Personalities

Ping Golf Chairman John A. Solheim receives HSBC Lifetime Achievement Award

Steve Pike

  John A. Solheim, Ping Chairman/CEO, was honored today with the distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award at the HSBC Golf Business... Read more »

Tiger Woods “on bed rest” after yet another back operation

Emily Kay

Tiger Woods, confined to his bed following a post-op procedure to “relieve discomfort” from his recent back operation, appears to... Read more »

Going the Distance

Tom Bedell

[This one was evergreen when I wrote it in 2015 and updated it in 2021. But it should be noted... Read more »

Where Are the Critics Now?

Ed Travis

Team Lefty – that has a nice ring to it and after the clutch play by the U.S. Team stemming... Read more »

New 2016 LPGA Tour Stop – Memorial Weekend at Ann Arbor’s Travis Pointe CC

Susan Bairley

Sometimes you just know when the time is right. And this time it was the tone of the press conference... Read more »

Watson And Nicklaus: The Secret Of Golf

Tom Harack

Veteran sports writer Joe Posnanski notes in the acknowledgements section of his latest book (he’s probably best known for Paterno)... Read more »

George Brown, popular and influential former Turnberry course manager dies at 77

Anthony Pioppi

The passing of popular and influential head greenkeeper George Brown was announced on the Bigga.co.uk website this morning. Brown, 77,... Read more »

Team Lefty

Ed Travis

The explosion of negative comments on the web concerning Phil Mickelson as President Cup Captain Jay Haas’s pick to the... Read more »

Beckman out. Thomas wobbly. Illini woes continue. . .

Herb Gould

On the bright side, firing football coach Tim Beckman will probably be the most popular move Mike Thomas ever makes... Read more »

CT Golfer Wins Club Championship with Two Aces

Anthony Pioppi

An amazing story out of Stanley Golf Course, the municipally-owned facility of New Britain, Conn. John Bertola of Southington aced... Read more »

Classic Bubba Watson in 91 Seconds

Anthony Pioppi

Poor Gerry (Bubba) Watson found his ball on an anthill during the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He asked for... Read more »

TIGER TIME

Brad King

Monday’s announcement that former World’s No. 1 will definitely be playing in this week’s 2015 Wyndham Championship at Greensboro’s Sedgefield Country... Read more »

Overheard: Robert Allenby and His Caddie at the Canadian Open

Matthew Van Fossen

  A heated confrontation between PGA Tour veteran Robert Allenby and his caddie during Thursday’s first round of the Canadian... Read more »

Spending a Round with Sergio Garcia

Anthony Pioppi

  A universal question asked of those who cover professional sports is, “What is ____ really like?” There is a... Read more »

Bilodeau Fails to Make Travelers Cut

Anthony Pioppi

Kyle Bilodeau, a local PGA club pro, had been here before, inside the ropes at the Travelers Championship, teeing it... Read more »