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St George’s course officials wear hard hats when Phil Mickelson plays through

Very entertaining read by UK writer Matthew Dunn about course officials dawning hard hats while Phil Mickelson plays through during practice rounds at Royal St. George’s Links. The whole article is here. Wednesday July 13,2011 By Matthew Dunn PHIL MICKELSON’S…

Category: European Tour, Golf, PGA Tour, Pro Golf

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…

Category: PGA Tour, Pro Golf, Tiger Woods

AT&T at the Mink

No Tiger Woods The big news this week at the AT&T is once again that Tiger Woods will not be playing. In fact, Tiger has said that the most golf he has done since bowing out of THE PLAYERS is…

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…