Golf Chronicles Blog

With the Tour Championship decided and in the rear view mirror, the next major event is the Ryder Cup. I used to really like the Ryder Cup until it became a jingoistic carnival of drunken galleries and badly designed player attire. The current Ryder Cup gallery would...

Viktor Hovland roared through the top 30 players on the PGA Tour in 2023 to win the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia. Hovland's 27 under par ,starting with his second place position of 8 under par, shot 19 under par on a pretty difficult...

The US Amateur Championship The US Amateur Championship concluded this past Sunday with Nick Dunlap from the University of Alabama besting Neal Shipley from Ohio St.  The venue was at Cherry Hills Country Club, which has historically hosted some important...

These blog posts usually do not cover individual achievements but we have to make an exception.  The protagonist in this story is Todd Tuomala, a member of Monterey Peninsula Country Club.  Todd has a love/hate affair with his driver and stepped up to the 16th tee on...

Two months ago Lucas Glover missed a 2 ft. putt in a playoff to miss qualifying for a US Open.  This past Sunday, Lucas made a 6 ft. putt on the 18th hole to win the Wyndham Open and qualify for the Fed Ex cup tournament.  Glover has been suffering from the yips for...

Brian Harman brought his A+ game to Royal Liverpool this week.  Harman have been viewed, before this week, as a PGA journeyman professional who was very capable at competing with the best in the world but was not among the best in the world.  He hadn't won on the PGA...

The Scottish Open is traditionally the warm up tournament for the OpenChampionship as it is always played the week before what is now the last major event of the year.  Since 2019 the tournament has been hosted by the Renaissance Club outside of Edinburgh in the town...

Allison Corpuz passed a difficult exam at the Pebble Beach Golf Links to outlast the competition and win her first LPGA event--the Women's US Open. Corpuz displayed significant grit and confidence persevering through a golf course that was set up to be a difficult...

The gods of golf have spoken.  It was time for Rickie Fowler to cash in and win a golf tournament.  Fowler had the 54 hole lead at the US Open but crumbled in the final round.  He played well at the Traveler's but no cigar.  This week he did not squander his 54 hole...

The PGA Tour crossed the country from the US Open in Los Angeles to Cromwell, Connecticut for the Travelers event.  This year the Travelers is a designated tour event requiring attendance from all of the top players.   Weather conditions were about as perfect as you...

  Wyndham Clark persevered through the late afternoon sun at the North Course of Los Angeles Country Club to claim an unlikely victory over some of the biggest names in the game including Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.  Clark's performance was true grit as...

US Open Qualifying If you really ever thought you were a good golfer, think again, there are literally thousands and thousands of players who are better than you are-handicap or no handicap. There were a total of 10,187 applications to compete in US Open qualifying...

Pasatiempo Golf Club is a relatively unknown gem throughout the country but well known as a must for Northern California golf enthusiasts.  The course is in a famous Alistair McKenzie design and is probably the toughest 6,500 yards course that a low handicapper can...

The gods of golf unleashed their displeasure at Colonial Country Club on Sunday.  Perhaps they all got up on the wrong side of the bed as an unlikely winner emerged from a trio that seemed to do everything required to lose the tournament.  Someone had to win out of...

We cover two contrasting golf venues in Washington state experienced in the past week.  The first course is Sahalee Country Club outside of Seattle, a course as green and shaped by its majestic trees.  Sahalee is then contrasted by Chambers Bay in Tacoma, a links...