In golf terms, "save" means a "par save," an up-and-down that saves a player from dropping a shot to par and the field. Jordan Spieth had a moment Saturday where a par save wouldn't have been enough. It's a measure of the level at which his playing partner, Matt Kuchar, was playing that a new … [Read more...]
Major history
7:15 a.m. GGMT (Grey Goatee Mean Time); 3:15 p.m. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), Southport, England While we wait on Spieth and the other leaders to tee off, we're diverted by Branden Grace, who is just off the green and needs only to get down in two for 62, the first in major history. After … [Read more...]
Royal Birkdale, of a fashion
6:11 a.m. GGMT (Grey Goatee Mean Time); 2:11 p.m. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), Southport, England Henrik Stenson, Champion Golfer of the Year until somebody takes it from him, was uncharacteristically sloppy Friday. I'm not talking about his clothes, mind you. His threads, by Hugo Boss, just … [Read more...]
To the Bland go the spoils?
We tried to activate the crack Grey Goatee Research scrimshankers today, which is to say we interrupted whatever it was they were doing, which might be too much information, if you get my meaning, if you catch my drift. The question seemed reasonable: Who is Richard Bland and what was he doing … [Read more...]
A single-length post
We wrote this about Bryson DeChambeau late last year in a post on golf-club technician Craig Foster: (Foster) wasn’t taken by surprise when Cobra Golf, a few weeks back, announced its new King F7 One Length and King F7 Forged One Length iron sets featuring traditional … [Read more...]
A brother at Bally Bandon
Found and experienced: The mysterious Sheep Ranch by Keith Potter The next big thing at Bandon is bound to be a big thing. After all, the courses at Bandon Dunes always deliver, unless the weather is too much like Scotland for some. So the thought of getting an early sniff at The Bally Bandon … [Read more...]
Real news of the world
Do you think the world is ignoring the 12th annual Howl at the Canal? We have proof to the otherwise. For example, this, from the global mass media just last year: (July 2016) I know we all want to talk about The Open Championship, and we can, if you like, but first a word about the … [Read more...]
Hawaii native Oda joins world-class field for Sahalee Players
Today, veteran journalist Paul Ramsdell takes a look at some of the elite amateur players in the field (and in the trees) for the Sahalee Players Championship July 5-7 at Sahalee Country Club. by Paul Ramsdell John Oda, an early commitment to the 23rd Sahalee Players Championship (SPC), … [Read more...]
The women’s game
If you're not watching the women's game, you're missing out on the most fascinating golf in the industry. Today's KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Olympia Fields in Illinois, just for instance, had it all going on, and the best part, watching on our television sets, was nobody among the … [Read more...]
The back way in
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- I left The Carson Cigar Company with a buzz in my brain and gratitude in my heart for a good martini and the bartender who built it, and it's no small thing to get all that and smoke a cigar, too, in one darkly well-lit place during normal business hours. It's impossible, … [Read more...]
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