by Jeff Skinner The 2014 golf season has been an ongoing soap opera for Tiger Woods. It finally came to a merciful end when he uncharacteristically removed himself from Ryder Cup consideration. Woods will stay home and rehab his surgically… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner 1. The PGA was by far the most dramatic major of the season. Valhalla gave us plenty of excitement. We like birdies and look at the cast of characters in this drama, world class all of them.… Continue Reading
by G. Rennie One of the benefits of major championship weekends is the added special TV programming offered by Golf Channel. They give blanket coverage from the course for hours on end both before and after play and they add… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner I was chatting with one of my fellow hackers recently and the subject turned to the PGA Championship and his attitude was “too bad it’s not like a real major.” Needless to say I, like the members… Continue Reading
by G. Rennie Bubba Watson continues to burnish his reputation as an anything but a conventional professional golfer. He added to his reputation as a petulant adolescent today with both his golf game and his wagging tongue. Watson spurned the… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner Dustin Johnson has announced that he is taking an immediate leave of absence from professional golf. His agent released a statement effectively ending his 2014 golf season. “I am taking a leave of absence from professional golf,… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner When the PGA of America selected Tom Watson as captain for their 2014 Ryder Cup Team they were thinking “outside the box” as we like to say. Their past history was that of picking players just slightly… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner The times there are a changing. Two big announcements in the world of golf reflect the ever changing landscape in the business of golf. First, after 67 years of print publication Golf World has announced that they… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner And then there were none. With the passing of Errie Ball there is no player left from the field of the first Masters Tournament of 1934. Ball was one of the select few that received personal invitations… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner The news that the LPGA has partnered with The PGA of America and KMPG is by every measure a great move for women’s golf. The increased money, status and exposure of the new KMPG Women’s PGA Championship… Continue Reading