Click here to listen. China, food for thought? In addition to keeping up with Russia and the U.S.A. with a newly developed missile system, China is also intent upon improving their visibility in the golf world and proving, as Annika Sorenstam said, that the LPGA is becoming a “global tour". Shanshan Feng, the only Chinese player on the LPGA Tour (so far) believes that, “China can become another Korea for golf. I believe so. Maybe not now but in the future.” In order to familiarize China as a golf destination, Feng, in the final round this week, even wore a shirt with ...

In the battle between the tortoise (Morgan) and the hare (Wie), the latest results are in: Morgan Pressel has taken the lead! With her second win on the Tour, Pressel has been making slow and steady progress in order to solidify both her position in the Rolex Rankings and as a serious contender in the LPGA. With a slew of top-ten finishes, a USA team win at the 2007 Solheim Cup and a pairing with Gulbis and Kerr to win the 2007 Wendy’s Three Tour Challenge under her belt, Morgan Pressel is pacing herself to become a long term player and ...

Click here to listen. Sprawling mountain views surrounded Barry and myself as soon as we departed Albuquerque airport for a week-long golf vacation in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The closest we had been to seeing vistas like this was when we travelled through Red Rock Canyon in Nevada over fifteen years ago, as a side trip to Las Vegas. The thin air first caught my attention as I climbed the stairs to our ‘casita’ in the newly opened Encantado Resort, a member of the Auberge family of upscale properties. The ‘room’ in which we stayed had the same effect as the altitude. ...

Click here to listen. Please don’t say that Tiger Woods is becoming an elitist! I always thought that Woods’ upbringing was middle-class Cablinasian , entering the sport at a bit of a disadvantage but now it appears to me as if Tiger Woods is becoming one of them…that is, corporate, blue-blooded American. Even his name, Tiger, seems much more of a terrific marketing ploy than Eldrick, a name in which his father tagged him after being saved by a South Vietnamese soldier during the war. Woods believes, before even building his new golf course in Punta Brava, that it will rival Pebble ...

Click here to listen. Since Anthony Kim is now being heralded as one of the rising young stars of the PGA Tour (and this weekend with a third place finish at the Korea Open), it seems befitting that we spend some time examining the reasons behind his choked down golf grip. The obvious intent is to improve upon basic contact but it’s also a way to establish better control over all of your shots. Kim’s grip even caught the eye of announcer Johnny Miller who made this assessment. “If you grip down, you don’t get the club stuck behind you. Your body ...