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...]
Green days
If it hadn't been for Patrick Reed being the actual defending champion, the Champions Dinner Tuesday at the Masters would have been green-jacketed business as usual. Reed isn't Augusta-friendly, so much -- kind of a dickhead, really -- and maybe that's why we like him around the Nation of Grey. … [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...]
The world is watching
The smart money in the U.S. Senior Open is always -- forever? -- Bernhard Langer. The smart play has never attracted us ... we say, Why not Monty? They're teeing off in the Olympics golf tournament in Rio. We're betting on Patrick Reed ... not the people's choice (none of those guys are even in … [Read more...]
Day Two: Wherein we discover
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. -- The front nine at Discovery Bay Golf Course looks like a couple guys got together, took a stroll through the land and laid down a golf course. It was the early 1920s, and they weren't professional architects. They did a damn good job. The back looks different. It looks … [Read more...]
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