Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Virtue in Struggle

A reader sent me a transcript from NPR’s Morning Edition. The feature, “Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning,” is a very interesting portrait of the counterintuitive and fundamental differences in each culture’s approach to learning. She … Continue reading

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Tiger’s World Challenge: The Bandits of Sherwood Forest

It’s that time of the year again when Tiger Woods beckons the elite players on the PGA Tour and almost all of them answer the call. Why? Well, not only because it’s Tiger Woods doing the asking, a distinction most … Continue reading

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Q-School: The Last Best Hope

One last time, it’s that time of the year. One last time for the “Fall Classic.” One last time for the “Direct to the Tour” Q-School. After this year, the Q-School goes the way of the buggy whip to be … Continue reading

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Anchored Putters II

Well, the USGA and R&A’s long awaited decision on whether they are going to ban the long putter (i.e. anchored putters) is upon us. They have feinted — or maybe it was just golf gossips fainting — that the announcement … Continue reading

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Rory McIlroy: Master of All He Surveys

Justin Rose had a great week at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. He shot 68, 68, 69, 62 for the four days. The 62 on the last day was 10-under and set a new course record by two shots. … Continue reading

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Rory and Luke: Dual in the Desert

Two masterful performances came out of the third round of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai…otherwise known as the European Tour Championship. The first would have to be Rory McIlroy’s. He and Luke Donald started the day tied for the … Continue reading

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Sergio Garcia: An Enigma Wrapped in a Golf Pro

The headline coming out of the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai, is that Rory McIlroy, Scot Marc Warren and Luke Donald are all tied for the lead at the halfway point. McIlroy overcame a bout of what he self-diagnosed as … Continue reading

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Dubai Time Warp

Okay, see if you can follow this: Graeme McDowell tweets that he’s catching the Patriots/Jets game in Dubai over breakfast…while I’m watching it after dinner in Arizona as I’m getting ready to write about what he did Thursday…as he’s getting … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving at Desert Mountain

I walked out onto the back patio of my cottage in shorts and a golf shirt. The concrete was warm under my bare feet, the Arizona sun warm on my legs. It was seventy degrees, windless and twenty percent humidity. … Continue reading

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Adam Scott Interview at Golf.com

Here is an excellent interview with Aussie, Adam Scott, by Alan Bastable at Golf.com. Until his stellar play in this year’s British Open, Scott had fallen from “next best player” status to lazy pretty boy who liked his time off … Continue reading

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