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Moist

July 15, 2022 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

8:35 a.m. You dry-eyed cynics who find haven in Grey Goatee Nation -- we get you -- watched Tiger Woods tee off on 18 this morning at St Andrews. You watched him walk across the bridge o'er Swilcan Burn, perhaps for the last time as an active player. He's hurt, and we hurt for him, and you -- we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: Dustin Johnson, St Andrews, The Open Championship, Tiger Woods

The Open Championship: We know why (and who)

July 17, 2019 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Gary Woodland, Global Golf Calendar; PGA Tour; LPGA Tour; Champions Tour, Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Patrick Reed, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Royal Portrush, The Open Championship, Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele

Nope, next year

September 27, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

It's not the Ryder Cup, and there's no sense pretending it is. The Americans will go and have fun and win and all will be jolly, because they don't really care. It's not the Ryder Cup. This American Presidents Cup group is a dream team unlike any trotted out there, even any past team that had a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Dustin Johnson, Global Golf Calendar, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Kuchar, Phil Mickelson, Presidents Cup, Rickie Fowler, Ryder Cup, Tiger Woods, Xander Schauffele

Pacific Links postscript

September 18, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

VICTORIA, British Columbia -- The Mountain Course at Bear Mountain is gorgeous, and tournament officials take good care of the players, volunteers and media. The resort is a nice, self-contained village with lots of ways to foster its guests’ willingness to drop wads of cash. The crowds were good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Dustin Johnson, Global Golf Calendar, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Lexi Thompson

Frontrunner

August 31, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

It’s getting real in the FedEx Cup race, and all of a sudden Dustin Johnson has a leg up on the field. Back in April, we would have thought nothing but, with no “all of a sudden” qualifier for the guy who was playing exactly like his No. 1 ranking. That was before Johnson’s world wobbled out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Brooke Henderson, Dustin Johnson, FedEx Cup, Global Golf Calendar, Rory McIlroy

You read it here first

June 15, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: 3GA Tour, Adam Hadwin, Dustin Johnson, Grey Goatee, Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, LPGA, Lucas Glover, Martin Kaymer, U.S. Open, USGA

The Masters Day One: Hey, Hoffman

April 6, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

The best player in the world was the most forlorn, the first betting parlor favorite to have his Masters scuttled before it started by a stockinged-feet stumble down a stairwell. Dustin Johnson was the story Thursday morning at Augusta, but his reluctant withdrawal opened the field for a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Charley Hoffman, Dustin Johnson, Grey Goatee Nation, Jordan Spieth, Masters

Circled in green

April 4, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

If you're like me, a regular guy's guy with golf on his brain in this week of weeks in April, you've been looping "Live from the Masters" on the Golf Channel, and by now you've seen it all and seen it all again. You've seen the 20-year retrospective of Tiger Woods' 12-stroke victory in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson, Global Golf Calendar, Jordan Spieth, The Masters

Arnie’s week

March 15, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: Arnie, Arnold Palmer, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Bay Hill, Dustin Johnson, Global Golf Calendar, Hideki Matsuyama, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, LPGA, PGA Tour, Rory McIlroy

D. Johnson, your Masters favorite

March 5, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, PGA Tour, Rickie Fowler, The Masters

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