Capelle On Golf

During last week’s Open sportscaster/former pro golfer Peter Alliss offered the opinion that Tom Watson is “the greatest links golfer. Peter Alliss is dead wrong.
Yes, Watson has won five Opens to Jack Nicklaus’ and Tiger Woods’ three, which makes him most prolific Open champion of the Modern Era. But this alone does not make him [...]

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In the immortal words of Tiger Woods, “second sucks.” Maybe so, but you’d never know it by the outpouring of support that has come Kenny Perry’s way in the wake of his heartbreaking runner-up finish at the Masters. “I touched a lot of hearts in defeat. That made me feel better,” said Perry yesterday.
No, Kenny [...]

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Phil Mickelson had far more reason to be disappointed than Tiger Woods at the conclusion of the 2009 Masters. After scorching the front nine with a record tying 30, he was -10, three ahead of Tiger. But then he dunked his ball into Rae’s Creek on the diabolical par 3 12th, made a double bogey, [...]

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Angel Cabrera: Winning Breeds Winning
Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods maintain that winning breeds winning. Entering Sunday’s final round, Chad Campbell and Kenny Perry had never won a major, but Angel Cabrera was the 2007 US Open champion. And he won it in style, bombing his drive on the super difficult 18th at Oakmont on his [...]

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Kenny Perry and Angel Cabrera Share Lead
Kenny Perry bogeyed 11 and 12 at Amen Corner. Other than those hiccups, he appeared about as stressed as if he was defending his title at the John Deere Classic, which he will in July. But why should he be? He’s second in GIR at 79.3% and he’s tied [...]

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Paddy Slam Bid Hurt By Golf’s Worst Rule
Padraig Harrington was set to putt on the 15th green and you could see by the way his trousers were whipping that the wind was blowing very hard. He stepped away from his ball as it started rolling away from the cup. Now there is no way that [...]

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Trio of US Players Leads the Way
After day one American golfers claimed the top three spots on the leaderboard.
Chad Campbell got off to the fastest start in Masters history, birdieing the first five holes. Four more in a row on the back nine from 13-16 took him to -9 with two holes remaining. Two pars [...]

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I first wrote about the favorites and long shots for this year’s Masters on April 3. I’ve since monitored the odds daily for any significant changes that might signal the public’s change in confidence for each player.
My thinking was based on the fact that football odds change in small increments in response to the flow [...]

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Tiger Woods gave his customary press conference on Tuesday at the Masters. And, as has become my custom of late, I will now attempt to add some zest to his responses.
(Note: the complete press conference can be found at ASAP.)
Tiger is asked about his chances of winning the Grand Slam.
WOODS: Well, I know I can [...]

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You know, even at 7/4, that Tiger Woods is at good bet to win the Masters. He’s won the event four times and has finished W, 3t, 2t and 2 in the last four at Augusta. He’s also won six of fourteen majors in the Hank Haney era, and he’s coming off a win at [...]

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