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As the sun began to set over Honolulu, three men walked into a wine bar to blow off some steam following a tough day at the office. Two would return home safely, while the other would arrive back at his hotel bloodied, broke and disoriented…and boy did he have a tale to tell. Couldn’t you just see Keith Morrison opening up an episode of Dateline with a similar statement? Right from the...
Published: January 19, 2015
The PGA Tour’s Hawaiian swing is typically a time when tour professional dust off their clubs after a long holiday layoff and start to get back in the swing of things during a casual working vacation in paradise. Aside from a few dramatic moments here and there, the Hawaiian swing has been mostly uneventful through the years. The PGA Tour’s 2015 Hawaiian swing, however, was anything but...
Published: January 7, 2015
Throughout the history of professional golf, winning has always been the ticket to fame, fortune and historical significance. Everyone knows that Bobby Jones won all four of the tournaments that were considered to be major championships in 1930. However, can anyone name the player, aside from Jones, who had the most top-10 finishes in those four tournaments? Didn’t think so. Everyone...
Published: December 16, 2014
Tiger Woods has accumulated scores of records and mind-boggling accomplishments during the course a career that stretches nearly 25 years back to his amateur days. One could certainly make a strong argument for Woods’ being considered the greatest golfer of all time even if he were to never win another major championship. While Woods’ quest to break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major...
Published: December 13, 2014
The PGA Tour has announced that it will be adjusting the FedEx Cup points system for the first time since 2009. This latest change, which was approved by the PGA Tour’s Policy Board and announced by commissioner Tim Finchem on Thursday, involves the number of points allocated to the four playoff events. Winners of FedEx Cup playoff events had previously earned 2,500 points for a win, which was...
Published: November 11, 2014
It took several embarrassing moments and multiple formatting changes, but the PGA Tour has finally gotten it right with regard to the four FedEx Cup playoff events. The Tour has found the perfect mix of volatility which both rewards players for strong play throughout the year while also allowing a player such as Billy Horschel to get hot at precisely the right time and make a run at the FedEx Cup title. So...
Published: October 24, 2014
The United States has lost eight of the past 10 Ryder Cup matches, including a 16 ½ – 11 ½ thrashing just last month at Gleneagles. But have no fear. The PGA of America recently announced that it has assembled a task force that includes the likes of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Davis Love III, Raymond Floyd, Steve Stricker and Rickie Fowler to try to figure out how to reverse this...
Published: October 8, 2014
With regards to Ryder Cup captains, the PGA of America needs to decide whether their ultimate goal is to give everyone a chance, or to win. If its ultimate goal is to give every former player that is deserving of a captaincy a chance, well, the PGA of America can continue right on down the same path it has been travelling for the past three decades. Between 1987 and 2014 only one man—Tom Watson—has...
Published: October 2, 2014
Sports rivalries can be forged for any number of reasons. Rivalries can be created abruptly out of a particular event, such as a bench-clearing brawl or some other form of bad blood between players and coaches from opposing sides. Rivalries are often formed based on geographical proximity, such as the Yankees and Mets, the St Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs or the Green Bay Packers and Detroit...
Published: September 18, 2014
The United States has managed to win just one of the last six Ryder Cup tournaments. Going back to 1985, the U.S. team has beaten the Europeans in just four of 14 Ryder Cup clashes, which is an abysmal 28.57 percent winning percentage for Team USA. You have to go back to 1993 to find the last time that the U.S. Ryder Cup team was able to win on European soil. So, needless to say, the past two generations...