Tag Archives: Champions Tour

Golf.com’s Tour Pro Anonymous Poll

Posted on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 1:36 am by Bill Rand

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

Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2013 12:19 am by Bill Rand

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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The Hardest Q-School in Golf

Posted on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:51 pm by Bill Rand

Back in my Monday qualifying days, up to 144 of us would assemble in whatever city that week’s tournament was being played for a chance at glory. During daylight savings time, it was 156 guys. One round to determine who … Continue reading →

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Colin Montgomerie: He’s Baaack

Posted on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 11:59 pm by Bill Rand

Listening to Colin Montgomerie covering the U.S. Open on the Golf Channel, we sort of got a sense that his 50th birthday was nearing and we all knew that meant he was at least eligible to make a run at … Continue reading →

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Desert Mountain: The Champions Tour Returns

Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2012 11:05 pm by Bill Rand

After ten years away from the Valley of the Sun, the Champions Tour returns to Scottsdale, Arizona and the Desert Mountain Club for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup. And, once again, as it was from 1989 through 2001, the tournament … Continue reading →

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Too Much Good Stuff: Watney, Ko, Wood

Posted on Monday, August 27, 2012 12:42 am by Bill Rand

This was a pretty amazing weekend for golf fans. On the PGA Tour, Nick Watney took control of The Barclays at Bethpage Black and won his first tournament of the year and first since Tiger’s tournament, the AT&T National at … Continue reading →

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Willie Wood: Living on the Edge No More

Posted on Monday, August 20, 2012 12:35 am by Bill Rand

For the first time since he won the PGA Tour’s Deposit Guaranty Classic in Mississippi 16 years ago, Willie Wood has won another tournament, the Champions Tour’s Dick’s Sporting Goods Open at the En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, New York. … Continue reading →

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Go Ahead: Just Call It Fear

Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:17 pm by Bill Rand

This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Going For It!: A Spiritual Adventure on the Champions Tour: I was playing a practice round in Park City, Utah, with another qualifier who could hit the ball prodigious distances. He was … Continue reading →

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Tom Kite: The 42-year-old version

Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:35 pm by Bill Rand

Tom Kite did something at the U.S. Senior Open that’s never been done before. He shot 28 and broke the USGA Men’s Championship record for the low nine-hole score. The Indianwood G&CC just north of Detroit, Michigan, is a 35 … Continue reading →

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Tim Thelen: An Inspirational Story

Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:10 pm by Bill Rand

An AP story by golf writer, Doug Ferguson, got picked up by PGA.com. Why? Because he was writing about a club pro from Texas who bided his time providing for his family, all the while harboring the dream of playing … Continue reading →

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