Some time ago, I wrote a column supporting the choices that Michelle Wie had been making, to play against the men and so forth, but I think the last week has shown, she just doesn’t have the heart of a champion. Female athletes develop sooner than men, and if we compare her to the young boxer Cassius Clay (Ali) when he stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, the most feared boxer of his time, and after beating Liston to the punch and surviving some toxin in his eyes, beat Liston so thoroughly that Liston simply sat on his stool at ...

Despite all the modern advances in new “technology” in the golf equipment business, the game of golf still remains a simple one. That is, get the ball in the hole in as few a strokes as you are able. Secondly, beat the pants off your buddies. But, in the process, I think we have lost a bit of the charm, and the grace of the game. And, as I get out and play, I am always amazed at the fact that the vast majority of folks are NOT playing brand new equipment! Instead I see ...