Monthly Archives: November 2013

Scott and McIlroy: Masterful Damage Control in the Aussie Open

Adam Scott descended into mediocrity a couple of times during the third round of the Emerites Australian Open. Just like the rest of us, when he got into the meat of the round, he couldn’t hit a fairway. Now that’s … Continue reading

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Adam Scott: Still Cruising at the Australian Open

Thursday at the Emirates Australian Open was a walk in the park for Adam Scott. He shot 62 without a blemish on the card. It was yet another of his increasingly frequent “ho-hum” rounds and just as frequently delivered while … Continue reading

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Web.com Tour Q-School: 2nd Stage Gateway to the Final Complete

Last Friday, the last four of six Second Stage tournaments that open the door to the Final Stage of the Web.com Tour Q-School were completed. Writing at pgatour.com, Sean Martin put together an interesting synopsis of each site in terms … Continue reading

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Jordan Spieth’s Coach

One of the best stories in golf this year is that of young Jordan Spieth, the guy who Thursday qualified into the Monday qualifier of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. He missed the cut, … Continue reading

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Gerina Piller: My New Breakthrough Favorite

Gerina Piller used to be my dark horse favorite to win any given tournament. But with her stellar performance last week at the CME Group Titleholders in Naples, Florida, that tag no longer fits. She’s now become my breakthrough favorite … Continue reading

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Shanshan Feng: Wins Titleholders With No Self-Induced Pressure

Shanshan Feng won the CME Group Titleholders in Naples, Florida, at the Tiburon Golf Club by beating Gerina Piller [my years-long dark horse pick] by one stroke. And she did it in a very interesting way. She did it by … Continue reading

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Jason Day: World Class Player, World Cup Winner

Going off the first tee in the final pairing of the ISPS Handa World Cup of Golf with Thomas Bjorn, Jason Day had a one-stroke lead. But the Royal Melbourne Golf Club green complexes were so cunningly tough and the … Continue reading

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Champions Tour Q-School: I Told You It Was Hard

The 2013 Champions Tour Q-School was supposed to have ended on Friday, but there was this little matter of soaking rains that began Thursday night and continue as I write this late Friday night. The implications of these welcome desert … Continue reading

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Timeless Mastery Lessons From the LPGA Tour

The first round of the CME Group Titleholders event at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, is in the books and some very useful ideas came out of the player interviews. Everybody’s sort of laid back and enjoying the … Continue reading

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Inbee Park at the CME Group Titleholders

I was originally going to write about Lydia Ko’s coming out party at the CME Group Titleholders at the Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida — her interview in the media room was smashing… was endearing…was compelling. But after reading … Continue reading

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