Mickelson can play at EDS Byron Nelson Championship despite missing pro-am

Officials at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship are allowing Phil Mickelson to compete in the tournament even though he missed Wednesday’s pro-am event. Mickelson got stuck in Arkansas Tuesday night after his flight to Dallas was cancelled …

CBS has said it will not broadcast a commercial for Maxfli golf balls that appears to show John Daly picking up a beer while driving a cart at a golf course. The advertisement also shows Daly, who has struggled with alcohol abuse throughout his career, singing in a bar …

“It did not meet the standards of the CBS network,” spokeswoman LeslieAnn Wade said yesterday, as quoted by The Los Angeles Times. “Any implied or direct reference to excessive consumption of alcohol would not meet network guidelines.”

At GolfEurope.com, Brandon Tucker writes about Kingsbarns Golf Links in St. Andrews, Scotland, a course that he calls second only to the Old Course in the hierarchy of St. Andrews golf.