Capelle On Golf

Tiger Woods could have won the Honda Classic if Rory McIlroy had choked (and he’d won a playoff with Tom Gillis and possibly McIlroy).
But he didn’t even though he closed with two birdies and two fiery fist pumps, the one on 18 looking much like he was punctuating his 72nd victory.
With the Masters only four [...]

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I have been a little hard on Hank Haney of late because he chose to write The Big Miss, an unauthorized semi-biography/instructional on Tiger Woods.
Still, every dog deserves his day in court and Haney had his today with his appearance on Morning Drive. So, did Haney do us fans a service in writing this book, [...]

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Hank Haney and the media just don’t get it.
They think that because Tiger Woods has not read The Big Miss that he has no reason to be upset about it – yet.
“I’m not sure I understand the unprofessionalism part. He hasn’t read the book. There’s a lot of positives in there. I think he’s the [...]

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Big surprise about Hank Haney’s upcoming book, The Big Miss: Tiger Woods is pissed.
According to Woods, “I just think this book is very self serving.” This dovetails with the point I made about Haney is the previous column – that he is one opportunistic S.O.B.
To make matters worse, the book is to be released in [...]

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Tiger Woods broke his victory drought with two closing birdies on putts of 13 and 10 feet to win the Chevron World Challenge. Yipee!
This is great for golf, and it is great for Woods because he is a momentum player, and this W is a significant step towards rebuilding his career momentum – something that [...]

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In the pre scandal days, golf was Woods’ top priority.
Sure, he was dedicated to his kids, but he could fix his schedule anyway he wanted to, not having to worry about things like visitation rights. Now he must miss tournaments, as he has said, because of family responsibilities. While it is great that he is [...]

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Phil Mickelson will be inducted into the Hall of Fame next year, which is no surprise to anyone who his familiar with his career.
Four major titles, 39 PGA Tour victories and 32 top 10s in the majors made him a mandatory addition this year following on the heels of Ernie Els’ induction last year.
As a [...]

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Golf’s announcers have little choice but to go along with the long putter, whether they like or not. If they denounced it, you could just hear the director yelling in their ear, “You idiot, quit talking bad about our product.”
The demand for political correctness has never been tested like it has over the last three [...]

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Here is your leaderboard after 36 holes of the Wyndham Championship. You will notice that five of those in the top nine are using the long putter (LP).
-12 Tommy Gainey
-9  Webb Simpson (LP)
-9  Stuart Appleby (LP)
-9  Ernie Els (LP)
-9  Daniel Summerhays
-8  Jim Furyk (LP)
-8  Retief Goosen (LP)
-8  Alexandre Rocha
-8  Paul Casey
Recently officials at the USGA [...]

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Tiger Woods Misses the Cut
After 10 holes Woods was seven over for the tournament, so he had an outside chance of making the cut if he played the final seven in three under. But a double on 11 ended his chances of playing the weekend. To his credit, he continued to grind away until the [...]

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