It’s Casey and Poulter for Captain Faldo

I must say that I’m a bit surprised by Faldo’s decision, as is Brian Hewitt over at The Golf Channel, Steve Elling at CBS Sportsline, and Mark Garrod of Sporting Life. Why not Darren Clarke?
“It was,” Faldo said Sunday afternoon from Scotland after the public announcement of his two choices, “a tough call. [...]

IMG to Bivens: See You in Court

Oh yeah, this is going to get ugly real quick. 
Jon Shaw of SportsBusiness Journal, on the possible legal actions already being mulled by various sports agents over at IMG and other firms.
Howard Simon, Exec Dir of Florida’s ACLU chapter, said it was premature to challenge the policy because no suspensions have been handed down, but [...]

“She is a tough cookie, a bit like Hilary Clinton”

Sal Johnson’s piece goes into much depth about the current LPGA kerfuffle.  Of interest to many will be a nice recap of Bivens’ track record to date, a rough and tumble timeline to say the least that has left “Brand Lady,” as blogger and former SI writer Geoff Shackelford derisively labels her, with very few friends.
One [...]

“$10,000 for little or no conversation”

The Golf Channel’s Brian Hewitt weighs in on the LPGA’s new english language internment camp language requirement, and gets down to the nitty gritty of it all: the big wigs ponying up the big bucks at the pro ams weren’t getting their asses kissed enough by the polite, petite Asian girls.
I have watched LPGA Pro-Ams [...]

Take that, South Korea!

It’s hard to know what to say anymore. The LPGA, and professional women’s golf in general, has become so inundated with negatives of late–the Michelle Wie scorecard kerfuffle, the lost sponsorships, the ever sinking television ratings and attendance figures, the demise of Golf for Women–that I was pretty sure that as bad as things were [...]

Lee to stay an amateur

Following a 5&4 formality over Drew Kittleson, Danny Lee lifted the U.S. Amatuer trophy at Pinehurst. In doing so, he may have culminated the most impressive performance in the tournament’s storied history, and that includes all of Tiger’s thrilling comebacks. Consider, for a second, that Lee was not only coming off a convincing [...]

Did Clarke just play his way onto Team Faldo?

A convincing 66 on Sunday at the KLM Open left Darren Clarke in the winner’s circle, and many a pundit wondering whether or not he had indeed just sealed his invitation to join Nick Faldo’s Ryder Cup squad next month in Louisville at Valhalla.
John Huggan had noted this morning, for example, that the odds were [...]

Final Four

So much for Danny Lee hitting a wall. Despite nine straight days of competitive golf (and counting), the world’s number one ranked amateur finds himself as one of four remaining players in the 108th U.S. Amateur at Pinehurst. Lee’s semifinal match pits him against one of two remaining Georgia Bulldogs–Patrick Reed of Augusta, [...]

Wie’s options

Sal Johnson lays it all out. Basically, she doesn’t have any–assuming she thinks things through rationally. Although let’s face it. It’s pretty clear that the real people calling the shots here are her parents (or specifically her father, B.J.), so perhaps the pleas should be directed towards them: Forget [...]

Down Goes Fillmore!

The U.S. Amateur medalist curse continues at Pinehurst as Kevin (son of Bob) Tway wins this morning 3&2 over BYU’s Robbie Fillmore.