Lee Westwood, Tiger Woods and Common Sense Keeping Martin Kaymer from No. 1 Spot

Martin Kaymer is not No. 1 because the world golf rankings are hopelessly screwed up. Nobody who computes them cares whether they reflect today’s reality or the reality of a year ago.  The rankings are solidly rooted in past (sometimes, way past) performance.  If they were reflecting reality, Tiger Woods would not have been No. 1 for all of 2010 until this week. He hasn’t played... 

Jonathan Byrd’s Hole in One Wins in Vegas

“I was kind of in a daze and confused when it happened,” said Jonathan Byrd, regarding his hole-in-one that ended the playoff of the Justin Timberlake Shriner’s Hospital for Children Open on Sunday. “I didn’t see it go in and then didn’t know really how to react to it. I’m still kind of dazed and confused now taking a red eye home and reuniting with my family... 

Tiger Woods: When Will His Killer Instinct Return?

Kathy Bissell Watching Tiger Woods struggle on the golf course in 2010 wasn’t much fun for his fans, although his competitors had to have secretly enjoyed it.  After 15 years of running over his fellow golfers, this year, as the saying goes, he was the bug, not the windshield.   Since 1996, when he turned professional and won two events in less than two months of play, Woods has not... 

PGA Tour Fall Series Deserves More Respect

I’m with Charles Howell III on this issue.  The Fall Series events on the PGA Tour deserve more respect.  One way to provide it is if The Masters offers an invitation to the winners and if the PGA Tour does what it originally said it would do and award Fed Ex points for the next year for the Fall Series. “If you win some of these tournaments, you should get in the Masters,”... 

Move Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup to Labor Day

Golf’s FedEx Cup Playoffs have grown on many of us. The final four events have become exciting rather than predictable. That’s a good thing. However, the four-event series has created a frantic pace from the PGA Championship, to the Tour Championship, and Ryder or Presidents Cup. Then golf nearly falls off the map.  You have to wonder if that’s best for everyone.   The... 

The Top 10 Golfers of the ‘70s

Every decade has its best players.   Those who rise above the rest of the pack, achieve greatness from time to time, refuse to back down when a title is on the line.  In the 1970s, the first decade of the modern PGA Tour, there were ten who consistently were above the others. However, there were four who dominated with 93 victories and 18 majors between them.     Begin... 

Stars of the 2010 Ryder Cup

Who were the stars of the Ryder Cup, no matter who won? There’s no doubt that some had a better week than others.   Man of the Match Graeme McDowell has to be The Star, because he had the winning point in the last match, thereby proving that his victory at the U.S. Open was definitely not a fluke. He played like a major champion. He was also 2-1-1 for the contest.   Man of the Match... 

Who Will Win the Ryder Cup?

It is a first.  The Monday finish at the Ryder Cup.  And Captain Pavin had better hope that they finish because an obscure rule says if there is no play tomorrow, they split the points down the middle. If some of the matches finish but some are not completed by sunset, they split the ones that couldn’t be completed.    Europe has 9 1/2 points already, and half... 

Jim Furyk Wins Tour Championship and 10 Million Dollar Fed Ex Cup

Kathy Bissell   East Lake GC —  The joke on Jim Furyk was supposed to be that he had a $10 million  alarm clock because his cell phone alarm failed to ring for the Barclays pro-am, the first tournament in the $10 million Fed Ex Playoffs.  It was supposed to have ruined his chances to win the Fed Ex Cup.     According to PGA Tour regulations, missing a start... 

Tour Championship: Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen, Luke Donald and Geoff Ogilvy on Top

Kathy Bissell East Lake GC — Three US Open Champs, Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen and Geoff Ogilvy along with Luke Donald are vying for top prize at the Tour Championship. Any one of the four can win the $10 million top prize for the Fed Ex cup with a victory at East Lake.  All of them have to have help from other players, but to say the computations, permutations and scenarios are numerous is... 

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