Nov
28
A few months ago, I was in Montreal, covering the Presidents Cup.
During one of the press conferences - if memory serves, it was to the end of the event - Gary Player launched on a mini-tirade about the need to bring golf to more countries. He said, u… more »
Nov
27
Go on, admit it, I know you've been wondering where former U.S. Open Champ Michael Campbell has been up to all these years after his victory in 2005.
Well, he hasn't been doing much, but it seems that he's still the marquee draw for the The Michael Hi… more »
Nov
19
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Golf is a relatively straight forward game, not difficult to comprehend even at its most arcane. And even the best golf courses in the world have more in common with the rank-and-file than not. Fundamentally, if you've been on one go… more »
Nov
14
I'll say this at the outset: I often agree with much that TravelGolf.com's Chris Baldwin has to say. Not everything, but a lot. More often than not, Baldwin is spot on with his takes on the game, and I usually admire his willingness to take unpopular pos… more »
Nov
13
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Should an 18th hole be hard or easy? Should it let you down softly into the clubhouse and give you a jolt of confidence (all the more important after a tough round)? Or should it make you work to get home. A hammock hole (just… more »
Nov
08
Justin Rose was recently crowned the European PGA Tour's Player of the Year, winning the coveted Order of Merit and simultaneously snapping most of our attention away from what were other, more marquee Euro tour golfers that seemed to be having a hell of… more »
Oct
27
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Here's a question: Can anyone working in America today besides a weatherman be so consistently wrong and still keep his job?
Think about it. How often has your local "meteorologist" been wrong, and I mean dead wrong , on his "for… more »
Oct
06
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. - In a little more than a year from now, America's eyes, if not the world's, will be focused on this little hamlet in the mountains of New Hampshire's North Woods - if only for about 30 minutes.
Every presidential election, Dixvil… more »
Oct
05
NEWRY, Maine - I'm sitting on the slopes of Sunday River Ski Mountain, at the Sunday River Brewing Co., drinking the Sunday River Summer. Yeah, it's Fall, I know, but this brew is seriously quaffable. Which got me thinking about some of the secondary… more »
Oct
05
CARABASSETT VALLEY, Maine – If you play Sugarloaf Golf Club here, then you'll quickly learn all about Robert Trent Jones Jr.'s 'String of Pearls'.
Jones designed the course about 20 years ago. The string consists of Nos. 10-15 that wind along the so… more »
Oct
02
BELGRADE LAKES, Maine - New Englanders consider Fall their birthright, the best time of year.On about this time of year, especially up here, summer is a distant memory (it probably only lasted two months or so anyway). The days grow increasingly shor… more »
Sep
30
MONTREAL - Mike Weir did today what few have done: Survive a Tiger Woods comeback.
Trailing by one stroke with two holes to play, Weir held on to beat Woods 1-up in what was today's most highly anticipated match-up.
Woods was down by as many as thr… more »
Sep
30
MONTREAL - The United States has won the 2007 Presidents Cup today, after Stewart Cink clinched it by beating Nick O'Hern 6 and 4.
It is the first time the Americans have won the Presidents Cup outside the U.S.
Earlier, Phil Mickelson bested Vijay… more »
Sep
30
MONTREAL - Phil Mickelson has put the first point on the board today for the American side at the Presidents Cup with a romp over Vijay Singh, 5 and 4.
This could have been a real battle. Instead, Vijay left his game at home. Lefty had his way with th… more »
Sep
30
MONTREAL - Driving into the Presidents Cup today, I saw a sign outside a cheap hotel that read, simply, 'Go Mike'.
There's probably scores of those signs all over the place here today, because the biggest story in Canada is Mike Weir's match-up again… more »
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