Personalities

Red Sox Tim Wakefield: Close to 200 Wins and Talking Golf

John Torsiello

  Tim Wakefield has one of the nastiest knuckleballs in Major League history. The Boston Red Sox right-hander has won... Read more »

The Unbeatable Novak Djokovic Refuses to Lose in Cincy

John Torsiello

Novak Djokovic Rafa and Roger are gone and The Joker is left standing. Sounds like a plug for a new... Read more »

Architect Richard Mandell, Digging it out of the Dirt

Stephen Goodwin

On a hot August afternoon at the Army Navy CC in Fairfax, VA, Richard Mandell is doing what golf architects... Read more »

Sorry, But I Still Miss Tiger

James A. Frank

A friend forwarded an article from the LA Times sports blog. The subject line in his email read “Nice Story,”... Read more »

Congratulations Keegan Bradley! Now Why Did You Skip the Viking Event?

Larry Olmsted

Four weeks ago I went to Jackson, Mississippi to play in the Pro-Am of the Viking Classic with one specific mission: to pick now-PGA Champion Keegan Bradley as my partner in the pro-am drawing.

Protected: The Tortoise Versus The Hare – Doug Ford and The PGA Championship

Bob Fagan

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Caddie-gate: More Tiger by the tail

Herb Gould

JOHNS CREEK, Ga.—Like it or not, most golf fans are obsessed with Tiger Woods. The guy’s just larger than life.... Read more »

What Steve Williams Should Have Said

David DeSmith

I’ve tried to put it behind me, but Steve Williams’ diarrhea of the mouth on Sunday still rankles.  Maybe I... Read more »

Product & Book Review: “Power Feel Golf” by Eben Dennis

Bob Fagan

You can choose to believe that golf is a hopelessly complex and difficult game or a simple one. You can... Read more »

Long Lon Hinkle, the Hinkle Tree, and the 1994 U.S. Public Links

Casey Alexander

      The U.S. Senior Open revisits the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio this week. Most tenderly-aged avid golfers... Read more »

The Two Rory M.s

Jeff Wallach

One is the US Open Champion.  The other is Rory Mathews, the champion of the golf road warriors, the most... Read more »

Chubby Chandler’s Gamble Pays Off for Darren Clarke

John Strawn

When Darren Clarke won the Open Championship last week, he not only collected the $1.4 million first prize money from... Read more »

Andy North: Golf’s Erudite Man Behind the Mike

John Torsiello

Andy North joined ESPN as an on-course golf reporter in September of 1992. He serves as both an analyst and... Read more »

Hall of Famer Billy Casper active at 80

James McAfee

The best putter ever? There’s always room for debate, but Billy Casper’s name has to be in the mix. Using... Read more »

Deane Beman: Golf’s Driving Force; More Than a Book Review

Casey Alexander

The collaboration between Deane Beman and author Adam Schupak serves as an adequate history lesson on how the folksy professional... Read more »