Blueprint for European Tour to Stop Exodus of Top Players to PGA Tour

The European Tour has a full-fledged defection on its hands. Top players want to play on the PGA Tour as much as possible and fill gaps in their schedules with European Tour events only to pad their wallets. This is deeply problematic for the European Tour. There are a number of actions the European Tour must take in order to ensure the long-term viability of the tour. Professional golf has continued... 

Ian Poulter: Love Him or Hate Him, He’s Passionate

Ian Poulter took to Twitter after his lackluster performance in the World Challenge to defend himself against critics. At issue? His club-slamming and obvious disgust with his play in the event. Since joining the tour in 2004, Poulter, with his tartan trousers and dandy-ish tendencies, has been one the more colorful personalities strolling the fairways…and thus one of the more divisive. However,... 

Ranking the 10 Men’s Golfers Who Are Overdue for a Win on the PGA Tour

Entering 2012, the player most overdue for his first PGA Tour win was Rickie Fowler. Fortunately, Fowler got his first taste of victory at the Wells Fargo Championship.  There’s an informal shortlist of players who we expect to win PGA Tour events. For example, players like Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy are expected to win with regularity. Beyond this, though,... 

The 10 Craziest Water Hazards on the PGA Tour—with Video

Crazy is a subjective term and there are many varieties of nuttiness in the world of aquatic dangers on the PGA Tour. Some water hazards are crazy for their sheer size, some for the crazy incidents they inspired. Some, even, are notable for the creatures that inhabit them.  Here are the 10 craziest water hazards on the PGA Tour and what makes them so crazy. Begin Slideshow  Read More →

Tiger Woods’ Top Rivals Throughout His Career

Rory McIlroy, who is presently positioned first in the Official World Golf Ranking, has emerged as a rival for Tiger Woods. Indeed, McIlroy has been a superior golfer to Woods over the past few golf seasons, rising consistently in the OWGR and winning two majors.. Since the early 2000s, when Woods established himself as the world’s most dominant golfer, golf fans and the golfing press have awaited... 

10 Lessons Rory McIlroy Should Take from Tiger Woods’ Slump in Majors

Tiger Woods hasn’t won a major since the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. At the time, the golfer, Woods’ peers and golf fans all certainly assumed that by November 2012 Tiger would have several more major championships. However, Woods is still stuck on 14 majors. Rory McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship and is poised for additional majors in the upcoming year. Although the North Irish... 

The Top 10 Golf Courses We Wish Were in the US Open Rotation

The R&A have a formally established rotation for the Open Championship. Unlike the R&A, however, the United States Golf Association has no official “Open Rota.” The U.S. Open, rather, is played at a variety of courses. There are, however, a few courses which host the tournament with regularity—Oakmont, for example, has hosted the U.S. Open in 1983, 1994 and 2007. Oakmont is... 

10 Reasons There Will Never Be Another Tiger Woods

The debate about who is the best golfer of all time is a popular one. The question, “Who’s the best?” has been posed several times on this site. Most recently, Michael Fitzpatrick’s column sparked a spirited discussion. This is not so much a discussion of whether Tiger, Jack, Hogan or Jones is the greatest golfer of all time, but rather the assertion of a simple truth: There... 

Why Giles Morgan Whining Was the Greatest Story of the WGC-HSBC Champions

Perhaps you saw Ian Poulter pour in his par putt on the final hole at Mission Hills yesterday for his first victory of 2012 and thought, “Surely, this must be the defining story of the tournament!” Not so. Mr. Giles Morgan, Group Head of Sponsorship at HSBC, secured that distinction on Wednesday before the tournament even started with his whiny lamentation which began, “We are delighted... 

5 Big Name Golfers with Surprisingly Bad Ryder Cup Records

In case you spent the couple weeks in some variety of unconsciousness and were unaware, the U.S didn’t win the Ryder Cup at Medinah after entering Sunday’s singles play with a four-point lead. The U.S. stable was full of goats at Medinah Sunday: Furyk, Sticker and Tiger (certainly not to be confused with G.O.A.T). Several members of the team have the dubious distinction of finding themselves... 

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