We’ve been doubly lucky by having back to back weeks of golf viewing from the House That Jack Built, the testing course at Muirfield Village. The course played short and soft last week as it gracefully stood in for the… Continue Reading
Brooks Koepka has arrived. In fact he arrived awhile ago when he won his first U.S. Open at Erin Hills. But his win there was attributed to runway wide fairways and friendly landing areas. He came into Shinnecock off a… Continue Reading
First things first, Brooks Koepka is a very deserving U.S. Open Champion. It’s never easy to survive a USGA setup, even when they get it right, and in spite of their botched Saturday setup Koepka persevered. Driver may be his… Continue Reading
Last year when Brooks Koepka won the first of his back to back U.S. Opens he took his whole crew to Las Vegas to celebrate. It looks like his gang of supporters can start making this a yearly trip. Koepka… Continue Reading
Oh, what a difference a day makes. A day maybe but a year, not so much. On a Shinnecock Hills course made a bit tamer by the USGA today, Brooks Koepka played nearly flawless golf as he successfully defended his… Continue Reading
They had one job, one job. The USGA was supposed to put on the U.S. Open and while it takes a million different tasks to stage an Open they had one job that encompasses all of them: Don’t f**k it… Continue Reading
We knew early on that this wasn’t going to be an “ease into the Open” kind of round. With the wind blowing hard and a challenging setup, scoring at this U.S. Open wasn’t going to be low. There was plenty… Continue Reading
Well, so much for “The Featured Groups”. The powers that be have been busy lately pairing up the top superstars of the game in opening round pairings. All the majors do it as does The PLAYERS and lately it’s been… Continue Reading
When me and my golfin’ boys tee it up we always like to bust chops. And when one of us makes a bonehead shot we hear about it. And that’s pretty often since at best we are nothing but hackers.… Continue Reading
The USGA will set up Shinnecock Hills to “identify the best golfer in the game” this week as the U.S. Open revives it’s love affair with this storied track in the sand hills of eastern Long Island. The penal nature… Continue Reading