THE 2011 CHEVRON WORLD CHALLENGE is underway at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, California. K.J. Choi is the early leader at 5 under with the first round in progress. Tournament host Tiger Woods is one back.Tiger Woods and his former caddie Steve Williams.Purse: millionWinner’s [...]
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series. Read Part 1.)By John CoyneSpecial to ARMCHAIR GOLFCopyright © John Coyne. All rights reserved. Used with permission.THE PGA TOUR Q-SCHOOL IN THE FALL of 1971 was six rounds of stroke play, but it was also two days of afternoon classes. [...]
THAT NEXT WIN BY TIGER WOODS was bound to mean a lot to the maligned former world No. 1 golfer. Even if it did come in an 18-player event in early December. But could anyone imagine the steely Woods having champagne delivered to the media center?In the words of legendary baseball [...]
Editor’s note: Complimentary tickets to the 2011 Dubai World Championship are available at www.DubaiWorldChampionship.com.By Alan EwensLuke and Rory covet Dubai trophy.AFTER THE MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR in his short but spectacular career, World Number Two Rory McIlroy will go all out [...]
CLAD IN BLUE JEANS AND a navy blue sweater, former European Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie struck iron shots from scruffy turf as British troops and Afghan children looked on. Montgomerie had helped convert a firing range into a driving range at Camp Bastion, a British military [...]
THE 2011 DUBAI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is underway at the Earth Course in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Peter Hanson is the first-round leader after an 8-under 64. Paul Lawrie, the 1999 British Open champion, trails by one. Rory McIlroy birdied five of the last six holes to post a 66. World [...]
(Editor’s note: This is the third in a series. Read Part 1 and Part 2.)By John CoyneSpecial to ARMCHAIR GOLFCopyright © John Coyne. All rights reserved. Used with permission.36-hole leader Lanny Wadkins.IN THE ALL-DAY RAIN of the first round, Ken Harrelson, teeing off first, looking [...]
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series. Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.)By John CoyneSpecial to ARMCHAIR GOLFCopyright © John Coyne. All rights reserved. Used with permission.ON ONE OF THOSE RAINY afternoons at PGA National Golf Club, I let the players alone on the course [...]
GOLF PHENOM RORY MCILROY HAS BEEN suffering with the lingering effects of Dengue Fever, according to the Associated Press. Consequently, McIlroy has pulled out of this week’s Thailand Golf Championship and said he would not return to tournament golf until late January when he tees [...]
THANK YOU, MITT ROMNEY. YOU HAVE warned me that President Obama is playing too much golf on the job. Yes, 1,584 holes since 2009 is a whole lot of small ball. Heck, I’m pretty sure that’s more golf than Tiger Woods played over the same period of time. (To be fair, Tiger had a [...]
