Click here to listen. Imagine Tiger Woods’ instructor, Hank Haney, standing right in front of you, offering you advice on your golf game. That is exactly what happened to me at Chelsea Piers in New York in an event held in conjunction with The First Tee and FedEx. Okay, so Mr. Haney didn’t help only me that day, his main focus was on the hundred or so kids that belong to the New York Metropolitan Chapter where he mentioned, “What could be better than to help the best player in the world and to help kids?” The few minutes that I taped with ...

Click here to listen. “The problem is up ahead about two or three groups,” is the usual canned reply from the golf course ranger as our foursome is eagerly waiting to tee off. Patience is supposed to be a virtue but completing a round in over five hours is just ridiculous! We all know that the publinks are generally known for slow play and other etiquette faux pas so Barry and I, with help from the National Golf Foundation, have made it a point this week to assist both newer golfers and those duffers who have forgotten the basic niceties of the ...

Click here to listen. With a rousing finish at the 90th PGA Championship, Padraig Harrington confirmed that he can mix it up with the best golfers in the world, not solely on the European Tour. One may claim that a single major might have been a fluke but two in a row and three wins in the last six events prove that Harrington is really on to something! Perhaps Ben Hogan’s “secret” has something to do with it, mentioned Harrington’s instructor, Bob Torrance. Poor Sergio floundered once again. At the 2007 British Open, both Harrington and Garcia choked their way through the ...

Click here to listen. Golfers Lorena Ochoa and Juli Inkster are struggling to keep up with the influx of hard-hitting Asian women entering the LPGA Tour. Players from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea flooded the top of the Ricoh Women’s British Open leaderboard this weekend with only one American, Cristie Kerr, noticeable in a high-ranking position. There were always foreigners ensconced in the LPGA Tour. Many of the ladies play amateur golf here while attending school. So what’s all the fuss about Asians sharing the spotlight? Well, for one thing, a bogey-free round with six birdies is a tough act to follow. Even ...