Bubba, Martin, Tiger in Top 9 Performances on the PGA Tour in 2014

When it comes to ranking the performance of professional golfers, some measures are easy. How many victories do they have? How much money have they won? How many majors? What’s their world ranking? Other criteria are less black and white, but not necessarily less significant, even though it may be important for other reasons, such as overcoming obstacles.   In the first six months of 2014,... 

Tiger Woods Broke 50 His First Nine After Back Surgery

He didn’t say by how much, but Tiger Woods breaking 50 in his first nine holes after going through a disc replacement procedure is quite an achievement. He thinks he has realistic goals for this week, his first competitive attempt since the operation, but perhaps his performance expectations at the Quicken Loans National are ahead of his current skill level. The only way to find out is to tee... 

U.S. Open: Would the No-Rough/Brown Look at Pinehurst Work for Your Course?

The USGA is still in the middle of the great golf course experiment at Pinehurst No. 2 where the U.S. Open was played last week and the U.S. Women’s Open is being contested this week. It cost $2.5 million to create the brown and rough-less look. And they are not done. When the ladies are finished, Pinehurst will replace the bentgrass greens with bermudagrass, which is easier to maintain in the... 

Kaymer Wins, but Is the US Open Too Hard for Anyone to Enjoy It?

No normal person would play the U.S. Open for fun. The courses, most of them golfable on a normal day (Oakmont being the exception), are riddled with booby traps at every step over the 7,500-yard walk. Players giving their all are like Wile E. Coyote chasing a roadrunner of a trophy ducking explosions and avoiding the cliffs of doom. Regular humans would quit after 12-putting a couple of Donald Ross... 

Mickelson’s Chance for Career Grand Slam over for 2014

 Phil Mickelson’s chances to win this year’s U.S. Open and the career grand slam are over, and he knows it.   “It was a tough day to try to go low,” Phil Mickelson said about his third round at the 2014 U.S. Open.  He wasn’t kidding.   There were only two rounds under par at Pinehurst No. 2. on Saturday, and Mickelson’s wasn’t... 

Fat Lady Warms Up for Martin Kaymer Serenade at U.S. Open

LaLaLaLaLa. LaLaLaLaLa. You can hear her. The fat lady is warming up. But no one has asked her to take the microphone just yet. That’s because playing golf with an enormous lead can be both a blessing and a curse, depending on the makeup and skill of the golfer. Golfers are tough and tenacious, but fragile. They never know what their bodies are going to feel like when they hit the range to warm... 

Why the PGA Championship Should Move to Winter, Not Another Country

In recent months, there’s been a lot of talk about moving the PGA Championship to Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe or some other region despite the fact that it’s the championship of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America. A lot of people seem to think a massive change in venue would increase interest in the event. But by taking the tournament out of the U.S., the PGA would... 

Adam Scott No. 1: Do Rankings Take Too Long to Adjust to Reality?

There’s always been something off about the Official World Golf Rankings. While Adam Scott is a great No.1 with his major win and matinee-idol looks, it sure took a heck of a long time for him to achieve the result. And that is part of the problem with the world golf rankings. The math and decision-making behind the rankings are just plain flawed on many levels. Let me tell you the ways,... 

Justin Rose: Why Giving Him 2 Shots Back at the Players Was the Correct Decision

The PGA Tour rules staff apparently forgot about rules decision 18-4 having to do with “sophisticated technology” meaning HDTV, zoom lenses and slow-motion technology when it came to assessing Justin Rose a two-stroke penalty at The Players Championship on Saturday. After Rose had a question regarding his golf ball on the 18th hole, he could have called in a rules official, but he elected... 

Martin Kaymer or Jordan Spieth, Who Will Win the Players?

Every golfer at The Players Championship will, no doubt, say that Pete Dye is a mean-spirited designer with a sense of humor like Godzilla. That’s because TPC Sawgrass has enough humps, bumps, hollows, water and sand for five normal golf courses. There are lies where golfers need sky hooks to hit their shots. This place is just not normal. Not nice. And definitely not something you’d introduce... 

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