PGA – MY 2014 FRANKENGOLFER

My laboratory door has opened once again… Inside, there is an imaginary curtain up.  And, standing behind it, is the perfect golfer: My 3rd annual “Frankengolfer”. He is a collection of the best players in each of four major areas of the sport based on the previous end-of-year stats. I first created him in ...

LOOK OUT WORLD, TIGER WOODS IS PAIN FREE AGAIN

Tiger Woods said at a press conference early last week that he is “pain free for the first time in 2 years”. We can interpret that statement two ways. It’s either going to be very good for the golfing legend… or bad. Namely, can Tiger still be as successful without chasing pain down on a regular basis? ...

PGA – MY 2013 FRANKENGOLFER

Over the last year, I haven’t played as much golf as I would have liked. Not that I haven’t been thinking about it… a lot. I envision myself on the course quite a bit even when I’m not there. I guess I should  stop daydreaming and just do it. Meanwhile, like the column I wrote last year “My 2012 ...

PGA – BOOK REVIEW: HANK HANEY’S “THE BIG MISS”

The feelings I’m left with after reading Hank Haney’s book “The Big Miss” were ones I wasn’t expecting. I would have never anticipated that I would feel disturbed, confused, and disappointed by Haney, rather than illuminated and informed by his account of what it was like coaching Tiger Woods, the world’s ...

PGA – THE “GENTLEMEN’S GAME” IS OUTDATED

One major takeaway for me from the 2013 Masters is just how outdated the “Gentlemen’s Game” of golf is in this era of close scrutiny. It all started on Friday during Tiger Woods’ second round when his approach shot to hole 15 hit the flagstick and careened into the water below.  He took a drop and made bogey 6, ...

PGA – MY DAD’S 2013 MASTERS PREDICTIONS

My Dad is quite possibly the biggest golf fan I know.  He watches a lot of golf on tv, attends many events throughout the year, and is a very good golfer in his own right (despite having picked up the sport in his 50s). Thus, without further ado, let me introduce the world to my Dad's predictions: Tiger Woods ...

PGA – MY 2013 MASTERS PREDICTIONS

Tiger Woods The easiest and most obvious choice to win.  He’s on a roll right now plain and simple. Even if we cast aside Tiger’s 4 previous Masters wins (’97, ’01, ’02, ’05) in 18 appearances, he’s playing phenomenal golf in 2013 and will be hard to beat.  So far this year, in only 3 months, he’s ...

PGA – MY 2012 FRANKENGOLFER

If you could be any PGA golfer, who would you be, and why? This is not an easy question for me to answer. I can’t choose just one. There are many PGA players who do certain things really well, but I can’t think of just one player who consistently excelled (overall) in all areas of their game in 2012. So, I've ...

PGA – WGC-CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP PICKS

This week’s premiere PGA event is the WGC-Cadillac Championship played at the famous TPC Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort & Spa. At 7,334 yards and containing long fairways, deep Bermuda rough, and an array of water hazards, Doral is a course which will demand length paired with supreme finesse from its ...

PGA – MCILROY THINKS GOLF IS “CLEAN”, BECAUSE OF “FEEL”

Yesterday, Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 golfer in the world, fielded questions from the media at a press conference in advance of the Accenture Match Play Championship set for this week. Among other issues, McIlroy was queried about the use of PEDs in golf particularly in light of VJ Singh’s recent admission that he used ...

PGA – THOSE GUYS ARE GOOD

I am not a morning person. Some days, I’m not even coherent until after I’ve had coffee, worked out, and showered. That’s the reason I could never become a professional golfer.  Not that I’m anywhere near good enough.  I’m just learning to play the game.  But, I have noticed that some players are ...