Archive for the Golf History Category


The Tiger Effect

As you probably know, Tiger Woods won his 57th PGA Tour title on Sunday. Tiger’s victory came at the Wachovia Classic, which is fast becoming one of the Tour’s most prestigious events. Still, what first looked like a potentially classic weekend, with both Vijay Singh and Phil Mickelson in the hunt, quickly turned into what […]

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Two Special Athletes Play in Wachovia Pro-Am

North Carolina golf fans were treated to something special this week; Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan playing together for the first time in competition. The two legends were paired in the pro-am portion of the Wachovia Classic Wednesday and created quite the stir. The excitement certainly makes sense, as Tiger and MJ are arguably the […]

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Is This Golf’s Golden Age?

As much as golf should be about a peaceful walk and having a “one with nature” experience – it usually comes down to numbers. Numbers like handicap or score. We’ve all heard questions such as -what did you make on that hole? Or, what did you shoot? Or, how many strokes will you give me? […]

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Byron Nelson – A Champion and Gentleman

This week marks the first playing of the annual EDS Byron Nelson Championship, without its founder and namesake – Lord Byron Nelson. Nelson, who died last September, was a fixture (along with wife Peggy) around the 18th green, and would graciously spend time with players upon completion of their rounds. His enormous presence will certainly […]

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Can Justin Rose Top Nick Faldo’s Major Record?

For years, the golf world has been waiting for Justin Rose’s follow up to his thrilling debut at the 1998 British Open. The then 17 year old amateur made his splash with a solid 4th place finish – but more memorably, with a remarkable holed birdie pitch on the 72nd hole. “The shot” wasn’t enough […]

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Viva Seve – Spanish Legend Turns 50

The European Tour this week pays tribute to Spanish legend Seve Ballesteros, who turned 50 years old on April 9. It has been a long time since Ballesteros triumphed in a Major tournament, but the memories of his swashbuckling style of play, at an era when Tiger Woods was unheard of, will live long in […]

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Masters Imitating U.S. Open?

It has always been the USGA’s mission to protect par in all its championships. To that end, they set up golf courses to play extremely difficult – so difficult in fact, that only once (Tiger Woods in 2000) in its long history, has a player finished a Men’s U.S. Open at -10 or lower. In […]

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Tiger vs Jack

Since childhood, Tiger Woods has used Jack Nicklaus’ records as motivation for his tremendous work ethic. He even went so far as to post Jack’s totals on his walls and ceiling, to constantly remind of the task at hand. He would lie in bed at night, dreaming of breaking all of Jack’s records and eventually […]

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History says Watch out for Tiger Woods and Charles Howell at the Masters

More than any other course and annual tournament – Augusta National and the Masters identifies the best player(s) in the world. Since the inception of the Sony World Rankings in 1985, it is uncanny how often the #1 ranked player has either won or almost won the Masters. Bernhard Langer was the 1st golfer given […]

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Greg Norman and The Masters

My time to develop golfing heroes was the 1980’s – and two of my all-time favorites were Seve Ballesteros and Greg Norman. I loved how fearlessly they both played and especially how well they played Augusta National. The first goal I had on my maiden trip to the Masters was finding Seve – to watch […]

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Gary Player set to make 50th Masters appearance

South African Gary Player makes history in April when he tees up for his 50th US Masters at Augusta, tying the record set by another legend, Arnold Palmer. The nine-time Major champion, now 71, is one of the most influential golfers in history and, as accomplished Associated Press golf writer Doug Ferguson points out in […]

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The One Thing That Can Stop TIGER

As to date, golf fans have seen only greatness from Tiger Woods – one remarkable thing after another. In fact, we have become so used to him pulling off the unthinkable – we never entertain the thought he may actually fail. Simply, he has played an unprecedented ten-year stretch of high caliber golf since winning […]

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