Capelle On Golf

LPGA phenom Yani Tseng won her second major of the year and the fifth of her career at the Women’s British Open. Such brilliance at such a young age prompted this comparison with Jack Nicklaus, the Best Ever.
TSENG hits it super long compared to her competitors like Nicklaus did (she’s #2 in driving distance on [...]

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NOW we know how the Evian Masters became The Evian, the ladies fifth major – starting in 2013.
LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan basically decided it would be so. But not before some great trepidation about its possible impact on the traditions of the game: “I think I had some fear because I didn’t want to be [...]

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The media has set the bar awfully high for women pro’s.
Rory McIlroy won his first major, made the cover of SI, is being touted as a challenger to Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 majors, and is the darling of the media and fans worldwide.
Meanwhile, Yani Tseng won her third major at age 21 last year [...]

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Yani Tseng has laid claim to title of the world’s best golfer with her win at the Women’s British Open.
At the age of 21 and 6 months, she has now won three majors at a much earlier age than anyone else. Se Re Pak was 23 years and 10 months old when she claimed her [...]

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The Race for #1 is Tightening
The race for #1 is tightening as we wait for the next two point rich events on each players’ schedule - the Bridgestone in 10 days, and the PGA in 17. Due to aging, Mickelson and Westwood crept closer to Woods last weekend, whose points are aging like old [...]

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Bubba Watson needed a birdie on the final hole of regulation play to get into a playoff - so all he did was launch a 396 yard cart-path-aided drive to with 51 yards of the pin on 18 at River Highlands in Connecticut. He then stuffed his wedge to within 6 feet and made the [...]

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It is all but official. With the completion of a sweep of the ladies’ majors by foreign players, the LPGA (the A being for America) was put to rest Sunday afternoon at the Women’s British Open. From here on it is to be known as the Ladies Professional Golfers of the World (LPGW). Okay, the [...]

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Obviously the schedule makers didn’t confide on this or didn’t care, but the result is that we viewers have three juicy events to watch on Sunday. The WGC Bridgestone takes center stage, consuming five hours on Sunday. During the first two hours we can flip over to ABC for the delayed final round of the [...]

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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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2008 US Women’s Open

We can analyze to death why some players win majors and some don’t. Talent is the price of admission to the big show. But the X Factor is that some players are born to win. They have the winner’s way, that aura of confidence that enables them to keep their cool and [...]

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