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
Ryder Cup Teams Off The Tee And On Paper: Evenly Matched
/This means absolutely nothing, yet
Read MoreVideo: Jack's Speech For Mitt
/Regardless of your political views, isn't it just bizarre to hear Jack Nicklaus talk at a political rally with such an edge?
R.I.P. Andy Williams
/The legendary crooner hosted the PGA Tour's San Diego stop 21 times under various tournament names including the Andy Williams-San Diego Open Invitational, the Wickes-Andy Williams San Diego Open, the Isuzu-Andy Williams San Diego Open, the Shearson Lehman Brothers Andy Williams Open and of course most memorably of all, the Shearson Lehman Hutton Andy Williams Open.
The Kansas City Star has a nice photo gallery of Williams, including this shot with Tom Watson.
Where's Marty Hackel When You Need Him Files: Europe's Wednesday Ryder Cup Shirt
/Wednesday's Team Europe shirt designed to "#winthecrowd" according to Graeme McDowell. Paging Marty Hackel.
Jack Urges Ohioans To Vote For Mitt
/Catalina Camia
Read MoreKumbaya Cup: Thankfully, It Was Only Tuesday
/I trudged through the
Read MoreVideo: Celebrity Tuesday At The Ryder Cup; Bill Murray Tries To Pilfer Samuel Ryder's Trophy
/Sean Jensen of the Chicago Sun-Times was on hand and so was a video crew to capture the sweet-swinging Scottie Pippen, the also smooth-swinging Michael Phelps (who earned a groan for his tee shot) and the PGA Tour's favorite tournament host George Lopez. Bill Murray is in video #2.
Read MoreState Of The Game Podcast 13: Ryder Cup Preview
/Rod Morri hosts a joint Talking Golf/State of the Game podcast with yours truly and John Huggan who is at Medinah. The topics include all things Ryder Cup and a little bit of FedExCup talk too.
Read MoreWhoa: Tiger Shoulders Blame For Recent USA Ryder Woes
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Not that I don't trust Steve DiMeglio, but I did have to go read Tiger's transcript to see that I wasn't hallucinating when he took some of the blame for the U.S. losing six of the last eight Cups.
"Certainly I am responsible for that, because I didn't earn the points that I was put out there for," said Woods, who is 13-14-2 in the Ryder Cup. "I believe I was out there, what, in five sessions each time, and I didn't go 5-0 on our side. So I certainly am a part of that, and that's part of being a team. I needed to go get my points for my team, and I didn't do that."
Sheesh, next thing you know he's going to be apologizing to the fire hydrant, nominating Hank Haney for a Pulitzer and announcing that he's joining the Peace Corps.
Cleveland CEO Hopkins Resigns To Spend More Time...Flying Planes
/I tried reading between the lines of
Read MoreMedinah's New Driveable 15th: More reward than risk?
/One of the first serious reviews of the new Rees Jones-designed addition to Ryder Cup host Medinah, the lake guarded 15th.
Read More"Greenkeepers have played a starring role in home-team preparation since at least the 1980s when the Ryder Cup became more competitive after decades of U.S. dominance."
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Mark Peters files an excellent WSJ look at the various course setup tactics, fetishes and other neurotic acts of Ryder Cups past, whether they really matter and how Medinah super Curtis Tyrrell will be doing his part for Team USA.
On a recent afternoon, Mr. Tyrrell, the director of golf-course operations, was zipping around Medinah in a cart overseeing last-minute preparations as corporate tents and concessions rose around the course. Even as players and fans start to see some of the gamesmanship Mr. Love has planned, other plans remain private.
"Some of it is real obvious, with the mowing heights in the rough," Mr. Tyrrell said. "But there are a lot of things that are meant for the team only."
There is also an audio segment featuring Peters talking to Tyrrell.
