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The Honda Classic is not a major, but it is one of the most important tournaments of the young golf season. You don’t get Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods to compete if the tournament is not considered elite. While McIlroy and Woods finished first and second last year, neither was a factor this time around. The PGA National Champion Course at Palm Beach Gardens is one of the most challenging courses...
Published: March 1, 2013
Brandt Snedeker is one of the best golfers in the world. All you have to do is look at the 2013 PGA tour leaders to know that he is a formidable presence. He already has four top 10 finishes and one victory as the calendar moves into March. Snedeker served notice earlier this year when he had back-to-back second-place finishes behind Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines and Phil Mickelson at Phoenix before...
Published: February 26, 2013
Technically, Rory McIlroy made his 2013 PGA tour debut when he competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship last week. That appearance lasted just one round, as the top player in the world was defeated by Shane Lowry in the first round. That’s one of the facts of life about match play. If you can’t keep winning, you are sent home swiftly. McIlroy finally makes his return to a 72-hole...
Published: February 24, 2013
For many casual golf fans, the first round of the WGC Accenture Match Play championship was a disaster. Top seed Rory McIlroy lost to No. 64 seed Shane Lowry. Second-seeded Tiger Woods lost to No. 63 seed Charles Howell III. The two best players in the game were one-and-done. If you were dreaming of a spectacular championship match between McIlroy and Woods, you got smacked in the face. The golfing...
Published: February 17, 2013
There are different levels of success on the PGA Tour. The elite players are well known. Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods are at the top of the class, and there are 10 to 15 golfers who could join them in any given year to compete for major championships and the top spot on the money-winning list. Then there are middle-level golfers who can rise up, win a tournament or two and make a very comfortable living...
Published: February 17, 2013
Phil Mickelson continues to carry the hopes of golf fans who love to see him compete on the tour. From time to time, Mickelson will put it altogether and give his fans a thrill. Earlier this month, Mickelson played sensationally in the Phoenix Open. He started the tournament by firing a 60, and he never let down. He followed with 65, 64 and 67. The final totals gave Mickelson a 28-under total of 256...
Published: February 11, 2013
Brandt Snedeker has news for anyone who thinks that the 2013 golf season is going to belong to Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson. Snedeker is simply on fire. Yes, he won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, firing a 19-under par 267, beating runner-up Chris Kirk by two strokes. That score broke the tournament record that had been held by Phil Mickelson (2007) and Mark O’Meara...
Published: February 10, 2013
The game of golf is always changing. So are the results when it comes to the list of the PGA Tour’s best money earners. While there’s every reason to believe that Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson will be at or near the top once again this year, it may not work out that way. Not only could one one or two of those golfers have a disappointing year due to a slump...
Published: February 8, 2013
Is there any doubt that Bubba Watson is one of the three or four most gifted golfers on the PGA tour? He is a marketing man’s dream: the self-made golfer who can hit the ball longer than any of the elite players on the tour. He has a Masters to his credit, and he is capable of getting a crowd amped up and roaring when he gets on a roll. Watson is coming off the best season of his career, when...
Published: February 8, 2013
The 2012 golf season was a step in the right direction for Tiger Woods. After three straight years of watching his golf game fall apart, Woods started to recapture the form that made him a golf sensation. Woods won three PGA tournaments last year and finished second on the money-earning list behind Rory McIlroy. It was a solid comeback season and everyone in golf recognized that Woods was moving in...