Personalities

Match Play a Semi-Success on the European, LPGA Tours

David Barrett

Last week provided a nice dose of match play as the European and LPGA Tours played that format—but it also... Read more »

David Toms Bounces Back to Tear Up Colonial

David Barrett

Three things helped carry David Toms to victory at the Crowne Plaza Colonial. 1) Record scoring in the first two... Read more »

How the PGA Tour’s Best Players Rate as Putters

David Barrett

Last week I looked at what the PGA Tour’s new-and-greatly-improved putting stat revealed about who are the best putters on... Read more »

Bubba Watson Does Golf His Way

John Torsiello

Bubba Watson The “Bubba Show” rolled into the TPC at River Highlands this week as Bubba Watson charmed the press... Read more »

Golf and Boxing: Unlikely Cousins in the Arena, Seen Through the Vision of Novelist Katherine Dunn.

John Strawn

Last week, the novelist Katherine Dunn died of lung cancer. I am proud to say that Katherine was a dear... Read more »

Ollie’s Open Bid — the Experience of a Local Qualifier

Stephen Goodwin

Oliver Dunn played in the U. S. Open local qualifier at Wilshire CC, in Los Angeles, finishing as one of... Read more »

Can K.J. Choi Avoid Players Championship Jinx?

David Barrett

Good luck, K.J. Winning the Players Championship has been more of a curse than a boon for players’ fortunes in... Read more »

Tiger Woods’ Woes Continue With a 42-WD at the Players

David Barrett

It was a strange Thursday morning at the Players Championship. The scores were very low at the TPC Sawgrass. But... Read more »

Seve….One of a Kind

Janina Jacobs

I wish I had known Seve.  Not simply because he was dark and handsome in the Spaniard sense and made... Read more »

Tiger Woods Coming Back From an Absence–Again

David Barrett

The biggest news from Tiger Woods’ press conference at the Players Championship on Tuesday was that he didn’t even hit... Read more »

Cool-Hand Lucas Glover Wins One on the Greens

David Barrett

“You guys probably have the stats, but I putted great all week,” said Lucas Glover after winning the Wells Fargo... Read more »

Who Are the Best Putters on the PGA Tour? Now We Really Know

David Barrett

Golf has been behind other sports in detailed statistical analysis, but it made a big step forward last week when... Read more »

Seve’s Soft Touch

Tom Harack

Many of this week’s tributes to Severiano Ballesteros will rightly note his deft shot-making ingenuity. But his gentle hand extended... Read more »

Natalie Gulbis: One Man’s Guilty Pleasure

John Torsiello

Natalie Rocking My World I was asked recetly for my golfing guilty pleasure? I say this with a somewhat red... Read more »

Bubba Watson is Dangerous When He’s Finding Fairways

David Barrett

Webb Simpson might have deserved to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (I’ll post more tomorrow on the harsh... Read more »