Having had a couple of weeks to think about the implications of the announced “strategic alliance” between the PGA Tour and the European Tour a few speculations are in order. There was nothing inappropriate in the announcement’s timing on Black Friday but that may be the reason it received relatively little comment in the media. On [...]
A friend, who happens to be a golf professional based in California, put it best Saturday afternoon with the comment, “DJ’s putting on a clinic,” and that in a nutshell was the 2020 Masters with Dustin Johnson winning by five strokes. COVID-19 changed our lives and in addition to causing a disruption of the 2020 PGA [...]
The Masters will be played November 12-18, 2020 In 1934 Bobby Jones requested the USGA to host the US Open at Augusta. USGA said no. Angry at the rebuff. Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts decided to have their own event, which became the Masters. The Masters is not a Championship of anything. "You are the winner [...]
Miami, Fl.-- John Moscoso, PGA Director of Instruction at International Links of Miami Melreese was honored with the Conrad Rehling Award. "I am honored and humbled to receive this award," said Moscoso. "I share this award with the entire staff and volunteers at the First Tee Miami." The Conrad Rehling Award, first presented in 2005, honors the late [...]
A Strange PGA Tour Season The 2019-2020 PGA Tour season will be remembered for a long time. The worldwide pandemic caused a disruption to our lives as well as the Tour’s schedule that hopefully will never be repeated. Besides the hiatus which resulted in just 36 tournaments being played rather than 46 as was done last [...]
A few random thoughts about the PGA Championship. The weather for the 102nd PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park, which is sandwiched between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean, was distinctly un-August like with the high for the week only 68 degrees. Puffer jackets and hoodies were more in evidence than short shorts and sandals. [...]
McConnell Golf took on an ambitious project earlier this year to create a new short game practice area at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina. The major upgrade is slated for completion just in time for the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship August 13-15. While the touring pros will certainly enjoy the new facility, it will [...]
BOSTON, Mass – In partnership with the state of New York, the USGA has announced that due to ongoing health and safety concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 120th U.S. Open Championship, scheduled Sept. 14-20 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y., will be conducted without spectators on-site. “Following months of consultation and scenario planning [...]
It was no surprise last week when the PGA of America, owners of the Ryder Cup, and the two tours whose players make up the competing teams pushed back the matches originally scheduled for September at Whistling Straights (Kohler, Wisc.) until 2021. The importance of protecting the tens of thousands of fans, volunteers, players, caddies and [...]
The left side of the brain is usually associated with analytical thinking, including mathematics and the sciences. The right side of the brain engages the artistic and creative means of a person. It is said many people engage one side of the brain more heavily than the other and just a select few can effectively [...]
