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Perhaps it’s the depth of (often negative) emotion the average golfer feels as a result of the game that inspires him to wax poetic. And maybe that same element inspires the poets, writers and artists to pay homage to golf—or at least lament its cruelty. The true funniest golf quotes of all time are likely never put to paper and aren’t spoken by golfers or celebrities. Many of them...
Published: March 25, 2013
Following his incredible eighth win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and return to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings, are there still any “Tiger’s back” doubters out there? I must raise my hand as one, unfortunately. Although Tiger has certainly returned to form, winning three of his first five starts on the PGA Tour this year, and he is putting the way he used to—he...
Published: March 25, 2013
Tiger Woods tapped in for victory at the 18th hole at Bay Hill, raised his putter to thank the crowd and walked off the course to shake Arnold Palmer’s hand for the eighth time. It was a relatively anticlimactic end to a day where a Tiger Woods victory seemed very much a foregone conclusion. With the two-shot victory today, Woods firmly establishes himself as the favorite for the Masters and...
Published: March 22, 2013
There is no doubt golf is a deeply frustrating game. Every golfer at every level has experienced the little agonies and deep wounds the game can inflict. Golf has a unique power to make men see red. Anyone doubting this doesn’t have to look to far into the recent past for a great example—consider Mr. McIlroy’s abrupt departure from the Honda Classic. It was the British monarch King...
Published: March 18, 2013
Most golfers have seen some seriously epic club tosses at the local municipal course. Perhaps, you yourself have whipped your three wood into a tree in a fit of rage, or sent your wedge for a swim in a nearby pond after a duffed chip. The worst club throw I have ever been party to took place on the first tee of the club I used to work at. A member, particularly unimpressed with his opening...
Published: March 15, 2013
Contrary to widespread belief, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are not the undisputed kings of the short game on the PGA Tour. In fact, when looking at the three most significant statistical metrics of the short game (strokes gained-putting, sand save percentage and scrambling), neither Woods nor Mickelson place in the top three of a combined category of the three statistics. Adding a golfer’s...
Published: March 4, 2013
“He’s a great ballstriker!” your buddy says. “Oh yeah!” you reply, “Great ballstriker.” And then it dawns on you: You have no real idea what constitues great ballstriking, and you’ve just been mindlessly repeating the phrase all these years because it sounds good. Objectively, the PGA Tour has quantified ball striking with the aptly named ball striking...
Published: March 2, 2013
In some sense, the developing “Toothachegate” saga is much ado about very little. However, when the No. 1 golfer in the world walks off the course under somewhat suspicious circumstances, rampant speculation is the predictable result. Do we, the ever-critical golfing public, give McIlroy a pass for his post hoc story about his “sore wisdom tooth” and being “unable to concentrate?” In...
Published: March 1, 2013
In theory at least, the best golfers in the world aren’t intimidated by forced carries and postage stamp-sized greens the way that weekend hackers are. The golfers of the PGA Tour are rarely ever so intimidated by a course or a particular hole that they, say, chili-dip a tee shot. However, it’s impossible not to think that the persistent view of the ocean at a course like Pebble Beach or...
Published: February 24, 2013
Surely there is much more to a golfer improving upon the inefficiencies in his golf game than merely acknowledging them. Surely, too, the best players in the game are abundantly aware of what they need to work on and are likely working on their weak areas with diligence—that’s how they got to be the best, after all. Even so, it’s an interesting exercise to point out the glaring weaknesses...