Euro Tour's O'Grady: "We are concerned, but not panicking"
/From an AP story by Michael Casey on the exodus of top players to the PGA Tour from the European Tour, Euro Tour head George O'Grady:
Read MoreWhen 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
Faldo Gabs: Neurotic Ryder Cuppers, Rory's Near Catastrophe And Luke Donald's Major Prep
/Nick Faldo had all sorts of fun stuff to talk about with James Corrigan for a lengthy Telegraph story to promote the re-release of his 1995 instruction book.
Read MoreLuke Donald's PGA Tour Putting In 2012
/He Tweeted his numbers after someone (I can't find who now...) pointed out he made 90.2% of his putts inside 10 feet.
Read MoreAzinger: ''It's OK for manufacturers to figure out game improvement. But if a player figures it out, we're going to ban it?''
/Paul Azinger laments the forthcoming anchoring ban and
Read MoreRory Finally Admits He Wasn't Wild About Losing The ResetCup That Everyone Knows He Deserved To Win
/Derek Lawrenson reports from Dubai and the European Tour's season ending thingy.
Read MoreGMac Proposes On World's Tallest Helipad
/Sorry ladies, all six that read this blog, but Graeme McDowell engaged to long-time girlfriend Kirstin Stape on the Burg Al Arab's 656-foot high helipad
Read MoreAnchoring Decision Update And An Enforcement Question
/Ron Sirak considers the upcoming decision on anchoring a putter against the torso and says the great legal minds at Force, Majeure and Breach are just buttoning up the language for the Executive Committee's consideration.
Read MoreChange, Schmange: Rory Says Most Of The Equipment Today Is The Same, Made At Same Factories
/Shhhhhhhhh....Rory McIlroy, you're not supposed to say things like this when talking about tinkering with your new clubs from the, uh,
Read MoreButler National Member After Members Vote To Keep Women-Americans Out: "We're in a death spiral."
/Teddy Greenstein on the membership at Butlern National voting to keep it a male only club, essentially eliminating the Chicago layout from any consideration for major tournaments.
Read More"Rosapenna acquires St Patrick's to become 81-hole links mecca"
/Brian Keogh reports on the acquisition of the 370-acre Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort formerly known as St. Patrick's Golf Links. Besides having existing golf with design touches from Old Tom and Pat Ruddy, the sale includes an 800-acre dunes system that might lead to more golf holes.
Read MoreOlympic Routs Kiawah In 2012 Tougest Tests List
/PGATour.com Staff has the top 20 toughest courses on the PGA Tour and the ten easiest
Read MoreSan Diego Approves Funding For Torrey Pines North Redo
/Tod Leonard reported on the approval and also had this last week about plans for the North:
Read MoreAt Least Duck Fans Have This To Look Forward To...
/After losing to Stanford at home in the College Football Lose-Early Bowl Championship Series, Oregon is likely out of the national title hunt but hey, $25 million and some favorable planning commission votes later, they could have a Tom Fazio design under construction by 2014. The $25 million includes an endowment to maintain the course and presumably to prepare the inevitable Fazio touch-up after everyone gives up trying to find interesting design features.
Read MoreHayes: Just One Big Aussie Event, Please
/Mark Hayes speaks for a lot of people in urging Aussies to figure out a way to have at least one big event perhaps instead of trying to put together a string of tournaments to attract top players.
Read MoreBloomberg Looks At For-Profit Non-Profits
/Along the same lines of
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