by Jeff Skinner Good things at day one of the Open Championship: Rory McIlroy’s bogey free 66 was as good as it can get on Thursday. Now comes Freaky Friday. This will be Rory’s toughest mental test. Tom Watson shows… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner This wasn’t the finish Jim Justice had envisioned. The billionaire Greenbrier owner was expecting some of the big names he had recruited to his West Virginia resort to show up on Sunday afternoon to claim the third… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner Check out Steve Elling’s profile of the enigmatic Ben Hogan. He covers nine defining moments in Hogan’s life. “The following isn’t a ranking or any remote semblance of the most obvious episodes or issues Hogan faced in… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner When Richard Nixon was in the White House he and his cronies had the “Enemies List.” If you did or said something that Nixon didn’t like or that made him look bad, boom, you were on the… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner Nick Watney has had a history of failing to deal with the pressure on Sunday afternoons but he looked like a cool customer at Doral as he dispatched Dustin Johnson with a few clutch putts down the… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner With all the talk about the top players being paired together, especially Phil and Tiger, Helen Ross gives us a rundown of the best pairings on the PGA Tour over the decades. It starts with Ben Hogan… Continue Reading
by Jeff Skinner The tributes to the Golden Bear dominate the golf websites today, as they should. Jack Nicklaus is a once in a generation golfer, an extraordinary parent and a rare kind of man that doesn’t just talk the… Continue Reading