Bethpage, even though he had it there for the '09 U.S. Open and--even more startling--this is the Playoffs(C)! He's getting careless in his old age.
Hank Gola on Tiger's wrenched back caused by a soft mattress.
“There’s a difference between being in pain and injured,” Woods said afterward when asked about ’08. “This is just a little bit of pain. That was an injury.”
Woods blamed the soft bed in his hotel room — he said he’d be sleeping on the floor Friday night — for his back woes.
“Must have slept funny on it,” he said. “Woke up this morning with it stiff. You know, as I warmed up, it got progressively worse, and then you saw what happened on the golf course. It hurt all day.”
Actually, Wood played his best golf after the back got worse. He began with back-to-back bogeys but made three out of four birdies beginning on No. 4 and added another on the back nine on No. 14. That came just a hole after the hill got him as he walked into the bunker on the 13th.
Jim McCabe found the performance impressive in light of his ballstriking stats.
Time after time, Woods was shown wincing, though the agony didn’t translate into misery. Woods matched his Round 1 stats – 9 of 14 fairways and 13 greens in regulation – and played bogey-free for the final 16 holes.
One of his biggest winces came at the par-4 10th. The pain was so bad that he walked slowly into a tent next to the tee where players can collect snacks, fruits and drinks. Woods stayed there for nearly a minute before proceeding to walk to his drive some 322 yards away.
That’s right. In pain, he unloaded it 322 yards, one hole after driving it 310, and a few holes before toasting it out there at 311 and 315.
John Strege with a review of what looks to be the solution to the problem of letting friends record your swing in shaky, incompetent fashion.
It's the CamCaddy and it's $37.95.
My only question as someone who uses iSwing to record, which won't work with this device because it requires manually recording when the swing starts.
What do you use for the best slow motion and playback?
They've said it before and post-Augusta, they've made the call again, this time from Shona Robison, the Minister for Sport. From an unbylined Star story:
"The First Minister is on record in saying that all clubs should be open to women members but then there is nothing we can do to force them," said Robison.
"However the direction of travel now is clearly to admit both men and women members and hopefully we will see an end to not allowing women to become members."
I don't usually get too excited about a new list but Golf Digest's 50 Most Fun is one that could actually have a positive impact on the game. It never hurts given I've only been associated with two courses that were created and built from scratch working with Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner, to see Rustic Canyon (#30) and The Horse Course at Prairie Club (#10!) making the 50 Most Fun publics.
Peter Finch explains the thought process for the 50 Most Fun in the September Golf Digest, and there is a slideshow of the diverse group of courses selected. (As an aside for architecture geeks, there is also a recent Joann Dost aerial shot of Cypress Point showing the restored fairway bunkers on the 17th hole.)
The 50 Most Fun Privates, the 50 Most Fun Publics, and the most fun of Great Britain and Ireland.
From a European Tour story, European Captain Jose Maria Olazabal reacting to Padraig Harrington's opening 64 at The Barclays.
Olazábal was reminded that two weeks ago he said Harrington needed to do something extraordinary to make the side.
So what now constitutes extraordinary? "At least a win," Olazábal replied with a smile.
Considering the chemistry these two have, Americans should be pulling for Padraig to win this week!
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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