Preview and Prediction for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera

Everyone join Tom Watson in snarling “Sneeeeeedeker.” Brandt Snedeker shot an impressive 22-under to win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am by three strokes over Nick Watney. “It was an emotional win for me today because it’s been a long time coming,” Snedeker said in an Associated Press story (h/t ESPN.com). “The last year-and-a-half has not been up to my standard.” And... 

Preview and Prediction for the 2015 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

It’s AT&T Pebble Beach: When Amateurs Attack. Yes, it’s the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Chris Berman is back, back, back. The Great One, Wayne Gretzky, is here, where he’ll be in close quarters with his future son-in-law, Dustin Johnson, while getting in a round of golf on the California cliffs. For the tournament at hand, there are six returning champions of the event: Jimmy... 

Will Tiger Woods’ Mastery of Torrey Pines Be the Start of a Career Resurgence?

This is the central question that has plagued Tiger Woods in a post-fire hydrant world: Can he be the player of the mid-2000s who was destined to equal and surpass Jack Nicklaus’ 18 majors? And, more urgently, will this weekend at Torrey Pines serve as the springboard past his troubles and back to greatness? The Woods cannon loaded while he was at Stanford and won those three amateur championships,... 

Preview and Prediction for the 2015 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines

The West Coast swing continues as the PGA Tour heads to Torrey Pines in San Diego for the Farmers Insurance Open, which starts on Thursday. This tournament is one of the first that starts to assemble the best players in the world. Justin Rose heads up a list of 13 players inside the top 25 in the world rankings. One of those is not Tiger Woods. Woods is more cat-in-a-shark-suit than a big-game feline... 

Big 4 Era in Men’s Tennis Officially Over: It’s Novak Djokovic and Everyone Else

A couple of years ago there was a festival of heavy metal music featuring the “Big Four”: Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. That’s no Big Four. That’s Metallica and everybody else. What does this little exposition have to do with tennis? It stems from commentators saying that tennis’ Big Four has returned, which technically it has, if only on paper. Just like... 

Biggest Takeaways for Tiger Woods After His First Event of 2015

Tiger Woods didn’t just miss the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, he flubbed it. But, at the very least, Woods appeared to have a sense of humor about his struggles during his post-round press conference. “I’m only here so I don’t get fined,” he mused on the Golf Channel broadcast, echoing the actual sentiment of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. The... 

Australian Open 2015 Men’s Semifinals: Berdych vs. Murray Preview and Prediction

Who saw this matchup coming? Tomas Berdych, the No. 7 seed, not only beat Rafael Nadal but destroyed him. Who saw Berdych winning 6-2, 6-0, 7-6(5) against a player who had beaten him 18 times in a row? Czech mate. “I might be thinking about it and enjoying the time probably till tomorrow morning,” Berdych said on AusOpen.com. “When I wake up, I need to get myself ready for... 

Preview and Prediction for the 2015 Phoenix Waste Management Open

The 2015 Phoenix Open, along with other sporting events, was always going to be a footnote to the other event taking place in Arizona this Sunday. It then becomes a race to see who emerges as the biggest footnote of them all. Tiger Woods, making his 2015 debut, may make the Phoenix Open the king of the footnotes this weekend. “It will be great to return to Phoenix,” Woods wrote on... 

2015 Australian Open: Ranking the Best Potential Semifinal Matchups

The potential matchups for the men’s and women’s semifinals are about as good as they come in a Grand Slam. The men have seven of the top eight seeds through the quarters with the non-seeded cherry on top being the homegrown Nick Kyrgios. On the women’s side you have three of the top four seeds through to the quarterfinals including three American women, two sisters and two Russians. There... 

Top Seeds Showing Worrying Signs in Week 1 at the 2015 Australian Open

The “seed” is on the one hand a badge of honor, but it’s also a target. The lower the number the bigger the target. Those lower-ranked players come in with no pressure. They’re supposed to lose and that alleviates all kinds of pressure. The higher seeds are supposed to win, and that comes with a sense of pressure only the most elite of elite can withstand. Because of this pressure... 

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