SAN FRANCISCO — OK, now it’s starting to get a little ridiculous. One day after Alvaro Quiros aced the par-4 7th hole during a practice round, Nick Watney went out in the first round of the U.S. Open and double-eagled the par-5 17th hole. The hole was playing at a managable 505 yards, but that doesn’t […]
Las Vegas makes Tiger Woods the U.S. Open favorite
June 7, 2012 by
You knew this was going to happen. Just a couple of days after Tiger Woods won for the second time this year, the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino Sportsbook (formerly the Las Vegas Hilton) released updated U.S. Open odds with the 14-time major as the 11/2 favorite to win the second major of the year. […]
Q&A: What makes golf so interesting to watch?
May 31, 2012 by
QUESTION: I don’t see how people can sit there and watch golf all day or go to the matches and everything. I like playing golf but watching it is just so boring. ANSWER: Answer by JonDo you not see the shots these people make?! And to play golf good you need to have alot of […]
Video: Jhonattan Vegas makes a silly-good par on the par-3 17th
May 11, 2012 by
There’s only so much you can glean from looking at a golfer’s scorecard. A par on a hole may look like another ho-hum score, but unless you witnessed it for yourself, you likely have no idea if it was a two-putt par, or a hole-out from a greenside bunker. The fact that Jhonattan Vegas walked […]
Bubba Watson gets an incredible kick off the rocks, makes birdie
March 25, 2012 by
Bubba Watson can do some pretty spectacular things with a golf club, but I’m pretty sure he couldn’t pull this shot off again if you gave him 50 balls from the same spot. Struggling for most of his third round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Watson hit his approach shot on the 18th and instantly […]
Three-under 69 makes Anthony Kim relevant … for at least one day
March 23, 2012 by
There are plenty of guys on the PGA Tour struggling to find their golf game at the moment, but it’s safe to say nobody has struggled more than Anthony Kim over the past year-plus. Once tabbed as the guy to take on Tiger Woods following a two-win season in 2008, the last three years have […]
Hunter Mahan makes a statement with his Match Play victory
February 27, 2012 by
A professional golf career can sometimes be defined by one shot (just ask Jean Van De Velde), and for the last year-plus, Hunter Mahan’s entire career has been summed by just that: a single shot. We’ve all seen the shot before (heck, NBC replayed it countless times this week) of Mahan standing over his chip […]
Rory McIlroy makes it interesting but still advances to second round
February 23, 2012 by
Rory McIlroy might not be the number one ranked player in the world just yet, but after Wednesday’s 2-up victory over South African George Coetzee, he’s one step closer to turning one of his biggest dreams into a reality. He can thank Luke Donald for giving him some added motivation this week, after the number […]
What Makes a Golf Ball different from others?
February 22, 2012 by
QUESTION: I work at a sporting goods store and now since are golf pro is gone they put me in golf for a bit. The problem is I know the bare minimum about golf but really want to learn about it. I look at the whole wall of golf balls and I just wonder what […]
What makes golf one of the most expensive sports?
February 16, 2012 by
QUESTION: Well i’ve never golf but i do watch all those people golfing on my telly, so it makes me wonder that whenever my uncle said that he went golfing the other weekend – my other relatives would be like WOW cuz well, golfing is expensive and the “rich” would always be the one that […]
