The next big thing in big-time men's golf is the Presidents Cup in December, and boy oh boy our boys are eager to win one for the prez in Australia, right there where people remember how our hero alienated the Aussie prime minister over the telephone, butt-dialed him or something, then got pissy … [Read more...]
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Maj. Major edition
In the limitless wisdom of the schedulers of the big-time professional golf tours, it must have seemed like a good idea to somebody to schedule, this week, a Champions Tour major against an LPGA major. It flat guarantees that constituents of neither will pay attention to the other, which is okay, … [Read more...]
Fleetwood, of a fashion
We watch, from a safe distance, as the famously astute Grey Goatee Fashion Committee goes about its work. There is much at stake: nothing less, today, than the Champion Dresser of the Year. We wonder, right along with the rest of you, about the committee and its members and their deliberations … [Read more...]
By its whiskey be told
The best way to think about the difference between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is not in religious or geopolitical terms, fraught as they are, nor even in terms of golf. As Shane Lowry said, “Everyone knows we’re all one country when it comes to golf.” We wouldn’t argue with the … [Read more...]
Lowry by the numbers
8:33 a.m. Grey Goatee Mean Time Shane Lowry carries 102 kg, which is roundabout 225 ell bees sculpted in a kind of way on his 1.85-meter frame, The ne'er-do-wells in the Grey Goatee Research cell shared these vital statistics about the ath-a-lete who is leading The Open Championship. We … [Read more...]
Lowry lights it up
7:32 a.m. Grey Goatee Mean Time You'd be having fun, too, if you'd planted five birdies in a front-nine 31 and held the outright lead halfway through a Friday at The Open Championship. So why not, like Shane Lowry, make birdie on 10, too? His 40-footer on the rolling green bumped him to … [Read more...]
World fashion news
6:38 a.m. Grey Goatee Mean Time Our famously astute Grey Goatee Fashion Committee has not always endorsed the sartorial selections of Britisher Justin Rose, but so far he's wearing well the favorite's jacket we draped on his narrow shoulders this week for The Open Championship. Rose is 4-under … [Read more...]
A Rrroyal ace
7:17 a.m. Grey Goatee Mean Time Emiliano Grillo’s hole-in-one today on No. 13 at Royal Portrush is not the first time the Argentinian has come to the attention of the Great Grey Nation in a major. Back in 2016, when Grillo briefly led the PGA Championship on its second day only to lose the … [Read more...]
Just a game of golf
5:44 a.m. Grey Goatee Mean Time The opening tee shot of The Open at Royal Portrush belonged to the 2011 Champion Golfer of the Year, a 50-year-old Northern Irishman swinging around the tournament’s most impressive belly. Darren Clarke’s drive drew nicely onto the right edge of the fairway, … [Read more...]
The Open Championship: We know why (and who)
Herewith the reasons these players who could win The Open Championship will not win The Open Championship: Brooks Koepka: Too obvious Patrick Cantlay: Too who? Phil Mickelson: Too weak, too wan Patrick Reed: Too green Tiger Woods: Too soon Bryson DeChambeau: Too smart Dustin Johnson: Too … [Read more...]
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