There is a tremendous youth movement right now on the LPGA Tour, which depending on point of view, could be a good or bad thing for the game. On one hand, this influx of young talent is bringing the LPGA Tour to unprecedented heights. Never before, in the history of the women’s game, has it [...]
I’m in Cincinnati this week working with a couple girls I coach on the Futures Tour. One of the girls (Jimin Jeong) is preparing to play the Women’s U.S. Open next week at Pine Needles. This will be Jimin’s first U.S. Open and she is understandably very excited. She’s worked extremely hard this year and [...]
Most historians would agree that the combination of Arnold Palmer and television brought golf to the masses.
It was the 1958 Masters, one of golf’s first televised events, which saw Palmer birdie the last two holes to win. That Masters victory propelled Palmer to become the sport’s first matinée idol since Bobby Jones. He was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A couple weeks ago, I watched one of the players I coach (Jin Young Pak), compete in The Ginn Open. And while watching her compete, I noticed a problem that is common to golfers of all skill levels. A problem that usually happens to someone as they get outside their comfort zone. What happened to [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A young American girl stared down Lorena Ochoa and Laura Davies at the LPGA’s Ginn Open today - and her name was Brittany Lincicome. It was a world class performance against a world class field.
Still, when people talk about all the young American talent on the LPGA Tour, we rarely hear the name Brittany [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
To me, the golf season doesn’t officially start until the year’s first major. And this year, The Kraft Nabisco Championship edges The Masters on the schedule by seven days - thus putting The LPGA front and center this week. So naturally there are some questions - such as, will Annika continue her dominance in 2007? [...]