A school district in Michigan has ended the Oscoda Area High School football team’s season after an 0-4 start, citing the fact that the players are actually in danger when competing against stronger teams. Oscoda has failed to score a point, let alone win a game, so the board decided to take matters into their own hands. From just about every angle this story illustrates some of the problems with our public school system. First of all, the parents and players pleaded with the board to reverse their decision. If the students want to continue competing and their parents are ...

A few weeks ago during a weekend of great golf, I seem to have misplaced a few of my sticks. A Titleist 56 degree wedge and a Cleveland 60 degree wedge made it through all 36 holes at Harbour Town and the Ocean Course, but somehow got left by the green on the 18th at by the famous lighthouse. Perhaps it was the wonderful views that distracted me, perhaps I was a bit preoccupied with the double bogey I had just made, or perhaps we had been having a little too much fun during the round; regardless, I am ...

Sad Stories are generally told very well in a ballad, so I dedicate this to the American teams, both present and future Heading over to Ireland for some Guinness and fishin’, The Americans seemed prepared for their difficult mission. Tiger changed his schedule and took a more involved stance, Lehman thought that without Woods the team stood little chance. As the days approached quickly the determination never wavered, Though they knew for the first time they were no longer favored. It was a strong team from Europe that stood prepared to defend, Europe felt all the while that fate was with them in the end. A lot will ...

Mitsuhiro Tateyama, a 38 year-old Japanese professional, became my favorite player on Thursday. Tateyama turned in one of the most impressive rounds in golf history,after recording a 19 on the par 3 8th hole at Ishioka Golf Club. Amazingly, Tateyama finished only 13-over-par for his round. Every person who plays golf, whether professionally or recreationally, is accustom to qualifying his or her round not necessarily by the score, but rather by what could have been; statements such as “I had 88, but I hit the ball well enough for it to have been an 78 if I would have made ...

All Hope Abandon, Ye Who Enter Here Worldgolf.com has always been interested in recognizing important holidays, and today is no exception. Another Internationational Talk Like a Pirate Day has come and gone, leaving many land-lovers around the world pondering its true purpose. But all of those who scoff at this cherished holiday are missing a perfect opportunity to expand their vocabulary, wear puffy shirts, drink rum out of commandeered goblets, and increase their chances with the ladies by incorporating pirate-pickup lines such as, “Avast, me proud beauty! Wanna know why my Roger is so Jolly?” and “Prepare to be boarded!” ...

I’ll be busy this weekend, so I figured I’d go ahead and take care of this little post right now. Michelle Wie has once again missed a cut on the PGA tour, finishing at least 20 shots off the lead for the second week in a row. When asked to comment, her response was, “I just really feel like I got a bad break with it having rained and this being such a long course.”

Typically after a weekend of playing great golf courses I am left thinking about what might have been with my rounds. Careless decisions, poor putting, and my temper inevitably cause my scores to end up higher than I originally hoped. But today is different. I got home from Hilton Head last night and immediately my thoughts shifted from my most recent blown opportunities on the course to blown opportunities in our national security in the years leading up to 2001; watching ABC’s Path to 9/11 left me speechless for almost three hours as it brought back horrible memories from my past. ...

Today is a great day. It doesn’t involve playing any golf, but it is almost as good. It is the day before I am to begin a weekend of great golf that will include a round at Kiawah’s Ocean Course (followed by an employee golf day event that will feature beer, burgers, and a little golf), Harbour Town Golf Links,and a course to be decided later in Hilton Head (depending on how badly the first two I mentioned push us around). These are the days that make me love golf: I’m full of hope that I’ll have a memorable round, ...

It is now official- Darren Clarke will play in the Ryder Cup later this month at the K Club. I have always been a fan of Clarke’s, and I forsee him being a tough point in the matches. If I were a gambling man , it would be hard for me to bet against Clarke on Sunday this year considering the current circumstances and the fact that the Ryder Cup is in Ireland. In fact, I will have a tough time pulling against Clarke. While I still love the memory of Justin Leonard’s bomb in 1999 and I still consider ...

Tiger Woods is currently -6 on the day at the Deutsche Bank, and has left Vijay Singh in his wake with a front nine 30. Singh, the only player not named Tiger to be ranked number one in the world in God knows how long, has got to be hating life right now. Like all of the other not-so-big-five, Vijay has been struggling (at least by his standards), and after shooting a record 61 yesterday, looked like he was in complete control of the tournament. But once again we have another example of a player saving his most mediocre ...

Today, September 2nd, is the first official day of what always turns out to be a very difficult stretch in my year. Just as the weather in the South is becoming perfect for golf, college football begins, leaving me with roughly fifteen Saturdays on which I will be forced to make an almost impossible decision. What formula will I use to determine the better option between playing golf and watching College Gameday on ESPN? What game is valuable enough to pull me away from a great round, and more importantly, what course is worthy enough to pull me away from ...