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Looping for Legends
Mark over at the Kaddy's Korner provides this interesting post about his experience in filling in as Tom Watson's caddy during the Champions Tour's Administaff Open at the Tournament Course in The Woodlands last weekend. Mark concludes his post...
Ali and Arnie
The Observer provides this entertaining compilation of quotes from Muhammad Ali, who just turned 67. My two favorites: On his Parkinson's disease: "It wasn't the boxing, it was the autographs." (2003) On his biggest battle: "My toughest fight was...
A Texas original
Given the achievement of covering his 200th major golf tournament at the U.S. Open this past June, Clear Thinkers favorite and fellow Texan Dan Jenkins has been making the interview rounds and it has been a rollicking good time....
IMG's bad week
The late Mark McCormack must be spinning in his grave. His baby has had a very bad week. McCormack was the attorney who parleyed his friendship with PGA Tour star Arnold Palmer to create the world's leading management firm...
How much did you say he made?
Except for the incredibly large amounts, there are no surprises at the top of Golf Digest's annual list (H/T Geoff Shackelford) of professional golf's top 50 money earners from both prize money and endorsement income. Tiger Woods ($117 mil...
It's time for The Masters
It's the week of The Masters golf tournament, so I'm passing along a copy of the Augusta National scorecard that my late father used when he shot a cool 99 at the course back in the mid-1970's. The weather...
A brief encounter at the SHO driving range
After spending a delightful Friday morning watching Phil Mickelson navigate the back nine during the second round of the Shell Houston Open, my entourage and I grabbed a quick lunch and then headed out to the Redstone Golf Club...
Review of The Player Course at The Woodlands
It's been awhile since I've posted a review of one of Houston's largely underappreciated large number of fine golf courses (previous ones are here, here and here). So, I'm going to pass along a couple more during this holiday season,...
Now that's pressure
(Dom Furore/Golf Digest photo) My old friend and prominent Las Vegas criminal defense attorney David Chesnoff introduced me to the late Evel Knievel back in the mid-1980's when we bumped into him while playing golf at Las Vegas Country Club....
Tiger's latest milestone and another caddy snit
In case the start of the NFL season distracted you, the remarkable Tiger Woods shot a closing round 63 at Cog Hill in Chicago to win another PGA Tour tournament over the weekend, the 60th professional tournament title of his...
A chip off the old block sizes up Tiger Woods
Clear Thinkers favorite Dan Jenkins is the best writer on golf of our times, but his daughter Sally is a darn good golf writer in her own right (previous posts here). In this column after Tiger Woods' Saturday round this...
It's time for The Masters
The venerable Masters Golf Tournament begins this morning at that golfing Zimbabwe in Augusta, Georgia. Golf Digest's John Hawkins does his usual fine job of handicapping the field and, somewhat surprisingly, doesn't think that Tiger Woods is putting well enough...
The epitome of class
Greg Owen is a professional golfer from England who has struggled to become a solid regular player on the PGA Tour. On Sunday of this week last year, he came to the 17th hole at Bay Hill with a one-shot...
Arnie's Houston farewell
I've been remiss in not mentioning Arnold Palmer's announcement this past Friday during a round in a Champion's Tour event at Houston's Augusta Pines Golf Club that the round would be his last competitive round of golf. Steve Campbell's article...
Well, at least we were good sports
After losing the Ryder Cup over the weekend for the fifth time in the last six competitions, the United States team is certainly an easy target for criticism and the golf writers are taking dead aim: The Houston Chronicle's golf...
Best Golf Picture of the Year
It simply doesn't get any better than this Augusta Gazette photo of Long John Daly catching a quick smoke while hitting balls on the Augusta National driving range before his first round Thursday at The Masters Tournament. By the way,...
Feinstein on Nicklaus and Woods
In this Washington Post column, noted author and columnist John Feinstein comments on Jack Nicklaus' farewell to the British Open and, in so doing, observes that 2005 British Open champion Tiger Woods -- while likely to break Nicklaus' record of...
The state of golf
With the U.S. Open Golf Tournament gearing up this week at Pinehurst, S.I.com has this interesting roundtable discussion on the state of golf between golf writer Geoff Shackelford, PGA Tour player Brad Faxon, USGA Executive Director David Fay and Callaway...
Who is Ken Venturi?
This post from awhile back addressed the dust-up that has occurred between Arnold Palmer and Ken Venturi over Venturi's recent allegation in his new book that Arnie had broken a rule (might we say, cheated?) on the 12th hole of...
Arnie, about that embedded ball 46 years ago . . .
Former Tour player and longtime CBS golf color commentator Ken Venturi has written a book -- "Getting Up and Down: My 60 Years in Golf" (Triumph Books, April 2004) about his life in professional golf. Golf Magazine recently ran an...
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