Once upon a horse-racing major I told you to take the Baffert horse in the Preakness without disclosing, in the spirit of full disclosure, that ... okay, if I disclosed now what I didn't disclose then, you'd be justified in doubting the handicapping acumen behind my urging you today, if I were to do … [Read more...]
Make my julep with Herradura
A couple career journeymen teamed to claim the title last weekend at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. It could be said Scott Piercy (four career wins) and Billy Horschel (five) are journeymen with a difference -- they've won out there. Horschel, in particular, has a big star by … [Read more...]
Golf for Scotty G
Golf for Scotty G -- We do what we can, which isn't much, but we can play golf, and we will, at a little benefit tournament April 28 at Capitol City Golf Club in Lacey, Wash. The forecast calls for a lot of kind and generous people stepping up for our friend Scott Geist, who's up against … [Read more...]
It’s problematic
They say "problematic" is a trending word and concept in our culture of the now. I think it's supposed to call out how conflicted we feel about a good movie by a director who's a dirtbag with women, or the public achievements of a civil rights leader who does his abusing in private. Nobody … [Read more...]
Major ramifications
Leave it to the women, demonstrably more clever in all things than men in general, to put on the first major of the professional goffin' season. Officially, it's the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, but you can call it the Dinah. Eun-Hi Jee stamped herself a contender with a victory last … [Read more...]
Pain control
Jon Rahm is not the story at the Farmers Insurance Open this week, and won't be any sooner than Saturday, even though he's defending champion, even if he's leading the tournament, even if he did supplant Jordan Spieth at No. 2 in the World Goffin' Rankings with a playoff victory last weekend … [Read more...]
Prep work
So I wonder, then, if I'm not old, why all I talk about are "procedures," friends who are sick, and incarcerating or otherwise caring for our parents prior to burying them. It's enough to make a guy hide his head ... preferably, if it came to that, in a greenside bunker of fine white sand in … [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...]
You read it here first
Please: No wagering whatsoever should result from the insider knowledge you will absorb from these U.S. Open predictions. It wouldn't be fair to all the other people, millions of them, for as many reasons, who don't read in this space. Dustin Johnson won't repeat. Martin Kaymer won't win … [Read more...]
Alphabet edition
We remember, fondly, when golfers and other sports figures talked of boycotting events at venues connected to a certain toxic candidate for public office. That candidate is not magically any less toxic, but he is, tragically, president of the United States. So now it's OK for organizations like … [Read more...]
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