Holly Sonders and Gil Hanse close out their Chambers Bay presentation with a big finale, the eighteenth hole. Controversy follows the player from tee to green. Mike Davis will set this hole up as a 604 yard par 5 one… Continue Reading
Holly Sonders and Gil Hanse show us the sixteenth at Chambers Bay which nestles up close to the Puget Sound and even closer to the railway line that gives this course a definite British feel. Less than driver for most… Continue Reading
U.S. Open week is here and our second and most controversial major is near. Normally the debate about the U.S. Open and the setup starts now but we are well past that point. Many players had started complaining about Chambers… Continue Reading
Holly Sonders and Gil Hanse show us the 14th at Chambers Bay, a long par four with options off the tee. The right side is more conservative but the left side of the fairway will reward a long tee ball… Continue Reading
Here’s golf’s new odd couple: Holly Sonders and Gil Hanse of Fox Sports with a look the U.S. Open’s host course Chambers Bay’s opening hole. Mike Davis and crew will be varying the par from a par four to a… Continue Reading
Normally, controversy about the U.S. Open usually happens during the week of the championship. Traditionally players will complain about the length of the rough, the speed of the greens and maybe the conversion of a par five into a par… Continue Reading
I am still recovering from shoulder surgery which has delayed the opening of my golf season for a few weeks. So when I had the opportunity to do something golf related that didn’t involve me taking a divot I took… Continue Reading
The U.S. Open is still over four months away (133 days actually) but I have already been getting my links golf fix by reading some heavy duty links related books lately. I just finished Tom Doak’s The Anatomy of a… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner Just about now maintenance crews are pulling down the grandstands and cleaning up the old, venerable Pinehurst No.2 course after a whirlwind two weeks of U.S. Open play. The reviews are in from all around and this… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner It’s been a long road for Michelle Wie. For any 24 year old to have had to travel a long road may be hard to comprehend. Twenty-somethings are still kids with kid problems. But Michelle Wie has… Continue Reading