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Amongst the signature wicker baskets at Merion Golf Club, there are some red flags, too. For the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking, there are worrying signs and issues aplenty heading into the season’s second major. Will any be significant enough to compromise the game’s best’s chances at raising the U.S. Open Trophy? Continue reading to find out. Begin...
Published: June 6, 2013
Tiger Woods would have been at the head of the Hot list had he not putted like an 18-handicapper on Jack’s greens at the Memorial Tournament. Instead, Woods necessarily finds himself in “Not Hot” land, thanks to a third-round opening-nine 44 at Muirfield Village. Who else is hot? Those at the opposite end of the leaderboard from Tiger at Memorial, for one. Who’s...
Published: June 2, 2013
Entering the third round at the Memorial Tournament, Matt Kuchar held a two-stroke lead at at eight under par. Trailing were Kevin Chappell and Kyle Stanley (-6). Masters champion Adam Scott (-4) was four strokes back. Tiger Woods, the presumptive favorite entering the week, was doomed by a third-round 79. He finished the tournament at eight-over par, firing a final-round 72. Kuchar,...
Published: June 1, 2013
In pursuit of his sixth career victory at the Memorial Tournament and his fifth win of 2013, Tiger Woods carded one of the worst rounds of his professional career during the third round at Muirfield Village. Woods opened with his worst nine hole score as a pro. Playing the back first, as golfers were sent off both one and 10 due to impending bad weather, the world No. 1 went out in a historically...
Published: May 28, 2013
The PGA Tour’s best are gearing up for the season’s second major and preparing to hit the course at the Memorial Tournament. So it’s time to have a look at their stock movements, now that the closing bell has tolled. In addition to champion gator-caller and gorilla-wrestler Boo Weekley’s return to the winner’s circle for the first time in 124 tournaments, and the...
Published: May 26, 2013
What’s Tiger Woods‘ favorite golf course? In a 2006 interview with Jon Robinson of IGN, the world No. 1 identified the Old Course at St. Andrews as his all-time favorite track. However, as we can’t know the minds of all the tour’s brightest stars, it’s entertaining to look at what their favorite courses ought to be based on their performances at various venues. Riviera...
Published: May 25, 2013
Who is the greatest golfer of all time? Woods? Nicklaus? Hogan? Snead? Jones? The best real-world golfer in history is difficult to determine. So, let’s turn our attention instead to those figures from page, stage or screen who have achieved the most within their respective narratives. Again, the focus is on achievement. Otherwise, Al Czervik would certainly be at the top of this list. “So...
Published: May 21, 2013
Firing a final-round 69 in difficult conditions for his first career victory guarantees Sang Moon Bae entry on the “hot” side of a ledger that catalogues the temperatures of the world’s best golfers. Relative to his past performance, Mr. Bae is on fire. With his victory, he earned nearly as much as he has in his time on tour thus far. Who else is hot after the HP Byron Nelson...
Published: May 18, 2013
Much like in the business cycle, golfers on the PGA Tour boom and slump. Perhaps it’s not over such predictable intervals and without such apparent cause as in the world of commerce, but PGA Tour golfers are apt to find their games a bit frostier, their mechanics a bit mushier and their paychecks a bit smaller at times. Golfers whose last names are Kuchar, Woods, Scott or Snedeker needn’t...
Published: May 16, 2013
With his victory at the Players Championship, world No. 1 Tiger Woods notched his 78th PGA Tour victory at the age of 37, moving him closer to career-victory leader Sam Snead’s 82 wins. Snead, for his part, racked up his wins over a 30-year career. Tiger’s reached his mark in just 18 years. Mind-boggling? Not when compared with the achievements on this list. For all of the staggering achievements...