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Patrick Reed, the cherubic young winner of three titles since August, has already learned how quickly the tide can turn on the PGA Tour. He has the unique opportunity to change his public image substantially if he can pull out a win at the Zurich Classic in a humble manner. (See Matt Kuchar.) While he should be known for his precocious ability to win tournaments, he instead became infamous for...
Published: April 20, 2014
Matt Kuchar had the RBC Heritage all wrapped up. And then he didn’t. And then he did. Beginning the final day four strokes behind leader Luke Donald, Kuchar took charge with a masterful 64 highlighted by a six-under score of 30 on the front nine. It was a near-perfect nine holes that included six birdies and three pars giving him the lead at the turn. Although he made...
Published: April 8, 2014
The Masters possesses a magic brought on by the rare combination of great history and even greater final moments. When he envisioned the majestic Augusta course, Bobby Jones wanted to create a grand gathering place for his friends, but he could never have anticipated the innumerable fantastic finishes that would ultimately help position the Masters as the greatest tournament of them all. With...
Published: April 1, 2014
It had to happen, but we just didn’t think it would be so soon. Tiger Woods is out of the Masters due to back surgery, and we really don’t know when he will return or in what shape he will be once he does. So, that leaves the door wide open, but for whom? Who, if anyone, can fill the enormous void left by the most dominant player ever to set foot on Augusta’s glistening greens? It...
Published: March 30, 2014
There are big winners, and then there are huge winners like 339th-ranked Steven Bowditch who took home the 2014 Valero Texas Open trophy for his first professional win. OK, so he backed into the win with a four-over 76 on the last day. A win is a win, and with this one he gets to play in the Masters next month. In what has become something of a theme this year, Bowditch beat out Matt Kuchar,...
Published: March 27, 2014
Phil Mickelson must try to get back to his winning ways at the Valero Texas Open or he will be looking at a steep uphill lie when he comes to Augusta for the Masters in April. In order to give himself a shot at his fourth green jacket, Phil has to resurrect his shotmaking and putting and figure out a way to put the ball in play off the tee consistently. Quite simply, he needs to gain some much-needed...
Published: March 18, 2014
Beleaguered by a bad back and mired in a slump, Tiger Woods enters the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill with a serious agenda to illustrate his ability, both physically and mentally, to win a major this year. As the Masters approaches, Tiger has to quickly straighten out his game as well as his back after poor results in his last three events. Coming out of 2013 with five wins and the No. 1 ranking...
Published: March 16, 2014
It took John Senden eight years, but he finally scored his second pro victory at the 2014 Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Course in Palm Harbor, Fla. The 42-year-old Australian, who last won at the 2006 John Deere Classic, took advantage of a 64 on Saturday followed by some nifty pitching and putting to edge Kevin Na, who finished one back in second place. Known as one of the tougher courses on...
Published: March 11, 2014
Out with the old and in with the new. That is the brash message 23-year-old Patrick Reed and a bunch of other young pros are sending to their elders. As Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Steve Stricker, Lee Westwood, Ernie Els and Jim Furyk begin to fade, there are a slew of young golfers rapidly making their mark on the PGA Tour. The old guys may be getting pushed out faster than they like. Tiger is nursing...
Published: March 10, 2014
Patrick Reed trumped both the world-class field and the newly elongated Blue Monster at the WGC-Cadillac Championship for his third victory in the last eight months and a whopping $1.5 million in prize money. The 23-year-old Reed overcame wind and water at the 7,400-yard Trump National Doral in Miami, Fla. where some of golf’s most prominent players had trouble staying under par. He had...