Our plan for the day had us driving east to Stirling, not for golf, but to watch the local Highland Games. We’d been to Games in Perth back in 2016 and that day proved as memorable as any day spent… Continue Reading
Friday morning came way too early after all the “hole-in one” celebrating. Big heads and light wallets as the boys at Kingsbarns soaked up George’s generosity. Fortunately we had a late morning tee time at St. Andrew’s Castle Course. If… Continue Reading
I don’t know about you but I’ve surely got a bad golf jones! It’s been three weeks since I last teed it up and nearly four weeks since I’ve watched any live golf on TV. That first and final round… Continue Reading
First things first, Brooks Koepka is a very deserving U.S. Open Champion. It’s never easy to survive a USGA setup, even when they get it right, and in spite of their botched Saturday setup Koepka persevered. Driver may be his… Continue Reading
It’s a miracle! No it wasn’t another shot heard round the world, nor was it an ace on a long par five. It was the the fact that professional golfers actually finished their rounds in under four hours. Yes, an… 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
Coming into the week all the talk was about the “Walk Up Music” that was making its debut at the Zurich Classic. Well, am I the only one that thought it was disappointing? It was boring and awkward as players… Continue Reading
Playing before a wildly partisan crowd on Spanish soil, the fiery Spaniard Jon Rahm shot a five under par 67 to finish at 20-under for the tournament, beating third round leader, Paul Dunne by two strokes. Afterwards, Rahm confessed that… Continue Reading
On the 85th anniversary of Gene Sarazen’s “shot heard round the world”, a gang of young gunslingers fired shots all over the damp but still hallowed grounds of Augusta National. The barrage of birdies, eagles, par saves, and pitches from… Continue Reading
The last three holes at Royal Troon starts with a birdie opportunity at the par 5, 554 yard sixteenth hole. In 2004 it played as the easiest hole on the course. A burn crosses the fairway and will challenge golfers… Continue Reading