Trev Immelman: luxury golf swing.
Open thread time! The Torrey Pines North Course put up about as much fight as the 2004 US Ryder Cup team yesterday (what, too soon?), yielding two 62s, a 63 and host of 64s.
Today, as those who dominated Thursday’s leaderboard transition to the trickier South Course, a degree of equilibrium should be restored. (continue reading…)
Obama and Uncle Joe wiffling about on the Eisenhower putting green.
Never the most populist of sports, golf takes on a problematic political connotation in times of crisis. Synonymous for a large chunk of the electorate with cronyism, indulgence and naivety, a taste for spending time on the links – as opposed, say, to clearing brush on a Texas ranch – can, it seems, prove a damaging habit for a President to entertain.
But, as Martin Davis notes in a column for CNN, the magnitude of incumbent’s golf habit is dwarfed by those of a handful of 20th-century presidents. (continue reading…)
"Shareholders, our fate is in the hands of this man..."
Equipment manufacturer Callaway Golf has closed out a dismal 2011 by releasing its fourth-quarter financial results. (continue reading…)
Thørbjorn Olesen, obviously.
As expected, the 36-hole leader of the Abu Dhabi Championship is 22 years of age and the possessor of a world-beating long game. He doesn’t, however, go by the name of Rory McIlroy. (continue reading…)
Phil Mickelson: hmmmm...
Golf’s biggest draw may be halfway around the world, but that doesn’t mean the PGA Tour has ground to a halt. I mean, we’ve been over this: there’s six million dollars on offer at Torrey Pines!
In deference to PGA Tour logic (formula: prizemoney on offer is proportional to prestige of tournament), I am compelled to comment. And so are you. (continue reading…)
Ollie: wants to keep it in the fairway (for once).
It got a little bit lost in the chatter surrounding Tiger Woods’ appearance at the Abu Dhabi Championship this week, but José María Olazábal, the all-powerful European Ryder Cup captain, has confirmed a potentially significant alteration to the process [summary of the process here, courtesy of the Guardian's Lawrence Donegan] by which he’ll select the dozen players worthy of giving the U-S-A (U-S-A) a jolly good shoe-ing at Medinah later this year. (continue reading…)
Mauve-ing on up: Uihlein will be hoping for an improvement on his opening round.
Former US Amateur champion Peter Uihlein endured a turbulent start to his professional career this morning, carding a four-over-par 76 in the first round the Challenge Tour’s Gujarat Kensville Open in Ahmedabad, India. (continue reading…)
Picture perfect: Karlsson had seven birdies on Thurdsday.
Abu Dhabi Golf Club has evolved into a golfing test every bit as imposing as its monumental clubhouse (I hear it doubles as the lair of a supervillain hell-bent, naturally, on world domination). A par-72 that clocks in at a frankly ridiculous 7,600 yards, it’s a layout that places its emphasis firmly on powerful, straight hitting.
Unsurprising, then, that the upper echelons of the first round leaderboard should be dominated – and dominated thoroughly – by class ball-strikers.
Woods was eclipsed by his playing partner during the first round.
A reliable long game may be the key to consistent scoring, but explosiveness – the enigmatic key to outpacing a competitive field – hinges on one’s performance on and around the putting surface.
Former World Number One Tiger Woods (70) was consistency incarnate during the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship – he hit an incredible 17 greens in regulation – but it was the 36-year-old’s playing partner, Rory McIlroy (67), who proved the more potent scoring force.
Holmes's recuperation has been a lengthy one.
When JB Holmes withdrew from The Barclays last August to undergo corrective brain surgery he anticipated a twelve-week absence from the game. Now, nearly five months and an additional surgery later, he makes his competitive return at the Farmers Insurance Open. (continue reading…)
Hi! My name is Stephanie Wei. I grew up in Seattle. I live in Manhattan, NYC. I played competitive golf for ten years in the junior and college ranks. I went to Yale, where I played on the women's golf team and graduated in '05 with a B.A. in History.
I still enjoy hacking a small, white ball around the golf course. Oh, I'm feisty and I like to smile a lot.
I'm a freelance writer and contributor to Sports Illustrated Golf+ and I write regularly for the Wall Street Journal. In the past I've contributed to Huffington Post and Mediaite. My work has been published in here and at ESPN.com.
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