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Tiger Woods is definitely the most popular golfer of all time and became one of the most controversial of all time in Thanksgiving 2009. Dottie Pepper was one of the most successful players ever on the LPGA Tour and made herself very controversial with her comments. She called the American Solheim Cup team in 2007 a “bunch of freaking choking dogs” while working as a commentator for Golf...
Published: September 14, 2012
There are many, many professional golfers who play their entire careers but never get their “breakthrough moment.” They are good players, to be sure, but they never had that moment, that tournament or that year that puts them on the golf map and into the history books. Players like John Huh, Shanshan Feng, Ted Potter, Jr. and Robert Garrigus are among those who had their own moments this...
Published: September 13, 2012
Sometimes, objects that are well-constructed fall apart all at once. Other times, it’s a piece-by-piece destruction. That’s a pretty good description of how Tiger Woods fell from the the dominant position in the world of golf to a player has struggled through swing changes, coach changes, injuries and a Tour of competitors who no longer shrivel up and go away when he glares at them. Here...
Published: August 25, 2012
Golf fans know of the great rivalries from the history of the game: Jack Nicklaus-Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus-Tom Watson, Ben Hogan-Sam Snead, Tom Kite-Ben Crenshaw, Tiger Woods-Vijay Singh,Tiger Woods-Phil Mickelson. But there are also some “almost rivalries,” ones that are good in their own right, but for whatever reason aren’t quite in that legendary class. Some are in this category...
Published: August 16, 2012
One of the things that golf fans annually get disappointed with is how rarely they get to see the stars of the PGA on television. With few exceptions, the tour’s elite normally play approximately 20 events by this time of the year. That includes the four majors (Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship), the Players Championship and the World Golf Championships events (Match...
Published: August 11, 2012
In the pressure cooker that is the third round of a major championship, there’s nothing like being paired with a player you are somewhat friendly with; someone who can be a sounding board when things get tough. The opposite of that—being paired with someone you really don’t like—might make for a much quieter round of golf. At the same time, that sort of pairing might provide...
Published: August 11, 2012
Over the years, Saturday has come to be known as Moving Day on the PGA. That’s the day players who make the cut try to move up the leaderboard in an effort to get into contention for the final 18 holes. But in the 94th PGA, Moving Day actually occurred on Friday when the Ocean Course was battered by gusty winds all day, setting off a roller-coaster ride up and down the scoreboard. Par was a very...