Capelle On Golf

Throughout the Tiger Woods Era the media has focused on Tiger’s quest to surpass Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors. It’s as if nothing else matters. The media typically brushes over Nicklaus’ 19 seconds when they are mentioned. Worse yet, this magnificent record is often discounted. Indeed, some “experts” go so far as to [...]

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By now golf fans in outer Mongolia know that Tiger Woods is going to take the rest of the year off to recuperate from his upcoming surgery on the most famous knee on the planet. In a series of short essays below I’m going to provide my initial impressions on this not so surprising development [...]

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When Tiger Woods announced that he was having knee surgery two days after the Masters, the golf world looked forward to a speedy return. The original estimates for his return ran from 4-6 weeks. Now we can see that they were preposterously optimistic.
At that time of his surgery I took a different approach from every [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage
Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate battled each other to a standstill over 90 holes at the US Open. Along the way each gained and lost ground on various holes because each has holes they play well and those that give them fits.
The longer holes favored Woods, who was second in driving distance [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage
The majors offer the maximum number of World Golf Ranking points, so top finishers can often skyrocket up the list. Though Rocco Mediate lost a heartbreaker, he shot from 158th into the top 50 at #47. Not bad for a week’s work. His finish should (or could) also get him into the [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage
The legend of Tiger Woods took a huge stride forward with his playoff win over Rocco Mediate at the US Open. Playing in pain and without the benefit of his normal preparations, Woods defied the odds, the experts, and the golf world to capture his fourteenth major title.
Woods victory was filled with [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage
Tiger vs. Rocco sounds like a heavyweight fight. Trouble is, this Rocco is, by most any measure, a lightweight. He’s one of the shortest hitters on the PGA Tour while Tiger, when he cranks it up, is one of the longest. Over his long career, which began in 1986, he’s won five [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage
After bogeying #12, Woods was one over par for the tournament and not looking good considering the condition of his knee and the solid play of Rocco Mediate and Lee Westwood. Then the Golf Gods intervened and turned the US Open on its head.
This Open was set up to punish [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage

On Thursday my friend’s wife dropped us off at the course, then came and picked us up at the end of the day. And when I got in the back seat she handed me a cold soda. What a girl! After such royal treatment I was dreading the bus ride from Qualcom [...]

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2008 US Open Coverage
The Weather is Heating Up On Cue
San Diego has been blessed lately with those perfect 70 degree days of spring that the city is famous for. Now, as if on command from the USGA, the forecast calls for daily highs of 84, 79, and 79 for the first three rounds. This is [...]

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