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Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have never been overly fond of one another; that much has been evident for more than 15 years. They are certainly civil to one another. They don’t often go out of their way to criticize each other, but you will also never see them going out to dinner or even communicating very much off of the golf course. While the media has a tendency to over-dramatize the relationship...
Published: September 30, 2013
How can the Presidents Cup emerge from the long shadow cast by its older, far superior brother, the Ryder Cup? The International team can absolutely demolish the Americans this week at Muirfield Village. The Presidents Cup began in 1994, and since that time the American side has a 7-1-1 record while the International side is 1-1-7. The International Team’s sole Presidents Cup victory came nearly...
Published: September 26, 2013
Earlier this week, the PGA Tour announced the five nominees for the 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year award. They include: Tiger Woods (five wins) Match Kuchar (two wins) Phil Mickelson (two wins including the Open Championship) Adam Scott (two wins including the Masters) Henrik Stenson (two wins and the FedEx Cup title) While Steve Stricker did not win a PGA Tour event in 2013 and was rightfully...
Published: September 25, 2013
The fact that anyone could even question whether Tiger Woods should be named the 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year is simply baffling. Earlier this week, the PGA Tour announced the five nominees for the 2013 PGA Tour Player of the Year award. They are: Tiger Woods (Five wins) Match Kuchar (Two wins) Phil Mickelson (Two wins including the Open Championship) Adam Scott (Two wins including the Masters) Henrik...
Published: September 24, 2013
It seems as if every golf fan on the face of the planet has some form of objection to the current FedEx Cup point system. Maybe the point system is too volatile during the playoffs. Maybe the point system is not volatile enough during the playoffs. Maybe the point system is simply too difficult to understand without a master’s degree in advanced mathematics from MIT. Golf fans may question how...
Published: September 17, 2013
Last Friday afternoon, Jim Furyk became the sixth man in PGA Tour history to card a 59 during tournament play. Furyk’s 59 was particularly impressive because it was done on a fairly difficult golf course—Conway Farms Golf Club—which was playing even more difficult than usual due to high winds, cold temperatures and rock hard greens. The next-lowest score during Round 2 of the...
Published: September 6, 2013
Henrik Stenson will head into next week’s BMW Championship leading the FedEx Cup point standings and in an excellent position to earn a $10 million pay day later this month in Atlanta. Stenson’s win at last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship was the cherry on top of what has been nothing short of a miraculous comeback for the 37-year-old Swede. Stenson’s troubles on the golf...
Published: September 2, 2013
Golf fans and analysts could spend days debating about how to improve the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoff system. Still, there are enough “good ideas” to go around, and it seems as if every fan and analyst on the planet has their own “brilliant” solution for making the FedEx Cup more exciting. The fact of the matter is that the current FedEx Cup playoff format is a heck of...
Published: August 30, 2013
Phil Mickelson went out and torched TPC Boston this morning while playing alongside Tiger Woods and Adam Scott in what could be described as the PGA Tour’s premier pairing of the year. Woods, Scott and Mickelson, who currently rank No. 1, 2 and 3 in the FedEx Cup point standings, began their day on the 10th hole at 8:40 a.m. ET. Mickelson proceeded to birdie seven out of his first nine holes...
Published: August 28, 2013
On Sunday afternoon, 16-year-old Amateur Lydia Ko carded a final-round 64 to defend her title at the CN Canadian Women’s Open. Ko, who was born in South Korea but now resides in New Zealand, has won two professional events in 2013 and has won four professional events in just the past two years. As the winner of this year’s CN Canadian Women’s Open, Ko could have pocketed $300,000....