In the world of golf writing, all roads eventually lead to Augusta, Georgia and The Masters. And they always
deliver you there on the second week of April. Here at TheAPosition.com, our media-busload of
writers includes many who have worked inside and outside the ropes at Augusta National during
Masters Week, in recent years and in the not-so-recent, as well.
Gathered in this special web archive under the APosition banner is enough well-honed writing
on the tournament and its special venue to fill a not-so-slim bound volume.
It’s déjà vu all over again: Although the writers at The A Position made a mess of things predicting the top golf stories of 2011, they’re taking another shot this year.
A year ago, when most people were recovering from New Year’s hangovers, the members of the leading golf/travel website were guaranteeing that Rickie Fowler and Dustin Johnson would win majors (they didn’t), the Champions ...
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In a distinguished career that’s still a work in progress, award-winning sports journalist and golf writer Greg Johnson filed his final stories this past week for The Grand Rapids Press. As the case with many of his colleagues over the past few years, Johnson’s position was eliminated as the 120-year-old newspaper drastically downsized its operations in the new digital age. Although the ending was both ...
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Steve Williams has simply gone too far this time. At the Annual Caddie Awards Dinner in Shanghai, Williams chose to rip into Tiger Woods one more time. Just so the comments can be placed in the correct context, let’s do short review of history.
Following Adam Scott’s stirring win in the WGC –Bridgestone Invitational in August at Akron Firestone, William’s chose to describe caddying for Scott’s ...
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Billy Casper accepted the PGA Distinguished Service Award from PGA President Jim Remy in 2010.
If I were going to choose the most under-rated professional golfer of the 20th Century, one names stands well above the rest… No, its not Paul Runyon, Cary Middlecoff, Julius Boros, Horton Smith, or MacDonald Smith though many would not have a clue of their excellent playing records. It’s San Diego’s ...
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Rory McIlroy’s recent triumph in the U.S. Open at Congressional spurred the reopening of topic I’ve tackled in print called The Cinderella Complex, the curious predilection we golf fans and media have for rooting against Underdogs. It’s a bit twisted. See a link to the piece I posted on this subject last year, when Tiger returned to the game. But it’s ...
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Of course we knew Seve Ballesteros was battling for his life. But that did not diminish the sad, empty feeling when the news came that he was gone at 54, gone far too soon.
Being a guy who never hits a lot of greens, I always related to his magnificent scrambling—even more so, probably, than most golf fans, because I'd be lost without putting and chipping.
The ...
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Easter Sunday was notable not only for The Heritage winner Brandt Snedeker but also for his instructor, former Michigan resident Todd Anderson, the current PGA National Teacher of the Year from Sea Island, Ga. A headliner at this winter’s West Michigan Golf Show in Grand Rapids, Anderson has been Snedeker’s teacher in recent years. He worked with him at the Masters where Snedeker contended and ...
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Some visual candy from a handful of the best players in the world, shot on the hallowed grounds at Augusta National Golf Club on the Wednesday prior to the first round of the 2011 Masters. Be careful in trying to emulate any player's set up or swing precisely, as each human being's strength, range of motion, joint mobility - to mention just a few relevant ...
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Brandel Chamblee of the Golf Channel has written a thoughtful post on Tiger Woods' post-round interview on Sunday at the Masters.
My reaction to Woods' uncivil post-round interviews is similar. Since his return from his scandal-induced absence a year ago, I don't think Woods has turned down any television interviews after his rounds. Apparently, either he or his handlers, or both, feel that would be ...
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In the crucible of the final nine holes, finishing off a major championship in style is a mark of a champion. Unheralded Charl Schwartzel certainly did that with a record-setting run of four birdies on his last four holes at the Masters. But how he started off on Sunday was equally remarkable. His 30-yard chip-in for birdie at the par-four first was only the second ...
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