KENT, Wash. -- They let the dirty media in to chew up their golf course Tuesday, and the playing grounds held up under the pounding and hacking and grinding. The quiet early-May light showed off the angular sightlines of Meridian Valley Country Club to good advantage, and though we … [Read more...]
Arnie’s week
The first Arnold Palmer Invitational since the man himself died last year will be a little light on glamor but heavy in youthful talent, which is about the way it is every week. The young talent goes deep on today's PGA Tour, and when you get down to No. 51 in the World Golf Rankings (for now) you … [Read more...]
D. Johnson, your Masters favorite
It begins to seem like Dustin Johnson should never lose a golf tournament. When he’s striking it and creating around the greens and making putts, there’s no one as good. He can beat himself, and nearly did over a shaky few holes near the end Sunday at Club de Golf Chapultepec. We know, … [Read more...]
The Hawaii swing
Here in the World HQ of Grey Goatee Nation, we stare at a forecast for several inches of snow, and we sigh. A round of golf in the sunshine is a prospect seen only dimly down the days. Thus we consider the PGA Tour, which annually opens the New Year with back-to-backers in Hawaii, the … [Read more...]
Winners only need apply
Here at Kapalua on Maui, you got your Spieths and your Days and your DJs, and you got your guys like Canadian Mackenzie Hughes, who won the RSM Classic in a playoff. You knew that, right? You got Aaron Baddeley, who's here because he won on the PGA Tour last season for the first time since … [Read more...]
An American in Calgary
At some point all the nastiness will be over and we’ll be glad of it, at least until the day we’ll wish it was just politics again. Because the election won’t end well, we know that, and too soon will come the actual governing, and we'll have to live with who we got, and that can only mean cruel … [Read more...]
Reno edition
It's a night when I might as well feel good about things because the bills that are trailing me won't catch up until, like, Tuesday and my week's work in Reno is done and the Cubs won, Cubs won, and the bar in the Silver Legacy is perfectly happy to reward me for being a good hard-working American … [Read more...]
Tiger changes his stripes
It's easy to be disappointed that Tiger Woods has withdrawn from this weekend's Safeway Classic in Napa, but hard to be surprised. He's not hurt, they say, but his game's not ready. Shit, whose game is? But we power on, right? Another 500 points is in play this week for the winner in the … [Read more...]
The promise of Tiger
Tiger Woods in wine country, playing actual competitive golf ... no, not this week, next week, but we think it's OK to jump the gun a little bit. We're missing somethin' in golf with Arnold Palmer gone. Woods is no Arnie, but maybe he can fill the void a little bit, bridge the glamour gap, help us … [Read more...]
Citizen Palmer
I watched the debate last night, but only after seeing "Arnie" through again on the Golf Channel. I let the DVR cover the early-round insults and lies while I made sure I hadn't missed any segments in the 2014 mini-series about Arnold Palmer, which was looping continuously on Monday, the day after … [Read more...]
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