Capelle On Golf

Tiger Woods’ other big years, by his standards, are typically part cold, part red hot. In 2001 he won four if his first 10 starts, then cooled off, winning only one of his last nine. Through the British Open in 2007 he won three of 11events, then closed the season with four wins and a [...]

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It’s official. The Streak is over thanks in part to the golf gods who smiled on Geoff Ogilvy all week long. I mean, how else can you explain a one bogey performance over 72 holes that featured 29 missed fairways off the tee, and a chip that was headed 10 feet past the cup on [...]

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Talk is cheap. It is easy to say that Tiger Woods is so much better now than he was in 2000. Even Woods has been engaging of late in this verbal conditioning, further convincing his opponents that they have no chance. Yes, he can play more shots, and he’s improved his course management. But there [...]

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The World Golf Rankings are the game’s most quoted and respected barometers of golfing supremacy. Still, they are not without their quirks. One of them could be called the Minimum Divisor Rule. A player’s points are divided by no less than 40 no matter how many events a player competes in over the 24 month [...]

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In the first round match of the 2008 Accenture Match Play, Tiger Woods and J.B. Holmes were dead even as they strode to the tee of the 601 yard par five 17th, a three shotter for most pros. But not for these bombers.
After a 320 yard drive into the right rough, Tiger smashed a [...]

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