The 20th Hole

On May 1, 2017, we wrote a blog post on the plight of Lexi Thompson who lost a PGA event after being penalized for a putt that was allegedly mis marked.  The penalty was a result of a TV viewer calling in the infraction to tournament officials.   It was a pretty...

The world of Golf just received an early Christmas present-the return of Tiger Woods to competition on the PGA Tour.  It has been interesting watching and reading about Tiger's return during the Hero's Challenge in Bermuda.  It is an event where he is the host playing...

The 14th of November, 2017 was a glorious day especially being at a golf course-any golf course and today we were at Cordevalle GC in San Martin, California.  Mother Nature unfolded a picture-perfect day with nary a cloud in the sky.  Rains in the days preceding the...

The annual Steve Young/Jerry Rice Golf Classic was held again at Cordevalle G.C. on October 16.  This is a charity event that benefits the Forever Young Foundation and the Tech Museum in San Jose.  I've been playing and supporting this event for the past nine years...

Okay, what is this post all about?  We were at Notre Dame University for the weekend to attend the ND/USC rivalry football game.  Notre Dame has a championship golf course that will actually be the host of a future US Senior Open.  Oops!-no tee times available on the...

I've been coming to Ireland for a long time for business and mostly for golf over the years. My first trip was in May, 1982 where we played in the South--Ballybunion, La Hinch, Waterville and New Ballybunion.  Sadly on that trip, we didn't see much of any of these...

The Tour Championship at East Lake in Atlanta marked the final event of the PGA Tour for 2017.  It's the culmination of a series of tournaments where the field is pared to the top 30 players to compete for the Championship and a shot at the Fed Ex Cup which is a $10M...

Brickyard Crossing is a Pete Dye redesigned public golf course that is actually inside the Indianapolis Speedway.  We have a lot of familiarity with this venue since it is a regular stop for our group when the Final Four NCAA championships are held in Indianapolis....

Golf is a strange game where turns and twists that are unexpected seem to the norm. There is an old adage in match ball competition which simply states "Never Underestimate What Your Competitor will do."  This was the story line at the Northern Trust Open at the Glen...

The USA Team won the 2017 edition of the Solheim Cup rather handily but the competition was far closer than the final tally of 16 1/2-11 1/2 reflected.  The Solheim is the LPGA's version of The Ryder Cup pitting the US against the European professional women.  The...

https://youtu.be/adwNbtzpGCk The putt that started Justin Thomas on his route to victory this past Sunday took 10 seconds to drop in.  Thomas hit the putt and it lipped the hole and seemed to have a small portion over the cup.  He looked away thinking it was a miss...

The PGA Championship at Quail Hollow turned out to be a pretty exciting finish with The Green Mile (16th through 18th hole) became a significant factor in the outcome. Justin Thomas came through the crowded leaderboard on the final day with a terrific sub par 70 round...

Quail Hollow has been the host of the Wells Fargo Championship, a PGA Tour event which was formerly known as the Wachovia Open.  It's appropriate to have a major championship in the Southeast of the country where golf remains very popular and a very popular vacation...

The 2017 PGA Championship will start this Thursday at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.  The 4th major championship of the year will be determined in the "hotbed" of golf in the Carolinas where there are so many wonderful venues and places to...

Jordan Speith's victory at the Open Championship becomes even more remarkable as we reviewed the tape of his round on Sunday.  Speith had a three stroke lead as he teed it up on Sunday and he crushed his drive down the par 4, 448 yard first hole.  He was astonished to...