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Nearly 18 months have passed since Verizon decided to not renew its sponsorship of the Heritage Classic in Harbour Town, South Carolina, and still no corporate sponsor has shown much interest in picking up top billing. The Sea Pines Resort setting is the perfect location for touring players to bring their families to enjoy the beautiful surroundings, weather and experience that this area of South Carolina...
Published: April 15, 2011
It’s been a mere four days since Rory McIlroy blew a four-shot lead during the final round at Augusta National and let the green jacket slip through his fingers and onto the shoulders of South African, Charl Schwartzel. Golf is not only a physically stressing game—it can take a bigger toll on a golfers mental toughness. To have a short memory and forget a bad hole, bad shot or...
Published: April 15, 2011
For every weekend hacker out there hitting the links, there is always one score you never want to put down on your card. No one ever wants to put up the “snowman”. Which means you just carded an eight on a single hole. Next up is what every golfer really doesn’t want to pencil in on the card, a score of double digits. Well, even PGA Tour players can get a little off the short grass...
Published: April 13, 2011
We’ve all been there before. Standing in the airport baggage claim area watching the baggage belt circle by, looking for our bags with some shred of hope they will come around on the next pass. More often than not, it is just a hope. It appears Rory McIlory is no different than any other traveler these days. Unfortunately for him, not only did he choke away a four-shot lead at the Masters last...
Published: April 12, 2011
It’s always tough for any tournament on the PGA Tour to follow one of golf’s major championships. But this week, the Valero Texas Open has its work cut out after a Masters finish that was one for the ages. The tournament will not be without star power though. Six of the top 30 players on the money list will be playing this week at the Valero Texas Open: Martin Laird (6), Jhonattan...
Published: April 11, 2011
274 strokes is what Charl Schwartzel took to win the Masters at Augusta National on Sunday. But for millions of people in Japan, it was the 285 strokes that Ryo Ishikawa took to finish T-20 at the Masters that meant the most to a battered nation. It has been well documented that Ryo Ishikawa is donating his entire 2011 season earnings to the relief effort of his native Japan. And for the ravaged...
Published: April 11, 2011
Not since 1910 has golf’s major championships been without an American holding one of the trophies—until now. A sport the U.S. has dominated—and to many Americans more importantly—there has always been an American golfer with a major championship trophy on his mantle. That run ended late Sunday afternoon at Augusta National when the 26-year-old South African Charl Schwartzel...
Published: July 16, 2010
The nation of South Africa is on quite a roll lately. Fresh off the rousing success of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first African nation to ever host the event, South Africa is once again making headlines, this time at the British Open at St. Andrews. After much of the media attention was going to young sensation Rory McIlroy’s opening round of 63, lost in between the headlines...
Published: July 15, 2010
“There’s just something peaceful about this place. I remember when I came here in ’95, I wasn’t playing good golf. I was playing horrible golf. I didn’t know what to expect, but I knew how much I loved this place.” That is what John Daly had to say after his opening round of 66, currently tied for second place at the British Open. So far, in the early stages...
Published: July 14, 2010
KJ Choi is not really known for shaking things up on the PGA Tour, but he has done just that on the putting green since last week at the John Deere Classic with his, well, unorthodox new style of putting. He begins his setup to the ball just like every other player on tour does alongside the ball reading the line, and it looks like he is about to address the ball as “normal”. He then...