Stephen Ames is not the world's greatest scrambler. Until the weekend he was 123rd in the PGA Tour scrambling table. Sunday he vaulted 37 places, an achievement sealed by that match-winning effort of the last hole. You can imagine a little tightening of… more »

Scott Verplank had his chance Friday and blew it. Everyone else had the same opportunity Saturday and they blew it too. Or maybe more accurately the wind blew it, aided and abetted by the soggy course. Verplank is right to say it only needs one of abou… more »

Some careless headline writers got ahead of themselves after round two, trumpeting that Scott Verplank "took charge" of the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Quite the reverse. When he had the chance to slam the door firmly shut he left it wide open wi… more »

I never like to see a player I'm backing leading the first round of a tournament. How many times do they go on to win? Something in the order of one in 10 if I recall the last time I did the maths? So I'm very grateful to J P Hayes for going a shot clear… more »

I always shudder when I think of Disney's gaff at Orlando: it's the very aptly named Tower of Terror that gets me going after I foolishly allowed my not-so-wee bairns to drag me up it, and down, and up again, and ... you get the picture. Follow that with… more »