Archive for June, 2010
New Report: Elin Gets $750 Million from Tiger
After initial reports that Elin would get $500 million from Woods came out this morning, other media outlets are claiming the divorce settlement is actually 500 POUNDS…$750 dollars under today’s conversion rate.
According to Fox News, “The golfer agreed to keep single women away from daughter Sam, three, and son Charlie, one. He can bring [...]
Hank Haney to Golf Digest: Relationship with Woods “Always Dysfunctional”
In a move surprising to many in the golf industry, Golf Digest will run an interview with Hank Haney in its August issue where the former swing coach for Tiger Woods opens up about his “dysfunctional” relationship with scandal-scarred fallen icon Tiger Woods. G.D. has been quiet about Woods’s troubles during the scandal, probably [...]
Graeme McDowell Channels Lou Graham to win the U.S. Open
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – It’s Graeme McDowell who won the 2010 U.S. Open, not Lou Graham, but since McDowell’s win closely resembles Graham’s victory at Medinah in 1975, the confusion is easily forgiven.
Like 1975, Championship Sunday dawned over Paradise with the game’s greatest players lurking near the top of the leaderboard. But [...]
2010 FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage Handicapping
Now that the Group Stage is over, and most of my picks – except Italy – are still standing, let’s breakdown the knockout stage. Like 2006, we’ll analyze the four individual brackets that will make up the final four, then explore the chances of the teams that should advance in their quest to ascend [...]
Recap: U.S. Open, then Roller Derby
While I’m writing my U.S. open recap and World Cup knockout stage analysis, tune in to Cybergolf and Waggle Room for more. After that, it’s off to Philly for East Coast Extravaganza, a majoy roller derby tournament with important implications for the regionals and the WFTDA championships. See everyone with more articles tomorrow!
Graeme McDowell wins the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach
Graeme McDowell, wins the 110th U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, the first European to do so since Tony Jacklin won the 1970 U.S. Open at Hazeltine National in Minnesota. Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, you are on the clock!
Cybergolf Runs my Championship Sunday Article
Cybergolf ran my Championship Sunday preview, Another Moveable Feast. We’ll have more pictures soon. In the meantime, enjoy the tournament no one wants to win.
Cybergolf Runs my Piece About Phil Mickelson heating up the U.S. Open
My piece about Phil’s charge yesterday along the cliffs of doom is up at Cybergolf. It’s here, so enjoy it!
From the article:
“Still, the day and the stage belonged to Mickelson. Many of you never got to see Arnold Palmer, but Mickelson makes a great comparison: a swashbuckling mercurial golfer who made you both live [...]
The U.S. Open at Pebble Beach – Day 1 is Just Getting to Know you
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – From personal experience, let me tell you that any windy, forested road called “17 Mile Drive” is no place to get lost, but that’s exactly what happened to the biggest names in golf, as the U.S. open leaderboard is left to forgotten major winners from 2003, a couple foreign players who [...]
Cybergolf Piece: Day 1 of the U.S. Open is Just Getting to Know You
Here’s my latest Cybergolf piece. Enjoy.
From the article:
“From personal experience, let me tell you that any windy, forested road called “17 Mile Drive” is no place to get lost, but that’s exactly what happened to the biggest names in golf, as the U.S. Open leaderboard is left to forgotten major winners from 2003, a [...]
The U.S. Open at Pebble Beach: A Day in the Life
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – It was a weird day, even for Northern Cali. How weird was it? Tom Watson sang The Doors, Jack Fleck praised the Lord, and Tim Clark’s posse was howling.
Yes, you read that correctly, Watson tried to sing, Fleck is still very much alive, and Tim Clark has a posse…Tim [...]
Cybergolf Runs my U.S. Open piece on Watson, Fleck, Nathan
Cybergolf ran my U.S. Open piece where I got to talk with Tom Watson, Jack Fleck, and a real-life Signboy. From the article:
“Speaking of fairways and greens, NoCal and underdogs, my next interview was a stunner, a bolt from the blue. As I strode towards the media center exit, notebook in hand intent on [...]
A Hole-by-hole Breakdown of Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – In 2000, when Tiger Woods Years lapped the field, broke or tied nearly every important U.S. Open record, and turned our beloved Pebble Beach into flotsam and jetsam in the wake of a yacht insultingly called Privacy, some pundits mistakenly thought Pebble Beach had become obsolete.
Those same pundits ignored the rest [...]
Cybergolf Runs my Hole-by-hole Breakdown of Pebble Beach
My first piece from the Open is up at Cybergolf. It’s a hole-by-hole breakdown of Pebble Beach.
From the article:
“Even though it’s the shortest U.S. Open we play, it’s still getting awfully quick out there,” cautioned Woods, who was civil and obliging with golf questions on Tuesday but surly, rude and more obnoxious than a [...]
Future U.S. Open Venues, Erin Hills, Pebble Beach Added
PEBBLE BEACH, CA – The U.S.G.A. announced two future U.S. Open venues this morning at Pebble Beach. As expected, a grateful golf world may breathe a deep sigh of relief and contentment as idyllic Erin Hills beat out insipid horse track Dog Hill…err…Cog Hill in Chicago for the 2019 U.S. Open.
In a surprise, the [...]