Sullying the Solitary Walk
You mean to tell me that the USGA trusts me when I’m looking for my ball in the rough by myself but it doesn’t think enough of my integrity or moral code to believe me when I post a score after playing...
View ArticleDiscerning Truth in the Wild, Wild West
Practicing journalism in the digital age is becoming more troublesome by the day. And for you the consumer, finding a source of information you can trust can be just as problematic. Add those together...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Best of the Best
The debate as to who is the best player in the world is not limited to who happens to be No. 1 at any given moment. Jason Day is atop the Official World Golf Ranking this week, as a result of winning...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Major Poetry
The first major championship of the season, officially speaking, is the ANA Inspiration, which is often referred to as the women’s Masters, except with rough. Therefore, Lydia Ko is the year’s first...
View ArticleFickle Breaths
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA | The Masters, at its best, can be equal parts classical heroism and tragedy, especially in the fading light of Sunday evening. Known best for its passion play on the final day, this...
View ArticleWillett Seizes His ‘Gift’
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA | Remarkable how funny old fate can drop a ticking bomb in your lap at the most shocking and head-spinning time. Whether you juggle it, fumble it or set it off is where fate makes a...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Best of the Rest
This is the part of our program where golf fans watch the rest of the players thrust, parry and jockey for the trophies on the world’s tours, unsure when when Jason Day, Jordan Spieth or Rory McIlroy –...
View ArticlePrime Partnerships
Martin and Gerina Piller are a married couple who swear on a television ad they aren’t competitive off the golf course. Then, they are shown trying to beat the other in everything from holding your...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Simmering Mystery
He hasn’t hit a shot in competition since last August and yet, here’s Tiger Woods on the cover of this week’s Post. No matter how you feel about him, there’s no denying that Tiger has made the most...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Inexplicable Magic
It seems there’s no way to get even with golf. Even if you’re one of the best players in the world, our game is going to beat you way more than you beat it. But some victories are better than others....
View ArticleThe Shorty: Jason Day No. 1? No Doubt
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA | The argument is over, the debate is done. Clearly, there’s no doubt as to the No. 1 player in the world. It’s Jason Day and the way the other contenders are performing,...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Flashing Red Lights
A state of emergency exists when immediate action is called for and the news of the week begs for triage. A minority of wrongheaded members at Muirfield prevented the vote from reaching the two-thirds...
View ArticleThe Shorty: World Order
Consider this: The Memorial Tournament starts on Thursday and in the field will be the top three players in the world – Jason Day, Jordan Spieth and Rory McIlroy, in that order. All three are coming...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Ageless Majors
Because of the Olympics, golf’s major season is compressed into just a few weeks. And if Sunday’s events are any indication of what our summer season might look like, you might not go outside or at the...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Matter of Fact
OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | If anything, Dustin Johnson is uncomplicated. None of us know what might or might not have been swirling through his mind in the final seven or eight holes of the U.S. Open. Did...
View ArticleJohnson Ruling a Travesty
OAKMONT, PENNSYLVANIA | The USGA owes itself a disqualification penalty and a heartfelt apology to Dustin Johnson. Golf’s governing body has insinuated itself into every U.S. Open in recent history,...
View ArticleThe Shorty: First Officer
There’s no shortage of stories on the world’s golf tours that will leave your heart warm. You just have to know where to look. However, there are times when those stories happen right before your eyes....
View ArticleThe Shorty: Numbers Game
Goodness knows, Dustin Johnson has kicked away his share of big tournaments and the beneficiaries couldn’t be happier. But sooner rather than later, someone was bound to lay one in Johnson’s lap and he...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Gilded Age
TROON, SCOTLAND | As legends go, this one is bound to rank near the top of most lists that golf historians ascribe to such things. But after the events had long unfolded at the end of Sunday at the...
View ArticleThe Shorty: Crowning Glory
Even if you couldn’t figure out how the final-day format worked, the UL International Crown needed the U.S. to win. No offense to any of the other seven countries involved but most everyone will agree...
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