Category Archives: Tournament Previews

Chambers Bay: The course is the show

My memory isn’t what it used to be, but I can say that I cannot remember a U.S. Open where the golf course was a bigger show than the players or the event itself. Oh, there was 2004 at Shinnecock where … Continue reading

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WGC-Cadillac Match Play new format

For those of you not keeping score at home, a lot has happened to next week’s WGC-Accenture Match Play. Accenture has been replaced as the sponsor by Cadillac The tournament has been moved from February in Tucson to May in … Continue reading

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Franklin Templeton Shootout Changes

For those of you who have been following host Greg Norman’s Franklin Templeton Shootout over its 25 years, it’s evolved into a nice little tournament to watch. It’s at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, when a little warm … Continue reading

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The 2014-2015 PGA Tour season begins again

Where has the time gone? We are not even over the drama of the Ryder Cup and the new year begins again next week. Technically, it’s not a new year because it’s only October, it’s a new season. This was … Continue reading

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Shell Houston Open: Making Itself Very Attractive

It probably wouldn’t matter what the tournament the week before the Masters was, it would get the lion’s share of the players coming through for a tuneup. But the Shell Houston Open takes full advantage of its geographic proximity to … Continue reading

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Kia Classic: The LPGA Ramps Up For the First Major

The LPGA Tour’s Kia Classic begins today in Carlsbad, California, just 25 miles north of downtown San Diego in a Park Hyatt Resort and residential community named Aviara. The famed La Costa Resort is just around the corner. This will … Continue reading

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AT&T Pebble Beach: 3-Day Tee Times

Writing at Golf Week, Jim McCabe has the first three days’ tee times for the Tour pros in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. There are two pros in each pairing and they stay together for the first three rounds. … 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 World Cup Has Become an Olympic Model

Used to be that the World Cup was a grand, end of the year, celebration of international golf. It’s been played since 1953 in various forms, under various names and, beginning in Canada, in locations around the world. This year … Continue reading

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CIMB Classic: What a Difference a Year Makes

This year the CIMB Classic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, opens with a whole new status. Because the PGA Tour has adopted its new wraparound schedule that began two weeks ago with the Frys.com Open in Califronia, the Tour has conceded … Continue reading

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