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Sports Illustrated November 18, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Warburg Cup is a winner The most underrated Silly Season golf event has to be the UBS Warburg Cup. |
Sports Illustrated January 21, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Having a ball at the Hope My debut at the Hope last week was a pleasant surprise. If you're a golf fan who's thinking about attending a tour event someday, check this one out. For starters, it's near Palm Springs, Calif.... |
Sports Illustrated May 20, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Tataurangi shows a lot of heart The easy part is over for Phil Tataurangi. Thanks to his tie for fifth at last week's MasterCard Colonial, he's already won more than enough money to be a lock for exempt status in 2003. The slightly more difficult part is seeing a cardiologist and possibly undergoing an operation... |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Hits and misses Checking out some new golf courses and new equipment... |
Sports Central November 2, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Showing Something Els Ernie Els is an incredibly talented golfer, a gentle giant of a human being, has the perfect attitude for this sport. He also has something that a lot of the Tour's elite seem to lack at times -- heart. |
Sports Illustrated November 4, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
The Price is still right Perhaps you thought Nick Price was pretty much washed up a couple of years ago when his short game, particularly his putting stroke, reverted to mediocre at best. The three-time major champion proved us wrong by quietly putting together a wonderfully solid, consistent 2002. |
Sports Central September 28, 2010 Ryan Ballengee |
The Best is the Best of the Worst Cases We walk away from the 2010 FedExCup thinking that there has to be a better way. |
Sports Illustrated June 12, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Open for business, 2002 The 2002 U.S. Open is going to rank way up there on the scale of coolness. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park on Long Island is a classic old A.W. Tillinghast design that Rees Jones, the Open doctor, has modernized and lengthened without messing up the look... |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Dougherty is happy just to be here Maybe now Ed Dougherty's wise-guy buddies will shut up. He didn't win the Ford Senior Players Championship last week in Dearborn, Mich., but he had a good showing and tied for fourth... |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Mr. Cub takes in some golf The Tour Championship at East Lake featured one wild pitch and one strikeout... |
Sports Central August 29, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
FedEx Cup: We Can Rebuild It A list of ideas to improve the PGA Tour and FedEx Cup. |
Sports Illustrated June 8, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Time to go low It's about time for somebody to lower the record for low score in a major, which has been at 63 and holding for a long time. By my count, 15 players have shot 63s in major championships. |
Sports Illustrated August 27, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
U.S. Amateur is a gem Once you get past the fact that you've never heard of most of the players, the U.S. Amateur is the best spectator event in golf... |
Sports Illustrated December 10, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Identity Crisis Quiz A cheeky way to review the year in golf... |
Sports Central March 3, 2005 Kevin Beane |
The Triumphant Return of Jaidee Why the European Tour runs as good a golf organization as the PGA, and for far less money. |
Sports Illustrated September 10, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Sutherland returns with flair A few weeks ago in Akron Phil Mickelson said he thought he still had a chance to be Player of the Year. Right now, though, the choice is fairly obvious -- David Sutherland... |
Sports Central May 26, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Why the PGA's FedEx Cup is Empty The more I find out about how the FedEx Cup is shaping up, the more discouraged I become about the potential value of this series. |
Sports Illustrated February 25, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Perfect Match Who needs a Q rating with all this drama? |
Sports Central July 12, 2006 Ryan Ballengee |
Who Were the Ad Wizards? The Western Open is officially dead. |
Sports Illustrated February 13, 2001 Jaime Diaz |
The Tour's Mr. Right Almost overnight the game has changed on the PGA Tour because an ever-expanding number of players are driving the ball huge distances, which allows them to attack every pin with shorter irons... |
Sports Central May 6, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Ranking the PGA Tour Schedule It has become clear that the PGA Tour is considering the development of a policy that will try to compel its membership -- primarily its best players -- to play in more events with a wider variety. |
Sports Central July 16, 2008 Ryan Ballengee |
Why Golf Needs an All-Star Game Golf needs an experience for fans that largely serves as a commercial for the sport and provides fans with a new level of intimacy with the game. |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 |
How the PGA Schedule Lines Up Here's a list of tournaments on the calendar -- along with our best guess as to which events might see a change of date or venue: Jan. 4-7, Mercedes Championships... Jan. 11-14, Sony Open... etc. |
Sports Illustrated August 28, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Euro tour deserters The shrewdest comment from the NEC Invitational at Firestone Country Club came from Philip Price of Wales. He played his way into contention on the weekend and, believe it or not, was asked about chasing Tiger Woods. |
Sports Central April 27, 2004 Ryan Ballengee |
The PGA Train Needs Coal For the PGA Tour to continue its seven-year run of increased attendance and mainstream popularity, at least one young gun, like Tiger Woods, has to become a consistent challenger on Tour. |
Sports Illustrated January 18, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Martin case could go either way Now that the Supreme Court is hearing the Casey Martin case, you can look for some fine, informed national reporting on golf. Or maybe not... |
Sports Central April 14, 2005 Jonathan Lowe |
When Dripping and Driving Don't Mix So far, poor weather has effected sixty percent of golf tournaments in 2005. |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
A golfer's dream The Hooters Tour is where professional golfers go to dream... |
Sports Illustrated July 9, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
USGA flubs another ruling I swear the guys at the United States Golf Association who come up with the rules on amateur status are a bunch of, um, amateurs... |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Just like being there Since you and I aren't going to be teeing it up at Augusta National in the near future, the next best thing is playing an imitation. I recently had the chance to try out Tour 18, the Dallas-area course that features "simulations" of 18 famous American golf holes... |
Sports Central January 19, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Over What Hill? Vijay Singh's success is the ultimate example of the trend in golf toward superior players extending their careers or even improving at the end of a career. |
Sports Illustrated July 29, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Having a grand old time in Scotland One of the quaint things about the British Open is that so many of the Americans who attend it -- including players, caddies, writers, coaches and agents -- manage to sneak in a few rounds of golf while they're there. |
Sports Central January 18, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
FedEx Cup: Delivering Results? In the eyes of the creators of the golf FedEx Cup, the Mercedes-Benz Championship and Sony Open are basically worth the same in FedEx points. Why? |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Patriotism carries over to golf world The American flag is suddenly hot stuff. It's trendy. It's cool. And it's a popular item in golf, too... |
Sports Central November 21, 2009 Ryan Ballengee |
Trump Headlining a Golf Tour a Bad Idea If Trump were to try to challenge the LPGA Tour and build his own women's tour, he would be much more prudent and learn lessons from the U.S. Pro Golf Tour. |
Sports Central November 2, 2005 Ryan Ballengee |
Show Me the Money (List) The chase for the top 30 on the money list is one of the few times when the Tour season strings together. |
Sports Central November 11, 2004 Kevin Beane |
The Rainy Forecast of American Golf The PGA Tour season has anticlimactically come to an end, goes the conventional wisdom ... and here we have yet another case where conventional wisdom is wrong. |
Sports Illustrated October 24, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Venturi was letter perfect The Americans played so well the first three days of the President's Cup, putting on one of the finest displays of team golf in recent memory, that Venturi couldn't make a bad move, it seemed. The U.S. team earned straight A's on my report card... |
Sports Illustrated November 27, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Curing the Skins Game When the pros play in a best-ball format, is there a rule that prohibits a player from intentionally screwing up?... You don't have to be a good player to play at a decent pace... etc. |
Sports Illustrated August 24, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Ten best tournament finishes The duel between Bob May and Tiger Woods. Woods thought it ranked as one of the great finishes in golf history. He's probably right. Here's my list of the 10 best major tournament finishes since 1960... |
Sports Illustrated September 4, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Getting in some holiday golf The greens fees at my local golf course have almost doubled in the last year. Anything I can do to take care of this problem?... When is a Canuck going to win something important?... |
Sports Central May 24, 2007 Will Tidey |
Bryant Ready For Kiawah Challenge For some PGA golfers, life begins at 50. That's how it was for Brad Bryant. |
Sports Illustrated March 4, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
My father the golfer If the entire tour is made for TV, then I'm right about the World Match Play... |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Fleck shoots his age And other Senior PGA Championship leftovers. |
Sports Illustrated January 8, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Quiz time It's cold, it's snowing and the golf scene is dead here in the Midwest. So escape your boredom momentarily and test your golfing knowledge on this mixed bag of irrelevant trivia questions... |
Sports Illustrated June 1, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Golf questions Prepping for a major... Cypress Point... The PGA Championship... etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
10 things to think about This week's Big Ten, a collection of random thoughts, observations and road rage about golf. |
Sports Illustrated April 27, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Sutton is Tour's Mr. Cool A year ago at this time, Hal Sutton was busy blowing the Shell Houston Open because he couldn't chip or putt. Now he's arguably the No. 1 player in the OTTW (Other Than Tiger Woods) Ranking.... |
Sports Central April 14, 2008 Joe Boesch |
The Masters of Golf The Masters is not so much about winning the money ($7.25 million purse), but about the privileges that come along with it such as an invitation to play in the other three major championship events. |
Sports Illustrated May 11, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Keep an eye on Franco golf Q&A: thin-skin-faced drivers that have not been approved by the USGA?... Tiger Woods supporting the actors' boycott?... Zero Tour... etc. |