Category Archives: PGA Tour

Russell Knox: The apprenticeship of a nice young player

The track meet masquerading as the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is well underway and the scores are living up to the traditions of the TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, very low scores. Spencer Levin and George McNeill both shot … Continue reading

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Jarrod Lyle: Cancer Survivor, Monday Qualifier

I warned you about this. I told you it was coming. So as the day dawns on Thursday, don’t tell me I forgot to mention this. It’s the first day of the 2014-2015 “season” of the PGA Tour…which is pretty … Continue reading

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Wyndham Championship: Gateway to 2015

The Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the last regular season tournament of the PGA Tour’s 2013-2014 season. As such, it is the gateway for the players, first to their Tour cards for next year and second, to getting … Continue reading

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Tim Petrovic: Flying blind all in a day’s work

Tim Petrovic was the last player into the field at the RBC Canadian Open. He just squeaked in as the eighth alternate and now he’s tied for the lead with Michael Putnam at 6-under par. They have a 1-shot lead … Continue reading

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New “Inside The Field” Page at PGATour.com

Ever come upon a new week’s tournament on the PGA Tour and have this sense of opaque mystery about who is in the field and how they got there? Me too. I have the advantage of having access to the … Continue reading

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Golf.com’s Tour Pro Anonymous Poll

This is captivating. You know how we’re always trying to imagine what the Tour players are really thinking? Well, Golf.com has come to the rescue with a slick and easy, 35-photo slideshow, Tour Pro Anonymous Poll. They gave nearly 200 … Continue reading

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Accenture Match Play: Looking Back and Forward

As mystery continues to swirl about the fate of the Accenture Match Play Championship at the Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona (Tucson), I keep being drawn back to what a terrific tournament it is. Match play is … Continue reading

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Waste Management Phoenix Open: No Way to Pick a Winner

The great thing about the PGA Tour is that its winners are not always who you think they’ll be. Take, for example, the 36-hole leaderboard at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Here are the names at the top of the … Continue reading

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The Coliseum of Scottsdale – Redux

This is how my post for the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open began: If it’s Super Bowl weekend, it must be time for the Super Bowl of golf, the Waste Management Phoenix Open. If you haven’t been to this thing … Continue reading

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The Undercover Tour Pro II

In September of 2013, Golf Digest introduced a new column, “The Undercover Pro,” by an anonymous PGA Tour Pro that gave us some insights into life on the Tour. It began this way: I’ve never won on the PGA Tour, … Continue reading

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