Archives for: March 2007
Mar
31
Layers must be rubbing their hands with glee. It's not often you have six players tied for the lead after two rounds - not since late 2005 in fact. And there's a host of others well within firing range. Yet again Friday turns into bunching-up day, only t… more »
Mar
30
Stuart Appleby, Bob Estes, Steve Stricker, Mathias Gronberg - who's the odd man out? Gronberg of course. He is the only one of last year's Shell Houston top four not to be in this year's top ten (including ties) after the first round.
When Appleby fail… more »
Mar
29
Knock knock, is anybody there? Only there's a tournament on in Houston but no one seems to have noticed. Maybe they just don't care.
The newsfeeds are particularly bare and what reports we have seem to dwell on the fact that most big players have given… more »
Mar
26
This blog is late because, after Sunday's Doral borathon, I decided to get in the car and rediscover the joys of playing golf. I have virtually no time for it so I am complete rubbish - a video would top YouTube's comedy section within hours. But guess w… more »
Mar
25
I'm thinking of training as an anger management consultant so I can combine work, offering on-course counselling to angst-ridden golfers, with pleasure, following the tournaments they play in.
I'd skip Tiger Woods. He seems able to channel his anger in… more »
Mar
24
You can stop clutching those straws, guys. You know the stats as well as anyone. Tiger Woods has won 26 of the 32 PGA Tour events he has led at the half-way stage and he doesn't look like denting that record this weekend. Odds on (1.6) with two rounds to… more »
Mar
23
Oh dear, Tiger Woods is using the 'P' word again. Last week it was his whole game that was "pathetic". This time he identified putting as the root of his problem. It was clearly the same for other Doral old hands who, playing a lot from memory, were thro… more »
Mar
22
To see Tiger Woods strolling around Doral happily chatting and joking with his buddy Roger Federer, you wouldn't think he had a care in the world. It certainly isn't the demeanour of a man tearing his insides out over last week's abysmal performance at B… more »
Mar
19
Never thought I'd read this in a month of Sundays. "Woods ... played the back nine like an amateur - and not necessarily a very good amateur." A pretty bad-tempered amateur I'd say, jumping straight in his car afterwards and driving off in a huge huff. I… more »
Mar
18
Talk about meltdown. The really odd thing about the third rounds of playing partners Rocco Mediate and Paul Casey Saturday was that their games got worse as the weather got better. Health problems? Did Mediate's back perhaps send him few reminders? Casey… more »
Mar
17
The ideal setup Sunday would be Rocco Mediate and Tiger Woods in the final pairing. That way we could see how the old pro handles the Tiger circus and how the young pro with the tunnel vision focus handles the incessant chatterbox that would be his partn… more »
Mar
16
"Arnie can't like this," says Rocco Mediate. "Players are shredding this course." I prefer USA Today's interpretation: "Bay Hill buried by low scores". Not just low scores, but a record 42 in the 60s, with some rounds still to finish.
The rough was as… more »
Mar
15
So nice of Tiger Woods to turn up. After all he must be soooooo busy, what with courses to design and tournaments to inaugurate, not to mention his burgeoning family responsibilities. We should consider ourselves blessed. I'm not sure he will consider hi… more »
Mar
12
Most interesting thing about Sunday was the news from Orlando about Arjun Atwal's brush with death in what reports allege was some kind of road race. Golf getting too boring for him? It was for me as Mark Calcavecchia stuttered to the winning post.
Hea… more »
Mar
11
I came across a punter Saturday complaining that his money was solidly on joint leaders Mark Calcavecchia and Heath Slocum, plus fourth-placed Brian Gay. The reason for his angst was the money was on last week, when all three missed the cut at the Honda… more »
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