Steve Elkington is more than a championship player. He’s a questing soul, a seeker of truth and beauty in the art, science and sorcery of golf. Last spring (The Blogolfosphere, May 10, 2011), Craig Foster got an email from Elkington, a 10-time winner on the PGAtour, including the 1995 PGA … [Read more...]
Mother Nature and other proud mamas
Jan. 20, 2012, 12:21 a.m. PST In the fast-twitch world of blogs and tweets and tubes, it’s only right that Mother Nature has her say, too. It’s past midnight, and the guys are still working at the end of the street to rebuild the power pole that tilted under the weight of frozen snow and the big … [Read more...]
The Conversation: It could save your marriage
Make no mistake, I, for one, appreciate the thought. I am very reluctant to discourage the impulse. They are the ones, after all, who love you and want you to be happy. That they might have been slow to catch on that golf is the most important thing in your life (and still might not realize that … [Read more...]
My father’s spoon: A new golf club, only six decades old
by Bart Potter It’s the kind of place you look for excuses to go back to. When you’re there, you make up reasons to linger. Fortunately, if you play much golf at all, you need to visit somebody like Craig Foster sooner or later: shafts break, grips get slick, new equipment mysteriously finds … [Read more...]
Tiger: When he’s bad he’s better
Fred Couples said it: “When I’m 100 years old and I tell somebody that I captained two of these, and that Tiger Woods won both cups for me, they’ll look at me and go, ‘Wow.’” Woods won his singles match for the Presidents Cup-clinching point, which was more a matter of timing than making a clutch … [Read more...]
Of argyles and micro-stripes: Presidents Cup too close to call
Let’s talk fashion. Really. Except for the odd bunker blast this year and the fascinating Royal Melbourne torture track, it’s more interesting than the golf. The Presidents Cup is a bi-yearly late-season curio on the world golf calendar, and it ain’t the Ryder Cup. It could be said the Americans, … [Read more...]
Captains’ Cup: Watch it for Norman and Couples
MELBOURNE – Two of the most charismatic people in the world of golf claim the title of “captain” this week, which is just about enough to rescue the Presidents Cup, which will always be the other and lesser “U.S. versus … “ event, at least to American eyes. And Tiger is here. That puts butts … [Read more...]
The journeyman does what journeymen do
It's the major tournament for journeymen, so it seemed only right that the journeyman's journeyman was doing nothing but hitting greens and making putts. Jason Dufner, he of the quiet mien and distinctive waggle, was also leading the PGA Championship on Sunday by four strokes after a kid named … [Read more...]
News flash: Science proves pro golfers have better swings than amateurs
In an issue that included studies headlined “Differences in Geriatric Anthropometric Data Between DXA-Based Subject-Specific Estimates and Non-Age-Specific Traditional Regression Models,” and other titles similarly impenetrable, the latest Journal of Applied Biomechanics found room for this … [Read more...]
Clarke: Champion of the moment, Champion of the Year
10:25 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (6:25 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time) At 42, life is good for Darren Clarke. He's soon to marry a beauty queen, he enjoys enormous popularity with the public and his fellow players, and – though he might say it's OK either way – being Champion Golfer of … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- …
- 38
- Next Page »
Recent Comments