This morning on ESPN radio’s Mike and Mike in the Morning, host Mike Greenberg remarked that this U.S. Open would be remembered more for Mickelson’s stumble than for Ogilvy’s win. Unfortunately, Greenberg is probably correct. Everyone will spend the next several weeks questioning Mickelson’s decision to hit driver on 18, and questioning “Bones’” decision to actually let him hit driver. In fact Johnny “I once shot 63 on Sunday” Miller called Mickelson’s performance the biggest collapse in U.S. Open history, although he must have meant since last year, when he said at Pinehurst that Retief Goosen was experiencing one of ...

We all know that golf is an addicting game, and we have all wasted numerous hours, usually to no avail, trying to improve. We watch the Golf Channel;we look at our club position in the mirror; and we read Golf Digest. Some of us even read golf blogs, hoping beyond hope that the one tip we need is out there just waiting to find us. And then we go back to the course, play horribly, and on the drive home start thinking all over again about how we can improve. In this respect, we are similar to alcoholics, ...

If you’re dying to know the details of Michelle Wie’s every shot, thegolfchannel.com is doing constant updates of the qualifying at Canoe Brook. Through the first seven holes, the updates have already included the descriptions “pipes drive down middle” and “driver center cut.” As far as I’m concerned, golf would be better off sans these two statements. The irony of these updates is in that thegolfchannel.com uses “catchy” and “interesting” descriptions of Wie’s tee shots, but mundane and colorless descriptions of the putts she has missed. The fact is that she can “pipe” as many drives as she wants, but right ...

In the past few years the all-time leader in major wins has become quite vocal about the changes in Augusta National, and called for the USGA to change the golf ball rather than ruining wonderful golf courses. So far, Nicklaus has basically been ignored. This week, the players in the field at the Memorial Tournament will be the victims of Jack’s newest discovery of how to put the integrity back in a golf course. On The Golf Channel’s Golf Central last night, they ran a small segment on the rakes that Nicklaus now has in all of the bunkers. They resemble ...