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Present tense

June 15, 2022 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

Right about now, in a normal year, Phil Mickelson would be chatting up his annual attempt to win the U.S. Open, the only major he hasn't won, and that would be the only real topic, and he'd be charming, if you like his kind of shtick, like he was auditioning, as always, for the network analyst job … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Global Golf Calendar, Jay Monahan, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, Sam Burns, U.S. Open

Young guns

October 15, 2020 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

The Champions Tour got a goose of energy in this Covidially challenged season when Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson grew into their old-man pants. Els rolled in a 40-footer on 18 to win the SAS Championship in North Carolina this past Sunday for his second victory in 10 Champions starts in 2020, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: UncategorizedTagged With: Champions Tour, Ernie Els, PGA Tour Champions, Phil Mickelson

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

Monday murmuring

March 5, 2018 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

Justin Thomas had another "fuck, yeah" moment on 18 Sunday in Mexico City, holing out for eagle from 121 yards to take a sudden two-stroke lead to the clubhouse. Phil Mickelson made a routine birdie on 15 and a clutch birdie putt on 16 to force a playoff and set up an "oh, fuck" moment for Thomas -- … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Grey Goatee Nation, Justin Thomas, PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson, WGC

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

Masters Day Two: The old and the young of it

April 7, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

On a Friday at Augusta, it's about making the cut or not. In the narrow demographic of Grey Goatee Nation, it's about the old guys. Couples, are you kidding me? Lovely golf, at 57. Mesmerizing. Just go win, Freddie.  Phil Mickelson, at 46, knows this course better than anyone in the field … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NewsTagged With: Fred Couples, Grey Goatee Nation, Martin Kaymer, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler, The Masters

The desert classic

January 16, 2017 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

We're getting back to normal-ish in and near Grey Goatee Global HQ, which means 52-ish Fahrenheit and precipitatious, while in La Quinta, Calif., in the winter desert, it's looking like 65 for a high all week with a chance of moisture. So it's not so hot, all in all, and the hot guy's not here … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NewsTagged With: Bill Clinton, CareerBuilder Challenge, Global Golf Calendar, Grey Goatee Nation, Grey Goatee World Headquarters, Jason Dufner, Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson, President Bill Clinton

Lefty loosey-goosey on first day

July 15, 2016 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

6:45 p.m. Troon time; 10:45 a.m. GGMT Jason Day, plus-2. Jordan Spieth, level par. Dustin Johnson, level par. Rory McIlroy, minus-2. Phil Mickelson … not much in the conversation.  Until his bogey-free, course-record 63 Thursday at Royal Troon put his name on every tongue, and it could have been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: NewsTagged With: Dustin Johnson, Golf, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, The Open Championship

The Open, Day 2: Will it be Willett?

July 17, 2015 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

2:55 p.m. St Andrews time (6:55 a.m. PDT) He's making it look easy, Danny Willett is, and he's the easy story early in this rain-delayed second round at the Old Course. I'm wondering who he is, too. The things you learn when you check in with the crack Grey Goatee research staff (suddenly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, UncategorizedTagged With: Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson, Grey Goatee, Jordan Spieth, Phil Mickelson, The Old Course, The Open Championship, Zach Johnson

‘A thinking golfer’s championship as well as a shotmaker’s?’

June 17, 2015 By Bart Potter Leave a Comment

by Bart Potter UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. – The early line on who will win the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay Golf Course is … Chambers Bay Golf Course. The world’s best players might leave the course in shreds – four days of play will tell – or leave the tournament in tears. Nobody is betting much on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Road Holes, The CraftTagged With: Mike Davis, Phil Mickelson, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Tiger Woods, U.S. Open, USGA

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