The debate can rage on whether The PLAYERS should be classified a major or not, it’s not in my opinion, but it is one of the best tournaments regardless of what it is labeled. The best players in the world… Continue Reading
When The PLAYERS rolls around each year talk inevitably turns to the question of it’s status in the pantheon of world golf- is this the 5th Major? The old adage seems to apply, that if it walks like a duck,… Continue Reading
It’s official: I’ve played my last round of 2016. Freezing temps have closed all the courses in the Hudson Valley and as I am writing this snow is falling outside. But that didn’t stop me from walking a few holes… Continue Reading
The R&A ensures The OPEN is the most accessible of the four major championships by using thirty nine separate qualification criteria in setting the field of one hundred fifty players. First of these many roads to The OPEN is status… Continue Reading
Jason Day continued his dominating streak of golf today with his wire to wire win at The PLAYERS Championship. Since his win at the RBC Canadian Open last July Day has won in seven of his last seventeen starts. That’s… Continue Reading
The PGA Tour likes to play up the fact that it gives tens of millions of dollars to charity each year. Tim Finchem and his cronies would like us all to think that the tour isn’t just a business, technically… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner The 2009 U.S. Open had plenty of drama and more than its share of rain. I spent plenty of time at Bethpage Black that week including the Friday which was wiped out by rain. Along with my… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner The business of golf is big business. And this weekend the business of golf is coming to Paramus, New Jersey. Kind of. In my in box yesterday was an e-mail announcing the grand opening of the new… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner Oh boy. Looking for something to debate other than Peyton Manning’s place in NFL history or whether or not Richard Sherman deserves his lambasting on Twitter? Here it is: Golf World’s 100 Best Modern Players. Brett Avery… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner 1. One of the things I like about the Open Championship venues is that the houses you see near the course are actually part of a town with regular working people living in them. Unlike in the… Continue Reading