Capelle On Golf

British Open Coverage
Padraig Harrington reminded me on Sunday of a great thoroughbred charging home to victory. He hung with the pack, trailing Greg Norman by a shot at turn. Then as the race turned towards the homestretch, he went into another gear, playing a series of four long distance approach shots the likes of which [...]

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British Open Coverage
Greg Norman Leaves a Winner
Norman really didn’t have anything to lose this week, his goal merely to enjoy another leg on his extended honeymoon with Chris Evert and to prepare for next week’s Senior British Open. But then his game fell into place, he became the Shark of old, and his opening [...]

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British Open Coverage
Greg Norman Turns Back the Clock
In winds that blew from 30-37mph all day long, Greg Norman carved out a masterful 72 to assume the 54 hole lead at the British Open. Norman, who spent 331 weeks as the number one ranked player in the world pre-Tiger era, showed that a fit and motivated [...]

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British Open Coverage
The Surprise Leaderboard
The names at the top of the British Open include three players that were such long shots that any wager on them on Wednesday would have been considered a total waste of money.
Take 36-hole leader K.J. Choi. In his last six outings his best is 41st and he’s missed three cuts. [...]

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British Open Coverage

Mickelson vs. Els Fails to Materialize
I wrote yesterday that the battle for number two in the Woods Era between Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson could be settled at the British Open – or possibly at the PGA thanks in part to Tiger’s absence. According to the old saying, a player can’t win a [...]

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British Open Coverage
We know Tiger Woods is going to win majors at the rate of 1+ per year. At the next level down we have Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els, who are fully capable of winning majors, but don’t exactly make a habit of it.
Each has played in all but one major since 1994 and [...]

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British Open Coverage
Big names like Nick Faldo (39) and Greg Norman (41) were aging rapidly as the 1996 season was drawing to a close, so golf was in need of a fresh new face to pump some life into the game. With Hollywood like timing Tiger Woods appeared on the scene. Now that he’s sidelined [...]

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British Open Coverage
When asked about stock prices, the late and great financier J.P. Morgan once said, “They will fluctuate.” And so it is with odds on the golfers at this week’s British Open.
The action at British gambling house Ladbrokes in the days leading up to the Open is fast and furious as the punters [...]

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British Open Coverage
The sorry state of so many in the top 20 in the World Golf Rankings and Tiger Woods’ absence makes the British Open a wide open. The form chart lists each player’s last three starts. In rating the players, more weight is given to the later starts. Red is hot, black in lukewarm, [...]

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Paula Creamer’s victory at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic on Sunday may not be that much of a consolation prize for blowing the US Open, but then again it shows that she’s gotten it over and is playing her brand of winning golf again.
Creamer opened with an 11 under 60 beat to beat a [...]

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