Opinion

The FedEx Cup is still new to golf and fans are still getting used to a playoff system, especially one that has a complicated points structure.  Still, in its second year, the FedEx Cup should deliver a great end to an exciting PGA Tour season. 
With Tiger Woods out of the competition, though he leads going into the [...]

With Padraig Harrington’s win at the PGA Championship, he is only 2.02 points behind Phil Mickelson for the number two spot on the Official World Golf Rankings.  Harrington is almost a lock for player of the year honors, barring a Sergio Garcia FedEx Cup championship.
Outside of Woods, players have become tightly grouped together that there [...]

With Tiger Woods out from knee surgery, where is the world’s number 2 Phil Mickelson?
He has not played on home soil since the U. S. Open, where he disappeared in the Rocco/Tiger show.  He “tuned up” at the Scottish Open to a 38th place finish, closing with a 73.  His opening round at the British Open was [...]

Is this a publicity opportunity or is the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open a tune up for the CN Canadian Women’s Open?
Needing $80,000 to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour, Michelle Wie will tee up on the PGA Tour’s Legends Reno-Tahoe Open.  Wie has one exemption left on the LPGA season and needs to finish at, [...]

The British Open has begun across the pond with Sergio Garcia being the odds-makers pick.  Phil Mickelson is the top ranked player in the field but never seems to do well in the links style of play.  Ernie Els is the pick of the week here as he has gone through a golf makeover with [...]

We are four tournaments in to the new, Tiger-less PGA Tour and there have been a few surprises and one golfer that is coming into his own.
Tommy Armour III has shown great ball striking in two of the three post-Tiger tournaments.  He did not play in the Buick Open but finished tied for second at [...]

WIth Tiger Woods shutting things down for the rest of the year to have ACL surgery and give himself time to fully recover, is the PGA Tour in good standing to survive?
Yes.
There are a lot of great, young players on Tour, many that have won this season.  Hopefully, they can grab the headlines and provide [...]

The U. S. Open was great…probably one of the most captivating majors in the last few years.  To start the tournament, you see the top 12 players in the world playing together with most playing pretty good.  Players were loving the course, which doesn’t happen too often at the U. S. Open.  Then, the weekend [...]

One thing to remember after the first round of the U. S. Open…it was Tiger Woods’ first 18 hole round since surgery.  Shooting one-over par after the first 18 hole round after surgery is pretty remarkable and to do that in a major…that’s Tiger Woods. 

With all the experts picking Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson to win the U. S. Open this week at Torrey Pines, who else has a chance?  There have been some first-time winners on Tour this season and others that have been there every week.  Here are some names to watch that could contend but may [...]

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