Tag Archives: Fear

Tiger Woods: On commitment and the need for tournament rounds

Posted on Friday, June 5, 2015 12:05 am by Bill Rand

When I began my weekly, 20-minute radio segment Thursday morning (NBC Sports Radio, AM 1060, Phoenix, 7:32 PT), Tiger Woods was 3-over par right out of the gate in the first round of The Memorial Tournament and had then birdied 13 … 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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Tiger Woods: A Hole In The Firewall

Posted on Friday, March 23, 2012 11:16 pm by Bill Rand

We have known for some time that Tiger Woods is bulletproof; that under the gun there’s nobody better mentally. And we have come to accept that all of his problems stem from his physical issues with the broken leg, the … Continue reading →

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Choking

Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:31 pm by Bill Rand

I was skimming up my Twitter timeline Sunday afternoon looking for something to add to my post about the LPGA Tour finish. Suddenly, I came across a tweet from a PGA Tour player: Choke! Since I’d just watched Amy Yang miss … Continue reading →

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I Fear For Darren

Posted on Saturday, July 16, 2011 11:46 pm by Bill Rand

Darren Clarke, that is. Clarke is the affable Northern Irishman who leads this year’s British Open at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England, by one stroke after 54 holes. What he accomplished Saturday was nothing short of spectacular. In howling … Continue reading →

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Nobody’s Afraid Anymore

Posted on Sunday, July 3, 2011 9:40 am by Bill Rand

At least out on the leading frontiers of the PGA Tour. Did you see what those guys did to Aronimink yesterday at the AT&T National? Aronimink, the storied Donald Ross design that had been updated for the modern game. Aronimink, … Continue reading →

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Kryptonite

Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2011 10:52 am by Bill Rand

It’s an old story. A story as old as golf itself. A guy shoots a really low score one day and the next day can’t seem to find the clubface. Superman is dying. Except David Toms’ story is a little … Continue reading →

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Fearing The Unknown

Posted on Monday, May 16, 2011 9:04 am by Bill Rand

Graeme McDowell seemed to have everything back in alignment after spending three days with his coach, Pete Cowan. Going into Saturday’s third round he’d managed a first-round 67 followed by an up-and-down 69. But he was cruising. And then into … Continue reading →

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Even Tiger Is Afraid

Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2011 9:40 am by Bill Rand

The following quotes from Tiger’s post-round interview after the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open at the Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California, may well be the best example of why Tiger was always so reticent to … Continue reading →

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