Each week for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon or e-mail me at shanebaconblogs@yahoo.com and we will try to get to it […]
The Bacon Mailbag: Multiple majors, Phil on the Ryder Cup and the PGA Tour course you’d play
April 30, 2014 by
PGA Tour player shoos away alligator with a bunker rake
April 26, 2014 by
If there is one thing that golf gives us that no other sport can, it’s nature. The beautiful, undeniable, amazing outdoors that can, at times, scare us half to death. That is what would happen to most of us if we came up to an alligator as close as John Peterson did on Friday at […]
Web.com Tour player rips into Nick Faldo for taking a spot at the RBC Heritage
April 18, 2014 by
In golf, unlike any sport out there, fans long to watch their veterans. Sure, baseball and football and basketball and hockey retire numbers and jerseys, but there isn’t a yearning to actually see the old guys play against the young guys. At least not like there is in the game of golf. We love the […]
Withdrawing on the PGA Tour has become the easiest way out
April 5, 2014 by
There are few words an athlete wants to be called less than a quitter. Being labeled a cheat means your career will never be the same, but a quitter? That means you got to a point in a tournament and decided you’d had enough before it was over. Quitting is the newest trend on the […]
Devil Ball Proving Ground: Bushnell Tour Z6 Jolt
March 13, 2014 by
Welcome to Devil Ball’s Proving Ground, where we put the latest golf gear through its paces. Today we look at the Bushnell Tour Z6 Jolt rangefinder. Tester — Shane Bacon — Handicap: +1.0 Target Golf Audience — All handicaps Initial Thoughts These days, not having some device in your golf bag to measure distance means […]
Rory McIlroy fires his lowest round on the PGA Tour in over two years to open Honda Classic
February 28, 2014 by
If Rory McIlroy wants his winning slump on the PGA Tour to end this week, he sure started out the Honda Classic the way you’d want. Rory, the winner of this event back in 2012, opened with a bogey-free 63 to lead the field in Florida, doing it with basically the complete game it takes […]
Devil Ball Proving Ground: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour Driver
February 15, 2014 by
Welcome to Devil Ball’s Proving Ground, where we put the latest golf gear through its paces. Today we look at the Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour driver. Tester — Shane Bacon — Handicap: +1.2 Target Golf Audience — +5 – 15 Initial thoughts There is no mistaking the Nike drivers these days. Gone are the […]
See how many more majors PGA Tour players think Tiger Woods will win
January 22, 2014 by
No matter if you love or hate Tiger Woods, every golf fan is sure to have an opinion on his quest to break Jack Nicklaus’ major championship record. The number is something Tiger famously pinned on his wall as a kid, and the 18 majors that Nicklaus won seemed absolutely doable for Woods until he […]
PGA Tour rookie slam dunks eagle pitch on 72nd hole at the Sony Open
January 14, 2014 by
It sure doesn’t happen a lot in professional golf, but occasionally a pro will miss-hit a golf shot and get a really great break. We’ve seen guys like Tiger Woods hit perfect golf shots like he did at the Masters a year ago only to have it slam into the flagstick and end up ruining […]
Check out the best hole outs on the PGA Tour in 2013
December 20, 2013 by
If you’re a professional golfer, you most likely spent a lot of your life on the driving range and chipping green working on feel shot after feel shot. These are the scoring shots that change a 67 to a 65, and a 65 to a 63. Ask any player that had a tough year something […]
