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Comparing American golf to golf in St. Andrews, Scotland

18th Hole, Castle Course in St. Andrews - Site of my 50 yard approach putt!

With the Scottish Open this week and the Open Championship (I don’t call it the British Open) next week, there isn’t…

Barclays Scottish Open USA TV Coverage Crap Shoot

The field strength at the Scottish Open this week is much stronger than this week’s John Deere Classic. I’ve had a hard time finding a decent listing of coverage which corresponds with the coverage I’m getting on my TV. Using…

Thoughts on Rory McIlroy and the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional Country Club

Rory McIlroy - 2011 U.S. Open Champion - click for more

This past week’s U.S. Open has been one of the best, most entertaining and most surprising in recent memory. Not surprising that Rory McIlroy won,…

Rory McIlroy is not the next Tiger Woods

Media feeding frenzy Wow the golf media has in some kind of feeding frenzy following this past U.S. Open, already comparing Rory McIlroy to Tiger Woods. “The next Tiger” talk is already clogging up the golf scribes’ so-called blogs and…

Final 2011 U.S. Open Leader Board

Final 2011 U.S. Open Leader Board POS Player To Par Sun R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 Rory McIlroy -16 -2 65 66 68 69 268 2 Jason Day -8 -3 71 72 65 68 276 T3 Kevin Chappell -6…