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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 August 6, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Caddyshack: The Restaurant Is it just me or was the Hackfest at Bigmouth a disaster? It was like the one time in my life I watched NASCAR; I just kept rooting for the wrecks. Good golf? No. Good drama? Not really. Hilarious golf? Yes... |
Sports Illustrated December 10, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Identity Crisis Quiz A cheeky way to review the year in golf... |
Sports Illustrated February 1, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Too many signs Autographs are meaningless and pointless -- and now, sadly, all about the money. A celebrity signs a card or a program, and 10 minutes later that item is up for bid on eBay or for sale in some collector's shop in the mall. If I was a celebrity -- say, Woods -- I'd simply say, No autographs... |
Sports Illustrated April 20, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Taking it easy Dead Zone means vacation time on PGA Tour |
Sports Illustrated July 27, 2001 Tom Humphries |
Gorse Management Rising above a slew of contenders, David Duval brought mighty Royal Lytham and St. Annes to its knees to win the British Open, his long overdue first major... |
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 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 March 21, 2001 Jaime Diaz |
Newer clubs definitely work Golf equipment has never generated quite this much buzz -- and, finally, justifiably so. |
Sports Illustrated November 16, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
No more real golf Let's all just scratch Valderrama off our scorecards, shall we? As the recent WGC American Express Championship proved, it's not a great golf course. The 17th hole, where balls keep rolling off the green into the lake, is a travesty. That green really does belong on a miniature-golf course... |
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 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 July 27, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Welcome to Tigerworld We have passed Tiger mania into a new level with this British Open thing. We're now into Tigerworld. And to borrow a line from Ernie Els at St. Andrews, I guess we'd better get used to it |
Sports Illustrated February 15, 2001 Alan Shipnuck |
In praise of Mickelson Pay close attention to the prediction below ... |
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 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 Illustrated July 25, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
The Hot List: July 25 Special Open Championship Edition... Hot: Tiger Woods, The Old Course, Ernie Els, The Road Hole... Not: David Duval's putting, Streakers, UK golfers, Sergio Garcia... |
Sports Illustrated May 19, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Where are they now? Golf Q&A: Why can't the majors were held in four different countries... Do you believe Al Del Greco of the NFL could compete on the PGA Tour?... Vicki Goetze?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated January 24, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
More on Martin Although I greatly admire Casey Martin's talent and desire to play pro golf, I disagree with those who say endurance is not a factor in the game... |
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. |
Sports Central January 13, 2005 Kevin Beane |
Slant Pattern's World Golf Preview To ring in the New Year, it's time to present the Slant Pattern World Golf Top 10 golfers for 2005. |
Sports Illustrated November 7, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
A Second Opinion Gary Player made a career out of measuring up to the game's greats... |
Sports Illustrated June 25, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
Swinging in the Valley of the Sun Letters about cheap and good public golf courses, etc. |
Sports Central February 21, 2007 Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Identity Crisis The game of golf is exhibiting signs that it is clearly struggling with the same problems of someone in a midlife crisis. |
Sports Illustrated September 21, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
No golf at the Olympics As we're all in the grips of Olympic fever -- yeah, right -- now may be the time to point out that golf doesn't need to be included as an event in the near future... Plus letters from readers, mostly about Tiger Woods... |
Sports Illustrated April 11, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
Vijay Day With a decisive victory in some of the toughest conditions ever at the Masters, Vijay Singh earned his second major title -- and perhaps a new measure of respect |
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 September 28, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Casey's case PGA Tour on nothing more than a costly witch-hunt |
Sports Illustrated June 22, 2000 Gary Van Sickle |
Digging into Open leftovers Did anyone talk about a subject other than Tiger Woods last week? Didn't think so.... |
Sports Central July 11, 2004 Kevin Beane |
Who's Really the Best? Lots of guys are winners on the PGA Tour, and it becomes increasingly difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff in the world of golf. |
Sports Illustrated February 18, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Just a Bill Golfer Bill Rogers is only mildly interested in his own return... |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Jaime Diaz Golf Q&A: Why does Tiger receive appearance money to play in Europe?... Where has Lee Westwood been?... What's the theory behind the penalty Karrie Webb called on herself?... etc. |
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 Central May 16, 2005 Vincent Musco |
A Look at Golf's Next Five Most followers of the PGA Tour can easily name the top five players in the world, but who can identify players ranked 6 to 10? Here's a look at golf's Next Five. |
Sports Illustrated March 7, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
Easy Money: Weekly Bonus Programs Golf pros have to choose between cash for using certain equipment brands and having freedom to choose the best equipment for their game. |
Sports Illustrated February 7, 2001 Gary Van Sickle |
The Poor Man's Pebble Beach I was at the Pacific Grove municipal course on Monday, which is nothing like teeing it up at Pebble Beach. Luckily, the price is about $300 lighter, and America's most fun muni (par-70, 5,732 yards from the back tees) is known as the Poor Man's Pebble Beach... |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2000 Jaime Diaz |
Notebook: Gaffes Galore Living by the Rules: Costly violations of golfing rules. |
Sports Illustrated September 3, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Hootie's Top 10 What? Yet another David Letterman ripoff? Yes, I'm afraid so. Here, then, are Hootie Johnson's Top 10 reasons why women aren't allowed to be members at Augusta National Golf Club |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Fleck shoots his age And other Senior PGA Championship leftovers. |
Sports Illustrated June 14, 2001 Alan Shipnuck |
The talk of Tulsa Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the majors are ideal for the idle golf writer, as a parade of top players come to the air-conditioned press tent to pontificate on matters large and small... |
Sports Illustrated May 6, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
A listing ship Ten grand ideas from the golf underground... |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2003 Rick Reilly |
Wanna Get Teed Off? Let's just test your knowledge of the dumbest set of rules in sports. (The proper response to each item is, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!") |
Sports Illustrated May 13, 2002 Gary Van Sickle |
Hack or highly skilled? An easy guide to golf's two sets of rules... |
Sports Illustrated August 22, 2000 Mark Brown |
My Shot I came to the PGA feeling like a fish out of water but left primed for the Tour's Q school |
Sports Illustrated January 7, 2000 |
Chat Reel: SI's Alan Shipnuck Golf writer previews what's in store for Duval, Nicklaus |
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 Illustrated August 23, 2000 Alan Shipnuck |
The Hot List: August 23 Hot: Tiger Woods, Bob May, Valhalla Golf Club, Jose Maria Olazabal... Not: Jack Nicklaus, the vaunted Time magazine cover jinx, Ernie Els... |
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 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 June 28, 2002 John Garrity |
Fielding a few lobs I'm still getting e-mails about Keith Shin, the Texan who thought any good athlete could crack the PGA Tour with a year of diligent practice. |