Category: Thrash Talk

It’s time for the 2006 British Open at Royal Liverpool. Tiger Woods missed his first cut in a major championship as a professional at last month’s U.S. Open. You can bet Tiger will be on a mission this week across the pond. The World Number Two, Phil Mickelson, played great at Winged Foot until double bogeying the final hole to lose by one.

It’s no surprise Tiger and Phil are odds-on-favorites this week at Hoylake. However, there are many more golfers capable of winning the British Open. Geoff Ogilvy won the U.S. Open last month and hasn’t played competitively since. How will his time off affect his golf game, and is he capable of winning two majors in a row?

All the burning questions will be answered within the next week, and The Sand Trap staff is here to get all of you in the British Open spirit. We have made our picks, and now it’s showtime. Feel free to comment below or discuss your picks in the forum.

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The John Deere Classic is this week, but who in their right mind is thinking about the event? Michelle Wie will be trying to make her first cut in a men’s event, but that’s old news. The Open Championship is next week, and that’s where my focus is. This year’s British Open has flown under the radar somewhat here in the United States, but that shouldn’t be the case.

There are plenty of great storylines brewing for next week’s major championship at Royal Liverpool. Will Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson get themselves in contention on Sunday? Is Hoylake good enough to host a British Open Championship? These are just a couple of the storylines I’m going to talk about, so sit tight and continue reading.

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The month of June was much better than May when it comes to quality golf. The PGA Tour and LPGA Tour held their respective second major championships of the season in June, and both came down to the last shot. They left impressions on the golf world and the Bunker’s Dozen.

Will Lefty’s collapse at the 72nd hole at Winged Foot hurt his ranking? Was Geoff Ogilvy’s U.S. Open win enough to vault him to the top spot? Also, what effect did the LPGA’s second major have on the list? These questions and more will be answered in the latest edition of the Bunker’s Dozen. I hope you all enjoy!

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It’s really hard to believe that July is right around the corner. The PGA Tour season is more than halfway complete, even though there are a lot of big tournaments left on the schedule. Two major championships have come and gone, and golf fans already have a lot of great memories from this season. Some of the memories are good ones, while some are pretty hard to think about a second time.

I’ll be giving out awards for player of the year, rookie of the year, disappointment of the year, etc. Hopefully this will even stir up some debate here at The Sand Trap. Let’s get to the Thrash Talk 2006 PGA Tour mid-season awards.

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Geoff Ogilvy is the U.S. Open champion! How many people would have guessed that after the young Aussie trailed Phil Mickelson and Colin Montgomerie by a shot with two holes left? Ogilvy then backed himself into a corner at the 71st hole before boldly chipping in to save par. Still, it looked like he was headed for a third-place finish at best.

That’s when the wheels of fate began to turn. A wild collapse from Monty and Lefty mixed with a gutsy up-and-down at the 72nd hole for Ogilvy combined to give the golf world a brand new major champion. The young Aussie is quickly turning into one of the world’s best, and this major won’t be the only one in his career when it’s all said and done.

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U.S. Open week has finally arrived, and The Sand Trap is the place to be for top-notch predictions. None of us picked Phil Mickelson to win The Masters earlier this year, but we are ready to bounce back and get things right this time around.

Winged Foot is the site of the 2006 U.S. Open, and it appears to be in great shape. This tournament will once again test the nerves of the world’s best, and par will be a great score. The rough has received the most attention so far, so it’s fairways and greens once again. The golfer who consistently hits fairways and greens along with rolling in a few putts here and there will more than likely walk away the 2006 U.S. Open champion.

The Sand Trap staff members have had plenty of time to contemplate the options, but the time for thinking is over. It’s time for all of us to put up or shut up. As always, feel free to post your predictions below or discuss them in our forum.

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The month of May has come and gone, which means it’s time for the June edition of Bunker’s Dozen! In May’s go-round, Phil made his way to the top of the rankings after winning the season’s first major championship. The female golfers maintained their swagger last month, but the big guns of the PGA Tour fizzled a little. Add to that the fact that a lot of lower-ranked golfers won events last month.

The combination of these things makes this edition of Bunker’s Dozen the most unpredictable one yet. Also, a member of the Champions Tour makes an appearance for the first time ever. I hope you all enjoy!

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The month of May for the PGA Tour has come and gone, and it’s time to move towards the U.S. Open at Winged Foot. That’s definitely a good thing because the past month has been less than spectacular for this golf fan. The Masters was awesome once again at the beginning of April, and I figured things would continue to pick up heading into the summer.

Unfortunately for golf fans, that wasn’t the case. The Wachovia Championship was the first tournament of May, and it lived up to the hype. The great course and strong field made for another great finish at Quail Hollow. Jim Furyk outlasted Trevor Immelman in a playoff en route to claiming victory. That was the only high point on the PGA Tour this past month.

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