Capelle On Golf

Part 1 – Grand Slam - 2008 Masters Coverage
So much of the talk leading up to this year’s Masters has been focused on Tiger Woods’ bid to become the first player to win the Grand Slam, golf’s most elusive prize.
What you say? Didn’t Bobby Jones win the Grand Slam 78 years ago?
That’s what his journalist [...]

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Education is a great thing. It dispels ignorance, increases awareness, and solves problems. Here’s today’s lesson for all wanna be golf photographers.
If you want to capture a Pulitzer prize winning photo and establish yourself as a big league golf picture taker, concentrate on the reaction, not the action. Look for those opportunities after the ball [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
Going into the British Open last summer Andres Romero had finished MC, 34t, 65 in his three previous starts. Not exactly a golfer on a tear. And then boom – he nearly wins the British Open with a 10 birdie statement making effort at Carnoustie.
After birdies at 13 through 16, [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
Masters pressure possibly made itself felt across the Atlantic Ocean at the MAPFRE Open de Andalucía by Valle Romano. Peter Hedbloom entered the final round two shots back of third round leader Lee Westwood, and with hopes earning an invite to golf’s most elite party.
A win would have likely [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
Success begets success, and no major proves it like the Masters. Fifty Masters have been played since 1958 (the beginning of the Modern Era), and a whopping 48% of the winners have come from seven of the top eight players of the era.
Consider the table below. As a group, these [...]

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Poor Dana Jacobson never had a chance. The clock was ticking the moment the interview started, she needed to drive the length of the field in 90 seconds, and she was up against Tiger Woods’ seasoned defense. He smothered her with two quick sacks.
Play #1 - Dana opens with a question about the appropriateness of [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
The Masters starts in 13 days, so it’s time to get a read on who’s hot, and who’s not. Tiger Woods is the perennial #1 and is red hot. No surprise there. Phil Mickelson (#2) and Ernie Els (#3) have won this year, and Jim Furyk’s (#5) putter came to [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
As of this week there are 90 players in the field for the Masters. The list, however, does not include Martin Kaymer (WGR #23) and Justin Leonard (WGR #34) who will be in the WGR’s top 50 come April 6th. Since it is impossible for them to drop out of [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
One week before the 1995 Masters Davis Love III had not yet qualified for Augusta. He’d won eight tour events in the previous eight seasons, including the 1993 PLAYERS Championship and, at age 30, the long hitting Love was a rising star. Except for one big problem: he routinely [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
There was no good reason for Gary Player to think that he could win the 1978 Masters when he stepped to the first tee for the final round. He was 42 years old, an advanced age for most golfers in the ‘70s, even given his level of fitness. He hadn’t [...]

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