Capelle On Golf

Tiger Woods is in a slump.
There is not getting around it any longer. It’s time to pull out the dreaded “s” word. It’s time for the real reporters in the interviews to ask him about his slump and “how do you plan to break out of it.”
All season long Tiger has told us he’s in [...]

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Like a marathon race, as the U.S. Open heads into the final stretch, the vast majority have turned into stragglers, leaving only six players in the hunt. Below are the contenders and their vital stats.
Sc.–GIR—Odds
207—40—10/11—Dustin Johnson
210—31—9/2——Graeme McDowell
212—34—3/1—-Tiger Woods
213—27—50/1—Gregory Havret
213—35—12/1—Ernie Els
214—34—12/1—Phil Mickelson
Dustin Johnson
If the same Dustin Johnson who’s dominated Pebble Beach, tee to green, shows up [...]

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Phil was fantastic
Phil Mickelson stepped to the tee for the second round knowing that his time had come, that if he was going to contend for his first Open and keep his Slam hopes alive, that it was time to deliver the goods. After nearly holing his birdie chip on one, he scored one of [...]

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A whopping 156 hopefuls will tee it up at the U.S. Open on Thursday - all fine players. But the truth of the matter is that you could send the 118 players at odds of 125-1 or greater back home before play begins and the winner would remain unchanged.
Of the remaining 38, most are long [...]

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Tiger Woods’ instructors keep insisting that no one knows more about the swing than he does, that he is by far the most knowledgeable player in the game. If so, now is his time to prove it.
Right now Woods’ swing is a big mess. When he gets stuck on the downswing, which is happening more [...]

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A player can earn their way into the HOF with their performance on either the PGA Tour, the Champions Tour, or a combination of both. Below are the criteria for the seniors as listed at the HOF web site:
Champions Tour

Champions Tour member for five years
20 wins between PGA TOUR and Champions Tour or five major [...]

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NOTE: This is the second of 2 parts on ESPN’s election.
Last week ESPN held an important election. The question it asked was this: Who will be remembered as the greatest golfer of all time? The two candidates were Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods. The operative word in the question is WILL. ESPN asked voters [...]

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I called the election for Jack Nicklaus yesterday because he had garnered 51% of the popular vote and was leading in states won, 30-17 with three still deadlocked.
In addition, he held sizable leads in many of the biggest vote getting states including California (51%), Florida (55%), Georgia (57%), Ohio (55%), Pennsylvania (51%), and Illinois (51%). [...]

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NOTE: This is the first of two parts.
In one of the hardest fought elections on record, Jack Nicklaus, the incumbent, has retained his position as Golf’s Greatest of All Time. While returns are still dribbling in, this writer is calling the election at 12pm ET on May 22 for Nicklaus with perhaps 98% of [...]

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Let’s take a fresh look at the Best Ever debate.
With Tiger Woods’ injuries, scandal, poor play of late, and now the departure of his coach, Hank Haney, many are questioning whether he can pass Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major titles. It is assumed that if Woods succeeds, he would automatically become the new Best [...]

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