They don't call us The Masters for nothing. We wise old heads of the Grey Goatee Golf Association go head-to-head this weekend with a nice little invitational tournament down in Augusta. They call theirs a major. We call ours THE major of the global golf season so far, just as it has been every … [Read more...]
Global Golf Calendar: Simplicity edition
This afternoon, Brandel Chamblee is as usual liking the sound of his own voice a little more than anybody listening, including the guys sitting with him on the Golf Channel set in front of a green screen that might actually be a window onto Augusta National Golf Club. He's doing that thing … [Read more...]
Matsuyama gets it done
Xander Schauffele made a distressing triple at 16 after a run of birdies and a Matsuyma bogey had him knocking. Boris closed with a birdie, good enough for solo second. So syllables aside, and Hideki Matsuyama has a cluster, he's the Masters champion. It's history enough that Matsuyama is the … [Read more...]
Georgia, oh Georgia
Headlines you will never read: CBS joins Georgia boycott, cancels Masters affiliation Prominent tour players join Georgia boycott, skip Masters Georgia legislature votes to feed the hungry and clothe the naked Gov. Kemp signs 'Matthew 25:36 Act' into law, says, 'Of course I support my … [Read more...]
Tiger for the books
The injuries were major and maybe preventable, but if you ask me what knocked Tiger down was the fall from the haughty perch built on freakish control of every situation on and off the golf course. That’s what we thought, and how wrong we were. What do we think now that he’s won the Masters? I … [Read more...]
The Masters Day One: Hey, Hoffman
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...]
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