Apr
14
Lone Star State is big enough for both new and old Valero Texas Open hosts: Westin La Cantera and TPC San Antonio
Send feedback »SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- That big, 1,001-room hotel that sits behind the 16th green was quite the As the TPC San Antonio and JW Marriott opened up last year, it meant the Westin la Cantera had to step aside to make room at the top. I just wrote a fe… more »
Jan
31
Rory Sabbatini and Ian Poulter have become the PGA Tour's court jesters for their ironic combination of girlie fashion sense and heroic "I can beat Tiger" statements.
Sabbatini imposed a media boycott at the Mercedes Championship after press jumped a… more »
Jan
30
Traveling American golfer,United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke does not want you going to Scotland, Ireland, or anywhere in Europe to play links golf. My sources tell me its because Bernanke never mastered the bump-and-run and likes ri… more »
Jan
29
New golf course openings are few and far between in the Grand Strand these days, so it's pretty big news a shiny new course will open this week: The Founders Club in Pawleys Island, just south of Myrtle Beach. It's the first to open in the Grand Strand s… more »
Jan
19
ORLANDO - Never fear everyone, B Tuck is back to bring some sense into golf's fashion world. I feel like fashion has taken over the PGA Show this year, practically half the space seems dedicated to apparel.
And that's a good thing, because that means… more »
Jan
19
ORLANDO - I think a proper equation for the PGA Show (and probably all trade shows for that matter) is that the amount of cleavage bore by a booth's models are relative to the uselessness of the product being hocked.
Take Green Novelties, for instanc… more »
Jan
18
ORLANDO - I'm sitting here in my Orlando hotel room looking at three, 2 oz. shots of competing energy drinks that are on display at the PGA Merchandise Show this week.
I'm kind of bored, so I'm thinking about taking all three shots at once.
Befor… more »
Jan
16
Golfers and mass transit don't get along very well. We're often leaving for the course with little time to spare, so taking the 20-minute bus ride to the course five minutes away by car is seldom a favored option. Hauling our clubs on buses or trains… more »
Jan
11
A collection of related thoughts on the ongoing Kelly Tilghman debacle:
-How come whenever Rev. Al Sharpton is in the news it's because he is demanding someone be fired? I thought "Reverends" were supposed to forgive.
-A more genuine apology and… more »
Jan
11
I had a feeling that last night's Republican debates in Myrtle Beach would be anything but ordinary.
That was an understatement.
Chuck Norris threw a Kia 100 feet in the parking lot, Rudy Giuliani was booed off the stage and Ron Paul revealed My… more »
Jan
09
I didn't even realize what was happening until yesterday. While at a red light one block from my office, six giant heads made of sand were suddenly staring at me from across the street of the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.
I thought I had suddenly b… more »
Jan
07
St. Andrews raises cost of local season pass, but residents still get the best deal in golf
2 feedbacks »I've never doubted my chosen institution of higher learning more seriously than one late night last fall in St. Andrews.
I was at One-o-One, a take-out joint in town that serves up late-night pizza and just about anything you can throw in a deep frye… more »
Jan
03
I am not an advocate of reptiles, especially snakes. I would mercilessly kill each one I encountered, if I didn't have a far greater fear of machetes.
Sometimes in my cubicle, I am startled by my black phone cord in the corner of my left eye, because… more »
Dec
20
It seems like a perfect fit:
Vacationing golfers, playing 18-36 holes a day and wearing out their aching feet - followed by a rejuvenating pedicure in the hotel spa.
Believe it or not, the service remains largely untapped by the male golfing demo… more »
Dec
14
There are certain underdog golf destinations I can't help but root for as they try and gain attention among the many heavyweights like Arizona, Scotland and Myrtle Beach. Like Poland, for example. I suppose you can't really call a country of 40 m… more »
Dec
12
Probably the most rewarding thing about a round of golf - other than a roped 240-yard 3-wood over water to six feet - is when you are a witness to nature in action. Dataw Island is a small coastal community near Beaufort, SC. I'm still not all that s… more »
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