Despite being given several opportunities from an ESPN Anchor on “First Take”, Tiger Woods didn’t feel the need to apologize for a profanity-laced tirade at a photographer at the CA Championship at Doral this weekend. I’ve looked at some articles online and can’t find any quotes from Tiger with the slightest hint of an apology for his outburst that would make Ozzie Guillen raise an eyebrow. Even if Tiger holds a grudge against golf photographers the rest of his career for apparently blowing his perfect 2008 season, he should still take the high road and at the very least, offer ...

I’m scrolling through some comments left on this week’s WorldGolf.com newsletter column, where I suggest it isn’t Tiger’s lack of competition - rather the selection of golf courses that is to blame for his dominance on Tour. I’m getting comments from “You’re 100% right” to “Dumbest category article ever", with dozens in between. My argument is flawed, I admit, but no more so than any other theories as to why Tiger is so superior - or why Jack had it rougher. Here’s the problem: you simply can’t compare different generations of sports. It doesn’t matter if it’s Tiger versus Jack, ...

I initially believed the reason I liked my hotel room coffee at all three Kauai resorts I stayed in last week (Marriott Kauai Beach Club, the Princeville Resort and the Grand Hyatt), was because of the five-star, decked out guest rooms with gorgeous ocean and mountain views. Each of your five senses are going to be heightened when you’re enveloped in digs this posh. I could have been sipping Circle K coffee in a styrofoam cup and felt like royalty. Since then, my environment has changed six time zones, and today I’m back in my cluttered, one-bedroom apartment (whenever I ...

Random thoughts on Kauai as I wait out a flight delay in Honolulu… - The next time I go to Hawaii, I’m going to make sure I go to a beach or two first before golfing. The problem with a golf-only itinerary is that by the time you do have a minute to go to the beach, your tan lines are so bad it’s embarrassing, especially when all these bronzed surfers with pony tails are strolling up and down the beach. Six days later, my limbs are tomatoes while my chest is ghostly! If Halloween was tomorrow, I’d draw a little ...

Kohler’s Whistling Straits and the Princeville Resort’s Prince course in Kauai are infamously known as two of the toughest resort courses in America. I’ve had the pleasure to get sliced and diced on each in the last year. They are similar in a lot of categories. They’re both magnificent, one-of-a-kind courses, but stressfully scenic, if you know what I mean. On each, there are countless vistas that will inspire its share of “oh wow’s” and “oh crap’s!” I played each course from the second to back set of tees, both in the 6,900-yard range. In each instance, this was a ...

A lot of hotels and resorts around the world are upgrading their in-room amenities, but they’re going about it in the wrong way. Many of them are rushing out to install flat screen LCD TVs. Then they don’t get the High Def hook-up, so you’re stuck with a picture that is actually worse than a traditional tube TV can produce ("Is Shaq’s face really that flat?” you ponder as you watch sports on a stretched out aspect ratio…) One Hawaii resort out there is going about its in-room upgrades the right way. The Grand Hyatt Resort on Kauai is an ...

There are a lot of golf resorts out there that boast one spectacular golf course, then a couple other serviceable seconds. The Princeville Resort in Kauai, Hawaii is not one of them. You’ve probably heard of Princeville’s famous Prince course, whether you played it on a computer game over the years, or have seen it at the top of Hawaii’s top rated courses in many national magazines. But play the original Makai course first, and you’ll be second-guessing whether or not you’re playing Princeville’s also-ran. The Makai features 27 holes and two of the nines, the Ocean and Lakes, feature ...

It doesn’t take long in Hawaii to realize the natives practice a care-free way of life. I don’t think “stress” is in the vernacular here. And when it comes to their dress code, I’m their biggest fan. For instance, the TV reporters on the local stations here wear patterned floral Hawaiian shirts, not the standard, trustworthy suit and tie. As a former local news reporter, I’m extremely jealous. The number one reason I got out the business is because I couldn’t stand wearing a suit and tie five days a week (especially when I only had two suits - one ...

Not only are you unlikely to be seated next to any Hooters girls on Southwest Airlines, the plane might be a death trap, too. The discount carrier’s recent squabbles with leggy women, including a Hooters girl and a recent case involving two, Paris Hilton wannabe primadonna teens, are nothing compared to the most recent claim announced today. From CNN.com: Documents submitted by FAA inspectors to congressional investigators allege the airline flew at least 117 of its planes in violation of mandatory safety checks. In some cases, the documents say, the planes flew for 30 months after government inspection deadlines ...

A few unrelated happenings in Myrtle Beach this spring….. If you are like me, your body has a chemical connection between 18 holes of golf and the hankering for Buffalo wings and a tall beer after your round. So the biggest news, in my opinion, is the new Buffalo Wild Wings location in Myrtle Beach. This is my favorite wing chain, barely edging out Wild Wing Cafe. The new “B-Dubbs” is located off Hwy 501 near Carolina Forest. So, wing buffs in Myrtle Beach, every corner of the Grand Strand now has a bon-a-fide wing joint. There are Buffalo Wild Wings ...