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Is unemployment taking its toll on the Tiger Woods team? John Daly flashed
2008-12-16 14:53:00 Click here to listen.If you have ever taken an extended leave from your job, you also factor into it that there will be a mess to clean up when you return. Such is the case with Tiger Woods as his "brand" is taking a hit.Woods' Gillette commercial was a flop so said the British, Buick (GM) decided to end his contract, an outburst from his caddy, Steve Williams, required damage control and today, Padraig Harrington took the coveted GWAA Player of the Year Award. Team Tiger is showing cracks in the armor. What will it take to right the ship? The only solution is for Tiger Woods to get back to work, and soon, otherwise his next scenario could be that he loses his number-one spot on the PGA Tour.In other news, the camera smashed by John Daly has been placed on eBay in the hopes that the alleged 'space invader' will earn enough to purchase another camera. Should Daly have offered retribution after destroying the spectator's property? So far neither Daly nor tournament officials have ... More About: Unemployment , Toll
Is unemployment taking its toll on the Tiger Woods team? John Daly flashed
2008-12-16 00:34:00 Click here to listen. If you have ever taken an extended leave from your job, you also factor into it that there will be a mess to clean up when you return. Such is the case with Tiger Woods as ... More About: General , John , Team , Unemployment
Michelle Wie ditches Stanford for LPGA Tour; Bivens celebrates. Also, unusu
2008-12-09 16:32:00 Click here to listen."I finally feel like I really earned it!" claimed a relieved Michelle Wie after realizing that she had, in fact, secured a place on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season. This time there was no exemption, no secure feeling that Wie would just arrive and everyone would cater to her every whim. Michelle was on her own and at the end of a grueling week it felt as liberating as "high school graduation".Wie has clearly been offered the easy route throughout her career but that isn?t necessarily the best way to attain a goal. It can make you soft, easily distracted and can weaken your determination, as it did to Michelle, being given fifty-three exemptions over the past seven years as well as contracts through Sony, Nike and Omega.Her drive was replaced with crybaby fits, deciding how best to leave an event and how to blame everyone but herself if the weather or the situation was uncooperative. She was young, claimed the media, urging golf afficionados to be patient and w... More About: Stanford
Michelle Wie ditches Stanford for LPGA Tour; Bivens celebrates. Also, unusu
2008-12-08 19:52:00 Click here to listen. ?I finally feel like I really earned it!? claimed a relieved Michelle Wie after realizing that she had, in fact, secured a place on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season. This time there was no exemption, ... More About: General , Stanford
Holiday golf gifts for every budget. Great deals from Callaway, uPro GPS an
2008-12-02 16:53:00 Click here to listen.How many times have you received a golf gift from someone who has never played the game? Although well intentioned, you secretly think, "that's another one for the junkbox!"Never fear! Instead of tossing this year's presents into an attic filled with useless golf accessories, download this week's show onto your beloved's iPod and give them an idea of what should really be stuffed into your stocking!In addition to a great list of stocking stuffers from retailers such as Swing Reminders, Thumb Caddy and Fine Tune Golf , we also opine on a few interesting new products from some of the most popular merchandisers in golf.For example, Callaway Golf has just introduced a fine, new set of golf clubs, the GEMS set, specifically designed for a beginner woman golfers game. The colorful GEMS set comes complete with a stand bag, Odyssey two-ball putter as well as a mix of i-brids and woods using state-of the-art design to get a higher handicapper's golf ball airborne and... More About: Holiday , Gifts , Great , Budget
Holiday golf gifts for every budget. Great deals from Callaway, uPro GPS an
2008-12-01 17:29:00 Click here to listen. How many times have you received a golf gift from someone who has never played the game? Although well intentioned, you secretly think, ?that?s another one for the junkbox!? Never fear! Instead of tossing this year?s presents into ... More About: Holiday , Gifts , Golf , General , Great
Sorenstam career cut short, Wie redux. Will Thanksgiving pay off for Mickel
2008-11-24 19:17:00 Click here to listen.Annika Sorenstam?s missed cut at the $1 million dollar ADT Championship resembles the 2008 LPGA season as a whole. As Sorenstam limped through the early rounds, a noticeably hurt Bivens on crutches did the same as she gave her ?State of the Tour? address. Both were frustrated by their final tallies. Sorenstam definitely wanted to ace the finals and Bivens wanted to let everyone know that under her jurisdiction the LPGA was just dandy but neither could muster up the drive needed to do so.The new season will show a loss of three tournaments (to 31) as well as a drop of over $5 million in prize money. To further the bad news, this year?s ending was lackluster at best as top golfers Sorenstam, Ochoa and Pressel all packed their bags early leaving the Asians to save face at the event.To add insult to injury and add to the ineptitude of the LPGA Tour, Annika was randomly selected after her last event for a drug test after already passing one given to her last month. "... More About: Thanksgiving , Career , Short , Phil Mickelson
Sorenstam career cut short, Wie redux. Will Thanksgiving pay off for Mickel
2008-11-24 17:55:00 Click here to listen. Annika Sorenstam?s missed cut at the $1 million dollar ADT Championship resembles the 2008 LPGA season as a whole. As Sorenstam limped through the early rounds, a noticeably hurt Bivens on crutches did the same as she ... More About: Thanksgiving , General , Career , Short
Euro Tour ships Mickelson back to the US. Are Mickelson, Woods Olympic hope
2008-11-17 21:26:00 Click here to listen.Phil Mickelson has dropped out of the 2009 Race to Dubai because he said he doesn?t have enough time to dedicate to both the Euro pean and PGA Tour s. With second-rate performances at the two opening Euro Tour events in China, Mickelson may have felt his chances of making an upward move were slipping deciding instead to get out early and ?save face?.Add Sergio Garcia?s leapfrog into second place in the World Rankings and that Tiger Woods may return for the 2009 PGA Tour season and Mickelson is probably more concerned with defending interests here at home than the struggle to climb atop yet another ranking system. One slip at a time Phil, although Mickelson insisted, "I really don't think about the world rankings right now very much."Go ahead Phil. Keep asserting that you?re not losing any sleep over your drop in the World Rankings and I?ll bet that, eventually, you?ll start believing it too!As Barry and I watched the final round of the Barclays Singapore Open, it... More About: Olympics , Olympic , Back
Euro Tour ships Mickelson back to the USA. Are Mickelson, Woods Olympic hop
2008-11-17 20:52:00 Click here to listen. Phil Mickelson has dropped out of the 2009 Race to Dubai because he said he doesn?t have enough time to dedicate to both the Euro pean and PGA Tour s. With second-rate performances at the two opening Euro Tour ... More About: Olympic , General , Back
European Tour Shanghai's PGA Tour golfers on road to Dubai. Mickelson swing
2008-11-10 16:21:00 Click here to listen.The European Tour is sending a message to PGA Tour players, loud and clear, that a new era in golf is beginning with the 2009 season.A new spruced-up tour, in which the European Order of Merit has been replaced with "The Race to Dubai " offers a $10 million pie at the end of the season with another shared purse after the season-ending Dubai World Championship.Phil Mickelson may be defending this week at the first stop on the Euro Tour, the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, but guys like Anthony Kim and Camilo Villegas are ready to pounce. Villegas, for example, is not content to just play, he's "definitely going there to win." Mickelson, on the other hand, is hoping that swing changes he has been working on since 2007 will finally take effect. We discuss a few of these swing changes in this week's show.With players like Padraig Harrington, Sergio Garcia and Adam Scott working towards another FedEx Cup-like purse on the European Tour , how soon will it be before golfer... More About: Swing
Barack Obama swings left on the course. Kodak waves checkered flag for PGA
2008-11-10 16:21:00 Click here to listen.It has been said that you can tell a good deal about a person by the way he/she plays golf, and former President s are no exception. Which of our Commanders, for example, exemplified the integrity of the game and which men have bent the rules in their favor?In his book, "First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers and Cheaters From Taft to Bush", Don Van Natta Jr's neatly organized categories helped define Presidential proclivities noting that more than just a few in the top job have "improved their lie" during a round.Both Clinton and Nixon made it into the book's "Hail to the Cheats" category with number forty-two often giving himself "billigans" and "Tricky Dick" often not counting wayward shots. FDR, Ford and Kennedy, on the other hand, were considered "purists."So, where does that leave President-elect Barack Obama ?According to a golf swing analysis by Top 100 Teacher Brady Riggs, Obama is a good study of preparedness however the outcome lacks aggress... More About: Kodak
Barack Obama swings left on the course. Kodak waves checkered flag for PGA
2008-11-10 15:33:00 Click here to listen. It has been said that you can tell a good deal about a person by the way he/she plays golf, and former Presidents are no exception. Which of our Commanders, for example, exemplified the integrity of the ... More About: Barack Obama , Kodak , General , Barack , Obama
European Tour Shanghai's PGA Tour golfers on road to Dubai. Mickelson swing
2008-11-03 16:19:00 Click here to listen. The European Tour is sending a message to PGA Tour players, loud and clear, that a new era in golf is beginning with the 2009 season. A new spruced-up tour, in which the European Order of Merit has ... More About: General , Dubai , Swing
Sorenstam, Inkster see future of LPGA in fortune cookie. Also, Your golf sw
2008-10-27 20:44:00 Click here to listen.China , food for thought?In addition to keeping up with Russia and the U.S.A. with a newly developed missile system, China is also intent upon improving their visibility in the golf world and proving, as Annika Sorenstam said, that the LPGA is becoming a "global tour".Shanshan Feng, the only Chinese player on the LPGA Tour (so far) believes that, "China can become another Korea for golf. I believe so. Maybe not now but in the future." In order to familiarize China as a golf destination, Feng, in the final round this week, even wore a shirt with a red China map on it.Go China! The Empire is alive and well. The force is definitely with them.Don't underestimate the growth of golf in Korea and Japan either, two countries who are hosting the 'triple-play' of this month's venture into Asian territory. This past week, out of a sixty-three player field, two-thirds were of Asian descent with over fifty of the ladies appearing in the upper crust of the LPGA money list... More About: Golf , Fortune , Future , Fortune Cookie
Sorenstam, Inkster see future of LPGA in fortune cookie. Also, Your golf sw
2008-10-27 19:50:00 Click here to listen. China, food for thought? In addition to keeping up with Russia and the U.S.A. with a newly developed missile system, China is also intent upon improving their visibility in the golf world and proving, as Annika Sorenstam ... More About: Golf , Fortune , General , Future , Fortune Cookie
Morgan Pressel topples Michelle Wie as Hawaiian fan favorite
2008-10-22 20:16:00 In the battle between the tortoise (Morgan ) and the hare (Wie), the latest results are in: Morgan Pressel has taken the lead! With her second win on the Tour, Pressel has been making slow and steady progress in order to solidify ... More About: Michelle Wie , General , Favorite , Michelle
Dramatic Vistas make Black Mesa Golf Course and Santa Fe, New Mexico, truly
2008-10-20 20:21:00 Click here to listen.Sprawling mountain views surrounded Barry and myself as soon as we departed Albuquerque airport for a week-long golf vacation in Santa Fe, New Mexico . The closest we had been to seeing vistas like this was when we travelled through Red Rock Canyon in Nevada over fifteen years ago, as a side trip to Las Vegas.The thin air first caught my attention as I climbed the stairs to our 'casita' in the newly opened Encantado Resort, a member of the Auberge family of upscale properties. The 'room' in which we stayed had the same effect as the altitude. Approximately seven-hundred square feet of comfort and cool Santa Fe style surrounded our senses, from the wood-burning fireplace to the original artwork on the walls, all welcoming us to take off our shoes and relax awhile. From the casita, we toured the Resort only to find the same upscale luxury throughout, from the Spa to the Lodge, with incomparable views and luxurious amenities.During the week we were slated to pla... More About: Golf , New Mexico , Black
Dramatic Vistas make Black Mesa Golf Course and Santa Fe, New Mexico, truly
2008-10-20 19:20:00 Click here to listen. Sprawling mountain views surrounded Barry and myself as soon as we departed Albuquerque airport for a week-long golf vacation in Santa Fe, New Mexico . The closest we had been to seeing vistas like this was when we ... More About: Golf , New Mexico , General , Black
Tiger Woods rebuilding Mexico for blue-bloods and thinking outside the tee
2008-10-12 00:47:00 Click here to listen.Please don't say that Tiger Woods is becoming an elitist!I always thought that Woods' upbringing was middle-class Cablinasian , entering the sport at a bit of a disadvantage but now it appears to me as if Tiger Woods is becoming one of them...that is, corporate, blue-blooded American. Even his name, Tiger, seems much more of a terrific marketing ploy than Eldrick, a name in which his father tagged him after being saved by a South Vietnamese soldier during the war.Woods believes, before even building his new golf course in Punta Brava, that it will rival Pebble Beach! Nattily clad at a press conference at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, Tiger said, "When you get to No 12 it is similar to No 8 at Pebble Beach."Ah but there IS a difference between Pebble Beach and Punta Brava, dear Tiger. Pebble Beach, although woefully expensive to tee off from, is public and Punta Brava will be private and, as Woods mentioned, "safe".Perhaps Woods is building up his ne... More About: Mexico , Blue
Tiger Woods rebuilding Mexico for blue-bloods and thinking outside the tee
2008-10-12 00:20:00 Click here to listen. Please don?t say that Tiger Woods is becoming an elitist! I always thought that Woods? upbringing was middle-class Cablinasian , entering the sport at a bit of a disadvantage but now it appears to me as if ... More About: Mexico , General , Blue
How to Choke like Anthony Kim. Tiger Woods, Natalie Gulbis in the news and
2008-10-06 20:32:00 Click here to listen. Since Anthony Kim is now being heralded as one of the rising young stars of the PGA Tour (and this weekend with a third place finish at the Korea Open), it seems befitting that we spend some ... More About: News , Tiger Woods , General , In the News , The News
Miller sends Tiger Woods a "Dear John" letter. Aging Mickelson falls prey t
2008-09-29 16:42:00 Click here to listen. Golf Analyst John ny Miller maintains that Tiger Woods was not missed at either the Tour Championship or the Ryder Cup. He has even gone so far as to blame Woods for Team USA?s problematic history. I can ... More About: General , Letter , Aging
Furyk Clinches Ryder Cup for USA, Mickelson disappoints and Wie advances. G
2008-09-22 17:23:00 Click here to listen. It was hard not to notice the dejected expression in the eyes of Anthony Kim on Saturday after his teammate, Phil Mickelson, blew his putt on the seventeenth hole to lose to Stenson and Wilson. Kim?s outstretched ... More About: General , Ryder
Turning Stone invites you to be their next champion. Steve Flesch tells us
2008-09-16 18:48:00 Click here to listen. The drive up to Turning Stone Resort and Casino in upstate New York was definitely part of the adventure during our only weekend away this summer. There were farms and cows everywhere and both Barry and I ... More About: Steve , General , Tells , Champion
Is Q-School ready for Michelle Wie?
2008-09-10 15:13:00 Left with no other options to secure their prodigy an LPGA Tour card, Team Wie has decided that Michelle is taking a crack at Q-School ! At her last hurrah, the State Farm Classic, Michelle actually had a chance to strut her ... More About: Michelle Wie , General , Ready
Tiger Woods, Elin, having another cub
2008-09-04 19:52:00 And baby makes FOUR for Tiger Woods , Elin and Sam! Elin is pregnant once again, proving to skeptics that life is great for the world?s number-one golfer sans golf. No pressures of the FedEx Cup (Vijay Singh seems to have this series ... More About: General
Jim Furyk may not sweat the Ryder Cup thanks to his new fashion line
2008-09-02 20:20:00 Click here to listen. I met up with Jim Furyk at a photo shoot for the launch of the golf clothing collection from New York clothier Hawke and Co., and received an education on the differences between cotton and moisture-wicking polyester. ... More About: Fashion , General , Line , Ryder
Hank Haney talks Tiger Woods, gives easy golf tips in our one-on-one interv
2008-08-25 15:50:00 Click here to listen. Imagine Tiger Woods ? instructor, Hank Haney, standing right in front of you, offering you advice on your golf game. That is exactly what happened to me at Chelsea Piers in New York in an event held in ... More About: Golf , General , Tips , Easy
Outdoor apparel that's great for golf and tips for pace of play (and other
More articles from this author:2008-08-19 16:52:00 Click here to listen. ?The problem is up ahead about two or three groups,? is the usual canned reply from the golf course ranger as our foursome is eagerly waiting to tee off. Patience is supposed to be a virtue but ... More About: Golf , General , Tips , Play , Great 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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