by Jeff Skinner Rory McIlroy: three quarters of the way to the career grand slam. Only Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have reached that point any quicker than Rory. That tells you what kind of company this kid is in.… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner You have heard it a million times: “drive for show and putt for dough.” That’s the case at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship where Tiger Woods drove the ball well but could not find his putting stroke. … Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner All week the talk at the Atlanta Athletic Club was how difficult the finishing holes were. We saw disaster after meltdown after implosion on those holes. One of the nicknames given to the final four holes was… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner As Rory McIlroy was making his way around Congressional Country Club he was given a conquering hero’s welcome at each hole. The patrons at this 111th U.S. Open Championship realized they were seeing history made before their… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner In a PGA Tour season that continues to amaze us each week the FedEx St. Jude Classic was no different. Another Sunday means another playoff for the PGA Tour and another story than defies logic. A lifelong… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner This season there has been much discussion concerning the strength of the European Tour versus that of The PGA Tour and this week isn’t any different. The European Tour’s Qatar Masters has eight of the top twenty… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner There will be plenty of butterflies and sweaty palms today as a fresh group of rookies start their season on The PGA Tour at The Sony Open in Honolulu. Waialae Country Club is the scene for the… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner In a golf season that saw too many rules infractions affect the outcome of tournaments the strangeness continued at the Dubai World Championship. Ian Poulter was poised to win his second straight tournament but he let Robert… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner Robert Garrigus was standing on the eighteenth tee with a three shot lead at The St. Jude Classic. He must have been thinking, at least for a second, how his life was about to change. The fifth… Continue Reading
Chip Shots from the Weekend… This weekend the PGA Tour looked more like an episode of Judge Judy than it did a golf tournament. Scott McCarron, in a less than classy move calls out Phil Mickelson for “cheating.” McCarron is… Continue Reading