It’s wonderful to see a redemptive story like Webb Simpson’s PLAYERS Championship victory. He had struggled from the day he was forced to give up his long putter. After all he won the 2012 U.S. Open with that broomstick but… Continue Reading
The PGA Tour crowned Webb Simpson as their PLAYERS Champion today but he didn’t win the tournament today. Simpson’s final round amounted to a victory lap, a walk in the park as he had used his first three rounds to… Continue Reading
At the conclusion of play Saturday, as I walked through the press area just outside the scorer’s building, I came across Paul Tesori doing an impromptu interview with a handful of sports writers and a film/sound crew from Golf Channel.… Continue Reading
Saturday is moving day on the PGA Tour but the only player making a significant move was Webb Simpson, who entered the round with a five stroke lead and lengthened that lead by two strokes. He finished seven shots ahead… Continue Reading
While Rickie Fowler won’t be around for the weekend at The PLAYERS he still was able to make a few dreams come true. Check out this video of Rickie and one of his “lifelong” fans. Rickie gets it…not just in… Continue Reading
Webb Simpson took this championship by the throat today, shook it vigorously, twirled it over his head and only relinquished his strangle hold, slightly, when he sent his tee ball on #17 for a swim. The rest of the field… Continue Reading
Late Thursday afternoon I settled into a prime piece of real estate on the TPC Sawgrass Stadium Course, the back row of the public stadium seating behind seventeen green, just right of the huge video board. The top level of… Continue Reading
Links Life Golf is at The PLAYERS this year and the strategy for the day was to arrive mid-morning and pick up the hottest marquee group and then, in the afternoon, try to follow the Tiger, Phil and Rickie grouping.… Continue Reading
The powers that be did the fans a solid this week at The PLAYERS by making some world class, star-studded groupings. Unfortunately, those players didn’t return the favor. The marquee of marquee groupings: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler,… Continue Reading
When The PLAYERS rolls around each year talk inevitably turns to the question of it’s status in the pantheon of world golf- is this the 5th Major? The old adage seems to apply, that if it walks like a duck,… Continue Reading