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Dec
09
GOOD SHOT, BAD SHOT. BAD SHOT, GOOD SHOT. Bad shot, bad shot. I've experienced it all, and maybe you have, too. That's golf.
However, for me (and probably for you) those dramatic reversals don't occur in front of hundreds of spectators and on national television. They don't happen in a head-to-head duel with Tiger Woods. (Unless we're dreaming.)
Standing in the middle of the 18th fairway at Sherwood Country Club, Zach Johnson had a green-light special, as Johnny Miller might call it. The feisty Iowan and Masters champion had caught Woods with a birdie at the par-3 17th hole. Tiger drove left at the final hole, tried to curve his second shot around trouble, and ended up in a bunker to the right of the green.
Edge to Johnson, who was stuffing his short irons. Just get the approach shot on the lower tier of the 18th green and he'd have a birdie putt that, if he made it, would likely steal the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge from the host.
That's when Zach clanked an iron shot...
However, for me (and probably for you) those dramatic reversals don't occur in front of hundreds of spectators and on national television. They don't happen in a head-to-head duel with Tiger Woods. (Unless we're dreaming.)
Standing in the middle of the 18th fairway at Sherwood Country Club, Zach Johnson had a green-light special, as Johnny Miller might call it. The feisty Iowan and Masters champion had caught Woods with a birdie at the par-3 17th hole. Tiger drove left at the final hole, tried to curve his second shot around trouble, and ended up in a bunker to the right of the green.
Edge to Johnson, who was stuffing his short irons. Just get the approach shot on the lower tier of the 18th green and he'd have a birdie putt that, if he made it, would likely steal the Northwestern Mutual World Challenge from the host.
That's when Zach clanked an iron shot...
Dec
06
(The following edited content was supplied by Mandarin Media in a news release.)
THE FARM AT CAPE KIDNAPPERS, home to one of the world's top-ranked golf courses and an equally feted boutique lodge, has been named Golf Resort of the Year for 2014, as part of the golf industry "Oscars", the IAGTO Awards.
Golf Resort of the Year honours are split among three regional categories: North America, Europe and the Rest of the World. The Farm at Cape Kidnappers was honoured in the Rest of the World category.
Established in 2000 by global golf tourism organisation IAGTO (International Association of Golf Tour Operators), the IAGTO Awards are the official annual decorations bestowed by the golf tourism industry. IAGTO's 500-plus golf tour operators from 62 different countries cast their votes this year....
Dec
05
By Golf Channel News
The following tournament lineup, TV schedule and other information were supplied by Golf Channel in a news release.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WORLD CHALLENGE
Dates: December 5-8
Venue: Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Golf Channel Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8-11 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8-11 p.m. (Replay)
Saturday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Replay)
Sunday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Replay)
NBC Airtimes (Eastern):
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Event Notes
Sherwood Sendoff: This week is the 14th and final year that Sherwood Country Club will host the event, as it moves to Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Fla. next December, replacing the inter-club Tavistock Cup. Players...
The following tournament lineup, TV schedule and other information were supplied by Golf Channel in a news release.
Dates: December 5-8
Venue: Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Golf Channel Airtimes (Eastern):
Thursday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8-11 p.m. (Replay)
Friday 3-6 p.m. (Live) / 8-11 p.m. (Replay)
Saturday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Replay)
Sunday 1-3 p.m. (Live) / 6:30-9:30 p.m. (Replay)
NBC Airtimes (Eastern):
Saturday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Sunday 3-6 p.m. (Live)
Event Notes
Sherwood Sendoff: This week is the 14th and final year that Sherwood Country Club will host the event, as it moves to Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Fla. next December, replacing the inter-club Tavistock Cup. Players...
Dec
04
THIS EMAIL FROM AN ACQUAINTANCE LANDED in my inbox during Thanksgiving week:
Feel free to leave a comment below or drop me a line at...
Neil,
I've done it. At age 70-1/2, I have taken up the game, and am now officially hooked. It appears to agree with my genetic athletic makeup.
After only 60 days, I can reasonably expect a par or two and 3-4 bogeys in nine holes .... The rest is ugly, but I continue to progress.
I'd love to buy you coffee sometime and yak about golf for geezers. Plus, I'd like your take on good places for people like me to play vacation golf and actually enjoy it.
If you were me, what would you tell this new geezer golfer? Where would you send him in the Mid Atlantic (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina region of United States) or beyond for an enjoyable golf vacation?
After only 60 days, I can reasonably expect a par or two and 3-4 bogeys in nine holes .... The rest is ugly, but I continue to progress.
I'd love to buy you coffee sometime and yak about golf for geezers. Plus, I'd like your take on good places for people like me to play vacation golf and actually enjoy it.
Feel free to leave a comment below or drop me a line at...
Dec
03
OCTOBER IS NOT JUNE, AND AN OUTING with friends is not the final round of the U.S. Open in front of thousands of spectators, but new champion Justin Rose returned to Merion Golf Club as the leaves were turning colors in the Philadelphia suburb.
"Rosie" had to try the shot again. There was a lot less pressure this time. There were a few laughs instead.
The USGA reported:
"Rosie" had to try the shot again. There was a lot less pressure this time. There were a few laughs instead.
The USGA reported:
"It's playing short today!” the reigning U.S. Open champion exclaims, and 11 of his closest friends respond with laughter.
Nearly four months earlier, Rose had hit an outstanding 4-iron approach shot on the 72nd hole of the championship that skirted the hole before barely trickling over the green, leading to an up-and-down that all but sealed his first major victory.
The Englishman returned to the site of his triumph in October, as part of this year's edition of an annual golf getaway the group has dubbed the JR...
Nearly four months earlier, Rose had hit an outstanding 4-iron approach shot on the 72nd hole of the championship that skirted the hole before barely trickling over the green, leading to an up-and-down that all but sealed his first major victory.
The Englishman returned to the site of his triumph in October, as part of this year's edition of an annual golf getaway the group has dubbed the JR...
Dec
02
WILL TIGER WOODS CATCH AND PASS Jack Nicklaus? I'm talking about The Record, of course. Jack has bagged 18 professional majors. Tiger has 14. But Woods has been stuck on 14 since June 2008 when he limped to a U.S. Open playoff victory over Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines.
Recently, Tiger sat for an interview with Rachel Nichols for her CNN program, "Unguarded." Nichols popped The Question:
"As that stretch gets longer and longer without a major, what's that pressure like, as it builds and builds?"
You can play the clip to hear how Tiger answered. "It takes a career" was the essence of his answer. I think Tiger gives about as good an answer on this recurring question as can be expected considering the circumstances (a five-year majors drought).
But one can't help wondering if, at age 38 (on December 30), Tiger will catch Jack, much less beat the Golden Bear's record.
Can he?
Sure. It's definitely possible.
But will he?
It's seeming more and more doubtful to me with the...
Recently, Tiger sat for an interview with Rachel Nichols for her CNN program, "Unguarded." Nichols popped The Question:
"As that stretch gets longer and longer without a major, what's that pressure like, as it builds and builds?"
You can play the clip to hear how Tiger answered. "It takes a career" was the essence of his answer. I think Tiger gives about as good an answer on this recurring question as can be expected considering the circumstances (a five-year majors drought).
But one can't help wondering if, at age 38 (on December 30), Tiger will catch Jack, much less beat the Golden Bear's record.
Can he?
Sure. It's definitely possible.
But will he?
It's seeming more and more doubtful to me with the...
Dec
01
By Brian Keogh
Brian Keogh is a golf correspondent for The Irish Sun and a contributor to The Irish Times, Golf Digest Ireland and other golf publications. The following excerpt from Brian’s Irish Golf Desk is used with permission.
Rory McIlroy might have remained sixth in the world but his dramatic final hole victory in the Emirates Australian Open in what was his last full start of a fraught season may well go down as one of the most significant of his career. Four shots behind Masters champion Adam Scott (71) starting the day, he hunted down the Masters champion relentlessly, pulling level after just eight holes before eventually snatching the title with a 15 foot birdie putt at the last after the Australian had overshot the green, chipped 60...
Brian Keogh is a golf correspondent for The Irish Sun and a contributor to The Irish Times, Golf Digest Ireland and other golf publications. The following excerpt from Brian’s Irish Golf Desk is used with permission.
Rory McIlroy might have remained sixth in the world but his dramatic final hole victory in the Emirates Australian Open in what was his last full start of a fraught season may well go down as one of the most significant of his career. Four shots behind Masters champion Adam Scott (71) starting the day, he hunted down the Masters champion relentlessly, pulling level after just eight holes before eventually snatching the title with a 15 foot birdie putt at the last after the Australian had overshot the green, chipped 60...
Nov
29
AFTER AN OPENING 62, ADAM SCOTT held onto the lead at the halfway mark of the Emirates Australian Open. But Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy sprang into contention with a solid round on Friday.
BBC Sport reported:
BBC Sport reported:
Rory McIlroy carded nine birdies in a round of 65 to move two shots behind leader Adam Scott after two rounds of the Australian Open at Royal Sydney.
Seven back after day one, McIlroy, yet to win this year, benefitted from more favourable early conditions and reached 10 under, taking only 25 putts.
Scott endured blustery, wet afternoon weather and mixed seven birdies with a double bogey and three bogeys in a 70.
"It was a tough afternoon with plenty of good stuff in there but then I made a few mistakes in the tricky...Seven back after day one, McIlroy, yet to win this year, benefitted from more favourable early conditions and reached 10 under, taking only 25 putts.
Scott endured blustery, wet afternoon weather and mixed seven birdies with a double bogey and three bogeys in a 70.
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