I won’t pretend to follow all the weekly ins and outs of the golf world. Like many people with deep respect, though not total dedication to the game, I tune in for majors and take note when something miraculous happens elsewhere. Majors bring together the best in the world and…
Reigning Olympic golf champion George Lyon won’t be back to defend his title in Rio. The reasoning is simple: if Lyon were still alive, he’d be 158 years old. It’s safe to say golf has changed greatly since the 1904 Summer Games, where 74 golfers from the United States and…
Jason Day, the #1 golfer in the world, just went wire-to-wire and recorded his seventh PGA Tour victory in the last year, a streak reminiscent of Tiger Woods in his prime. However, this week’s The Players Championship received so little media coverage that I wouldn’t be surprised if you hadn’t…
It’s about time we get something straight. Tiger Woods isn’t hitting 18 majors. Sure, he might win another someday, but that day isn’t soon. The Tiger Woods we all knew, the most dominant player in the history of golf is gone. These past few days only solidified that…
Ten years ago, when Rory McIlroy was fifteen years old, his dad made a bet. He bet 400 pounds that his son would win the Open Championship before he turned 26 years old. The odds on that bet were 500-1, because honestly who wouldn’t take that bet? It…