18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   The report from James Corrigan in the Telegraph this past week pretty eliminates any doubt as to whether the best European players, starting with Jon Rahm, will be on the Euro side at Bethpage in...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   I was part of the group that included Ben Crenshaw in April of 2011 when they re-opened Pinehurst #2 after the Coore/Crenshaw restoration.  I love what they did then but having played the golf...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Tiger Woods being here and playing for his 24th straight Masters cuts made, eclipsing the mark he is currently shares with Gary Player and Fred Couples is enough to ask of someone who hasn’t...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   The news this past weekend that Tiger Woods made a trip to Augusta National is not surprising. Reportedly he played with a fellow former U.S. Amateur champion and Justin Thomas. I can only hope...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Jesper Svensson won the Porsche Singapore Classic in a playoff over Kiradech Aphibarnrat. Svensson shot a final round 63 to secure his first win on the DP World Tour.  After winning on the Nordic...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   This was an outstanding week for NBC/Golf Channel’s team.  The Live From crew and their aggregate of writers and reporters filled early week hours.  The decision to bring Gary Koch and Roger...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   The best story in professional golf this week occurred in South Africa.  Matteo Manaserro, from Italy, was a prodigy, achieving historic benchmarks at a tender age.  He was the youngest winner on...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   4.5 trillion to 1 were the odds that Amelia Garvey bucked at the NXXT Women’s Championship at Royal St. Cloud in Florida when she recorded a hole in one, an albatross, an eagle and a birdie in a...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Every winner on the PGA Tour is a great story.  To cross the line on the deepest tour in the world is a massive accomplishment but the absence of stars winning on tour coupled with the number of...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Tiger Woods has made six official starts since his 2021 car accident, and he’s finished 72 holes just twice.  That small dose of competition includes a missed cut and three WD’s. Tiger’s goal of...