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Sports Illustrated
February 4, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Merchandise Show highlights A list of the 18 most intriguing new products spotted at the PGA's merchandise show...   |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
USGA flubs another ruling I swear the guys at the United States Golf Association who come up with the rules on amateur status are a bunch of, um, amateurs... |
Sports Illustrated
February 1, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Too many signs Autographs are meaningless and pointless -- and now, sadly, all about the money. A celebrity signs a card or a program, and 10 minutes later that item is up for bid on eBay or for sale in some collector's shop in the mall. If I was a celebrity -- say, Woods -- I'd simply say, No autographs... |
Sports Illustrated
April 27, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Sutton is Tour's Mr. Cool A year ago at this time, Hal Sutton was busy blowing the Shell Houston Open because he couldn't chip or putt. Now he's arguably the No. 1 player in the OTTW (Other Than Tiger Woods) Ranking.... |
Sports Illustrated
June 18, 2001 |
Underdog keeps moving forward Cart Boy qualified to play in the 101st U.S. Open. He made the cut in the 101st U.S. Open. And he finished dead last. That shouldn't diminish his out-of-left-freaking-field accomplishment... |
Sports Illustrated
December 12, 2000
Jaime Diaz |
A Major Mystery Tom Stites operates under the radar. As one of the few elite independent golf club designers in the world, he's unknown to the public but is on every touring pro's A-list... |
Sports Illustrated
August 24, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Ten best tournament finishes The duel between Bob May and Tiger Woods. Woods thought it ranked as one of the great finishes in golf history. He's probably right. Here's my list of the 10 best major tournament finishes since 1960... |
Sports Illustrated
April 20, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Taking it easy Dead Zone means vacation time on PGA Tour |
Sports Illustrated
January 24, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
More on Martin Although I greatly admire Casey Martin's talent and desire to play pro golf, I disagree with those who say endurance is not a factor in the game... |
Sports Illustrated
May 13, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Hack or highly skilled? An easy guide to golf's two sets of rules... |
Sports Illustrated
March 18, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
A golfer's dream The Hooters Tour is where professional golfers go to dream... |
Sports Illustrated
January 30, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Users speak on Palmer/Callaway The reaction to last week's column about United States Golf Association honorary membership chairman Arnold Palmer supporting the use of the nonconforming Callaway driver sparked a lot of heated reaction... |
Sports Illustrated
September 21, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
No golf at the Olympics As we're all in the grips of Olympic fever -- yeah, right -- now may be the time to point out that golf doesn't need to be included as an event in the near future... Plus letters from readers, mostly about Tiger Woods... |
Sports Illustrated
September 28, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Casey's case PGA Tour on nothing more than a costly witch-hunt |
Sports Illustrated
December 10, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Identity Crisis Quiz A cheeky way to review the year in golf... |
Sports Central
April 18, 2006
Ryan Ballengee |
Golf Technology: Myths, Reality, and Answers What is valued more in golf - technological advancement or the grand tradition that makes this game special? |
Salon.com
July 5, 2000
Gary Kaufman |
What is golf? The PGA says it's hitting the ball in the hole, plus walking; disabled golfer Casey Martin says the walking doesn't matter. The Supreme Court will be asked to decide. |
Sports Central
April 14, 2008
Joe Boesch |
The Masters of Golf The Masters is not so much about winning the money ($7.25 million purse), but about the privileges that come along with it such as an invitation to play in the other three major championship events. |
Sports Illustrated
November 16, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
No more real golf Let's all just scratch Valderrama off our scorecards, shall we? As the recent WGC American Express Championship proved, it's not a great golf course. The 17th hole, where balls keep rolling off the green into the lake, is a travesty. That green really does belong on a miniature-golf course... |
Sports Illustrated
July 29, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Having a grand old time in Scotland One of the quaint things about the British Open is that so many of the Americans who attend it -- including players, caddies, writers, coaches and agents -- manage to sneak in a few rounds of golf while they're there. |
Sports Illustrated
May 19, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Where are they now? Golf Q&A: Why can't the majors were held in four different countries... Do you believe Al Del Greco of the NFL could compete on the PGA Tour?... Vicki Goetze?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
January 18, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Martin case could go either way Now that the Supreme Court is hearing the Casey Martin case, you can look for some fine, informed national reporting on golf. Or maybe not... |
Sports Central
August 10, 2009
Scott Shepherd |
Why Tiger Needs to Win at Hazeltine Has Tiger set the bar so high for himself that winning any tournament that isn't a major has become irrelevant? |
Sports Central
February 27, 2008
Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Version of Pros vs. Joes The supposed difference between players on the professional tours and Sunday hackers is talent. But that is not the reality of the game of golf today. |
Sports Central
February 23, 2005
Vincent Musco |
A Tiger Grand Slam in 2005? Tiger Woods turns 30 this year. He has not won a major tournament since the 2002 U.S. Open, contested 31 months ago. |
Sports Illustrated
October 29, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
A peek at revamped Augusta National We have a verdict. The new, longer Augusta National Golf Club is going to be a bitch during next year's Masters Tournament... |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
New golf toys One thing really stuck in my head from the recent PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla. Visually, there was nothing close to Wilson's Deep Red driver ($369) at the show. The club may be too pretty to use. Its unique sparkling-burgundy finish was mesmerizing... |
Sports Central
February 21, 2007
Ryan Ballengee |
Golf's Identity Crisis The game of golf is exhibiting signs that it is clearly struggling with the same problems of someone in a midlife crisis. |
Sports Illustrated
June 3, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
He's heard it all Meet the gatekeeper for the U.S. Open... |
Sports Illustrated
May 11, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Keep an eye on Franco golf Q&A: thin-skin-faced drivers that have not been approved by the USGA?... Tiger Woods supporting the actors' boycott?... Zero Tour... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000
Jaime Diaz |
Is Texas Toast? To be successful these days, a PGA Tour event must have three things: a title sponsor who puts up a big purse, good dates and Tiger Woods. The venerable Texas Open has none of the above, which makes tournament organizers fearful that the 70th Open, played last Sunday, could be one of the last. |
Sports Illustrated
July 15, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
10 things to think about This week's Big Ten, a collection of random thoughts, observations and road rage about golf. |
Sports Illustrated
August 27, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
U.S. Amateur is a gem Once you get past the fact that you've never heard of most of the players, the U.S. Amateur is the best spectator event in golf... |
Sports Illustrated
June 8, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
Time to go low It's about time for somebody to lower the record for low score in a major, which has been at 63 and holding for a long time. By my count, 15 players have shot 63s in major championships. |
Sports Central
November 11, 2004
Kevin Beane |
The Rainy Forecast of American Golf The PGA Tour season has anticlimactically come to an end, goes the conventional wisdom ... and here we have yet another case where conventional wisdom is wrong. |
Sports Illustrated
November 14, 2000
Jaime Diaz |
Notebook: Tour Casualties It happens every fall. A longtime fixture on the Tour drops out of the top 125 on the money list and loses his card. Dan Forsman was a casualty this year... |
Sports Central
August 29, 2005
Ryan Ballengee |
How Golf Can Attract New Players There needs to be a comprehensive strategy to encourage golfers through the learning curve -- something along the lines of "The First Tee," but for adults. |
Sports Illustrated
January 22, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
No two ways about it Using the banned Callaway driver is just plain cheating... |
Sports Illustrated
October 8, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Daly is going down the right road John Daly isn't the easiest guy to figure out. A few weeks ago he was talking about how much he missed playing in the Masters this year and how badly he wanted to get back there in 2002. After some confusing decisions, he seems to be on the right track to a Masters invite... |
Sports Illustrated
April 30, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Tradition-al leftovers See if you can make sense of the items I scribbled in my notebook while covering last week's Countrywide Tradition, the gala first Senior major of the year... |
Sports Illustrated
January 11, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Shaping up I hope you watched the Accenture Match Play Championship from Australia. Steve Stricker's win should remind you what golf is all about -- scoring... |
Sports Illustrated
December 13, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
"Rising" stars So much for the theory that December is a quiet month in golf. We've seen Aaron Baddeley win the Australian Open for a second straight time and Tiger Woods turn the World Cup, normally a total snooze, into an event of worldwide magnitude... |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2001
Gary Van Sickle |
Dougherty is happy just to be here Maybe now Ed Dougherty's wise-guy buddies will shut up. He didn't win the Ford Senior Players Championship last week in Dearborn, Mich., but he had a good showing and tied for fourth... |
Sports Illustrated
February 13, 2001
Jaime Diaz |
The Tour's Mr. Right Almost overnight the game has changed on the PGA Tour because an ever-expanding number of players are driving the ball huge distances, which allows them to attack every pin with shorter irons... |
Wired
May 2000
Chris Lewis |
Wired Golf Callaway's hired a team of aerospace engineers to help perfect its game. And they're not the only rocket scientists on the golf course these days. |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2000
Gary Van Sickle |
CBS drops the ball ...Even though the PGA Tour has enjoyed increased leverage and bargaining power since the start of the Tiger Woods era, pro golf telecasts are still generally considered second-tier TV programming by some networks... |
Sports Illustrated
March 31, 2000
Alan Shipnuck |
Roots A look at Tiger Wood's golf genealogy reveals how he got so good |
Sports Illustrated
March 21, 2001
Jaime Diaz |
Newer clubs definitely work Golf equipment has never generated quite this much buzz -- and, finally, justifiably so. |
Sports Illustrated
April 22, 2002
Gary Van Sickle |
Joining the 59 club The golf question of the week: If high school kids are shooting 59, can Armageddon be far behind? On second thought, don't answer that... |
Sports Illustrated
March 7, 2000
Jaime Diaz |
Easy Money: Weekly Bonus Programs Golf pros have to choose between cash for using certain equipment brands and having freedom to choose the best equipment for their game. |
