It was pretty simple in the glory days of Tiger Woods. We knew who was No. 1, the players knew who was No. 1. No debate, no discussion, end of story. That seems like a long time ago in the d... Read more
Jack Nicklaus won two majors at Baltusrol. Lee Janzen won the first of his two U.S. Open titles at Baltusrol. Mickey Wright, arguably the greatest female player ever, won the women’s O... Read more
Time to break outside the box. Time to turn our backs on “the usual suspects.” After all, going into this fourth and final major of the season, we’ve had not one or two but... Read more
When it comes to playing the week before a major, most of the top players in the game follow the Tiger Woods model and that model was drawn up by Jack Nicklaus. You don’t play the week... Read more
Jean van de Velde’s named is carved in cement on the wall of the Barry Burn, just short of the 18th green at iconic Carnoustie, complilments of the course superintendant 17 years ago.... Read more
Over the past 150 years, 428 major championships have been contested. No one, not Bobby Jones, not Jack Nicklaus, not Lee Trevino, not Ben Hogan, not Byron Nelson, not Tiger Woods, no one ha... Read more
Maybe we should have seen this coming. Perhaps the first hint was that final round 66 last Sunday at the Scottish Open. Certainly it wasn’t his 13th place finish at Castle Stuart. The... Read more
The Open Championship may well be the best of the major championships in golf. First, it is the oldest, second, it is the only major played outside the United States. Third, the natural elem... Read more
Ah, the 145th staging of golf’s oldest championship and this week it’s Royal Troon taking its turn on the championship rota. This stunning layout sits directly on the Firth of Cl... Read more
Rickie Fowler has a problem this season. It is basically a major problem. He hasn’t performed in a 2016 major, yet. Fowler missed the cut at The Masters, then again at the U.S. Open. I... Read more
