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...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Tiger Woods 2024.  It will begin this week at his event and his own goal is an event a month.  IF that is achieved, with relatively good health, its plausible that he could climb his way into legit...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Tom Brady’s stone-cold top of his tee shot at Pebble Beach is so comprehensive in its relatability and impact on him and everyone else.  Brady grew up in Northern California and dreamed of playing...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Arnaud Massy, the 1907 Open Championship winner, getting major run on a Saturday night on CBS from Jim Nantz was all we ever needed.  Massy was a Frenchman like Matthieu Pavon, the winner of the...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Rory’s 34th worldwide win in Dubai is additive on his resume but can be part of something much bigger when we look back on the year. He will turn 35 at the beginning of May and his greatest season...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Tommy Fleetwood is now a seven-time winner on the DP World Tour after his win Sunday at the Dubai Invitational.  Add his runner-ups at two majors and Ryder Cup moments and he is unequivocally the...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   I’m totally OK with the additional players in the field for the Sentry.  With the challenges that exist already to get all members starts, let alone getting the very best together as often as...

18 observations, thoughts and predictions for the week in golf…   Rose Zhang repeated as the NCAA individual champion, and with her U.S. Women’s Amateur and Augusta National Women’s Amateur titles on her list of accomplishments, she left amateur golf with a...

18 thoughts, observations and reflections on 18 special holes played in 2023   The opening hole at Chicago Golf Club is a glorious combination of all that the experience there offers.  The tee is thrust in the heart of everything.  Proximity to the open-air...