The Sand Trap Caucuses are complete, all votes are in, and no hanging chads! Read on to see if we are indeed bellweather journalists.
The seventh edition of the Presidents Cup match play event begins today at Royal Montreal. Unlike their performance in recent years’ Ryder Cup matches, the U.S. has had a pretty successful run in these international matches since the inaugural event in 1994. Will it continue? Read on to hear our soothsayings.
Guess which golf ball brand is number two behind Titleist. It’s Pinnacle, another Achusnet company. Here they come with five new models to choose from.
I never cease to be amazed at the way golf balls keep evolving. I mean, when you think about it, it would seem the laws of physics, available materials, and rules restrictions would one day bring innovation to a halt. But that’s not so. Every year we are treated to new versions with new feel and new performance characteristics.
Pinnacle has long been established as the leading low-priced, long distance ball. As one of the first two-piece balls to hit the market, it was one of the balls players used to call “rocks.” But that’s no longer an apt moniker. In fact the current Pinnacle marketing mantra is “Distance Doesn’t Have to be Hard.”
Low-priced distance balls have become softer and a lot more playable. And now there are five new Pinnacle versions to suit your game and your pocketbook including two aimed at the better player. Here’s a look at the new lineup…
Well let’s see, there’s the Walker Cup, the Solheim Cup, the PGA Cup…
Even with the race for the coveted FedExCup over, there is still plenty of golf yet to be played with PGA Tour players trying to stay employed on the main circuit and, oh yeah, this little event call The Presidents Cup.
This week, we have several links from the PGA Tour’s Fall Season, the upcoming Presidents Cup, and back-to-back shots you won’t believe.
You’ve only got one set of eyes, so we suggest you take care of them. Do these sunglasses from Kaenon fit the bill?
As a contact wearer and avid golfer, I’ve been in need of a good pair of sunglasses for a while now. It isn’t much fun squinting and fighting dry eyes during a round of golf in the sun.
Kaenon Polarized is a company that manufactures sunglasses for a variety of sports, ranging from kite boarding to climbing to golf. Competing against giants like Oakley and smaller but somewhat entrenched companies like Tifosi, Kaenon has their work cut out for them. Can their products compare or even surpass the others? Read on to find out.
Sometimes a plan comes together and sometimes it doesn’t. The FedExCup actually worked (surprised?), at least for the most part.
The PGA Tour’s first FedExCup (FEC) is in the books, and the Cup is in Tiger’s hands as most of us thought it would be. For the most part, the “playoffs” were a success. They attracted more attention to the Tour, post-PGA Championship, as it was supposed to. The best player from the regular season was also the hottest player going into the FEC, and sure enough, he continued to be the hot player in the playoffs.
Continue reading “The Good, Bad and Plain Old Ugly of the FedExCup”
The FedExCup succeeds in telling us what we already knew: Tiger Woods is good at golf.
Tiger is the inaugural FedExCup champion, with a five-shot victory at the Tour Championship. Zach Johnson shoots a Saturday 60, Cold Knost goes pro, the American gals win the Solheim Cup, the Tour Championship is poorly scheduled in 2008, and much more in this week’s episode of Golf Talk.
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Tiger made East Lake look like Uncle Al’s Pitch and Putt.
After taking a bit of heat for not watching golf last weekend (the horror!), I sat down and watched Zack Johnson throw up a 60 on Saturday and Tiger Woods giving the rest of the field a beat-down with an eight-stroke victory at the Tour Championship to claim the inaugural FedExCup.
This week, we have several links from the Tour Championship, “choking dogs,” and a golf score that is simply ridiculous.
Very few of us will ever play in U.S. Open qualifying or any type of “elite” tournament. If you want a chance at glory, the scramble may be just the ticket.
The U.S. Open has been called the most democratic tournament in golf, but you have to carry a 1.4 index or lower just to enter a local qualifying tournament. That eliminates all but one or (maybe) two percent of the golfers out there. No, for most of us, the lowly scramble is the “tournament” we are most likely to play. And that’s OK.
Golf provides yet another window into the human condition.
Humans are social animals. We live in groups, travel in packs to hunt down our mates, celebrate life events with large, communal feasts.
Golf, too, is social, but not entirely. For many, it’s a solitary pleasure. Does that make it inhuman? Hardly.
