Lexi Thompson emotional in first news conference since ANA Inspiration debacle

Lexi Thompson was emotional throughout the back stretch of the ANA Inspiration after a controversial rules decision. (Getty Images) Lexi Thompson is playing this week for the first time since the LPGA’s first major of the year, the ANA Inspiration, during which she was retroactively given twin two-stroke penalties in the final round for improperly […]

Saunders misses cut in emotional week celebrating grandfather Palmer

Sam Saunders doesn’t want to trade on his grandfather’s name, but it was hard for Arnold Palmer’s grandson to not live directly in the spotlight this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Saunders delivered a touching eulogy of Palmer at his funeral service last October, and he represented the Palmer family inside the ropes at […]

Watch Jarrod Lyle’s emotional tee shot as he makes his return to professional golf after battling cancer

Most of the time, it is our job here to expand on a situation, giving you commentary or quotes or a quip about whatever it is that is happening in the golf world. In the case of Jarrod Lyle and his first tee shot at a professional golf event since he was diagnosed with myeloid […]

Emotional Intelligence or Behaviorial Control? (part 1)

In this presentation, Daniel Goleman talks about shaping behavior by establishing a measurement system that enable the evaluation of people based upon their “Emotional Intelligence”, or what he terms “Managing Emotions via ‘Competence Modeling’”, essentially linking the concept of ‘competence’ to a predetermined suite of behavioral responses.