While PGA Tour golfers are enjoying Sunday’s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and New York Giants, here’s hoping they take a moment to give thanks to the NFL for helping to lead them into an era where drug-testing is necessary even in golf. Because this just in: PGA Tour players are pro-drug testing but horrified of the notion of peeing in a cup. According to the Associated Press: “Ryder Cup captain Paul Azinger was indignant over having a ‘collector’ accompany him into the restroom to watch him drop his pants and lift his shirt to make sure he didn’t have ...

If you can say one thing about New England sports fans, it’s this: They were a lot more fun to deal with when all their teams did was lose. This is something I learned after writing a column for WorldGolf.com Magazine (“Tiger Woods just as dominating - but far less annoying - than the Patriots”). Now, while I admit it wasn’t my best piece of work (that honor goes to my recent blog post “Punch Russell Crowe in the head with proposed Golf Blog Contest!”), it was still a fun piece that included ample use of zombies - a staple of ...

Brazilians have a lot of stereotypes, and most of them are positive. They’re friendly, happy people is one of them. In fact, a study not long ago reported that 85 percent of Brazilians would classify themselves as happy or content. Which is amazing, because far less than 85 percent of Brazilians even have indoor plumbing. But Brazilians also are a pretty self-aware group. They understand that their country can be a mess, but they love it anyway. And that love truly comes across during Carnival, the early February, nation-wide celebration that virtually shuts down the entire nation. There is a saying ...

First of all, let me just say that I have to thank Fox News for making the “Make a statement with a question” headline a journalistic standard. You can totally get away with anything. Like: “Will Tiger Woods quit golf to travel the world on foot solving problems ala ‘Kung-Fu?’” Or: “Is Barack Obama a secret Muslim terrorist?” Or then there’s the shortened question headline that doesn’t have to be related to anything and that you can know is 100 percent false: “Michelle Wie: Nude?” Thanks Fox News. But the question of this headline does have some merit. Recently both Adam Scott and Sergio Garcia weighed ...

PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem has a blog! He has a blog!!! You can find it here, and let me tell you, it’s more entertaining than GolfWeek’s last meeting on how they should commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Let’s take a quick look at what ol’ Timmy has to say: Hello and welcome to the second year of the FedExCup on the PGA TOUR. AHHHHHHH!!!!! ShutupShutupShutupShutupShutupShutupShutupShutupShutup. Ok, sorry, I just wasn’t ready for the FedEx Cup pimping to start so early. We have redesigned PGATOUR.com to make it cleaner and easier for you to navigate. We hope you enjoy it, but let us know if ...

Jamele Hill’s latest column for ESPN.com is headlined with a question: “Can one awful comment change golf for better?” The simple answer: No. The last couple weeks have been a rocky one for the golf world, first with Kelly Tilghman’s “lynch Tiger in the back alley” comment/joke, followed by GolfWeek’s noose cover atrocity. It is interesting how the moment Tilghman’s lynch comment escaped her lips, one phrase came up like a tidal wave: “This will lead to a long overdue discussion about racism and golf.” That was basically what GolfWeek said it was doing in its latest issue. Even Hill managed to get someone ...

Above is the cover GolfWeek Magazine chose to illustrate the Kelly Tilghman “lynch Tiger in the back alley” comment, in all its cute “play on words” glory. The cover goes along with a pathetic story by Senior Writer Scott Hamilton that does little more than recap the situation, and throw in a comment by a noted African-American, apparently in an effort to say “no biggie.” “Accept the apology and move on. We all say dumb things,” said Dr. Harry Edwards, a consultant of the San Francisco 49ers and a sociology professor at the University of California-Berkeley. Tacked on to that, is an ...

When K.J. Choi ran away with the Sony Open to record his seventh career PGA Tour victory a couple thoughts ran through my head. First, it couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. It’s great to see Choi’s success, as he truly is as good a person as he is a golfer. The second was this: How much of the winner’s check would be donated to his church? Choi, you see, is a devout Christian. And a world-class tither. When Choi won the 2005 Greensboro Classic, he donated 10 percent of his $900,000 paycheck to a North Carolina Korean Presbyterian Church he ...

The fallout from Kelly Tilghman’s “lynch him in a back alley” comment about Tiger Woods is slowly coming to a close, as pundits, golfers, fans, and just about everyone has made their opinion known about Tilghman’s Golf Channel gaffe. This is often the positive side of such remarks. It creates a dialogue. People talk, discuss, debate, often angrily. Some see Tilghman’s remark as pure racism, while others are willing to cut her some slack and rail against the horrifying culture of political correctness that obviously makes their lives hell. Looking back, however, you see a big hole in the storyline - ...

Kelly Tilghman’s fast-rising career at Golf Channel has run flat into a brick wall after she brilliantly used the verb “lynch” along with the proper noun “Tiger Woods” in a sentence. “Report: Golf Channel anchor apologizes for ‘lynch’ remark” Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman has apologized after saying during Friday’s telecast of the PGA Tour’s opening event that today’s young players should “lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley.” According to New York Newsday, a spokesman for the network said Tilghman apologized on Sunday’s telecast and has reached out to Woods’ representatives to express her regrets for the comments. Tilghman, who played college golf ...

Ok, I’m pretty sure you’re all with me on this. Russell Crowe is an annoying idiot. So, that fact has been created, and now exists, and cannot be argued about. So, what I am proposing to you the reader, as well as to big-shot WorldGolf.com management, is to have a golf tournament. One lucky WG reader vs. Russell Crowe. The winner gets to punch the loser square in the head. Think about that. Winning a golf tournament and celebrating by belting Russell Crowe and getting him to shut the hell up about “finding inner peace,” and, “It’s an art form that ...

Here’s a thought that occurred to me - today must be a great day for golf courses around the country. I mean, it’s January 2. With absolutely no proof aside from gut instinct, I say with complete confidence that this must be a great day for golf in the U.S. At least in the non-snowed in parts like California, Nevada and Arizona, among others. Because only heinous, sick-with-power bosses would make someone work on a Wednesday following Jan. 1 (cough, cough). Plus, if you’re going to do any business at all, may as well do it on the course and shake off ...