Capelle On Golf

Team golf has come to the majors.
On Sunday the final pairing will be comprised of rookie Brendan Steele (-7) and veteran grinder Jason Dufner (-7). Steele is a member of the Long Putters while Dufner is a Real Golfer.
In the second group we have another rookie, Keegan Bradley (-6), also a member of the Long [...]

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Glory’s Last Shot is also the candidates for the Player of the Years’ last chance to bag a major and possibly put a stranglehold on the top spot.
The double major winners deserve it method points towards Charl Schwartzel, Rory McIlroy, and Darren Clarke. The winners of the first three are obviously the only players with [...]

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The cruelest cut of all took place on Friday as WGR #1 Luke Donald and #2 Lee Westwood ballooned to rounds of 75 and 74 respectively, earning a weekend pass after entering the Open as the co-favorites behind Rory McIloy. Ouch!
Indeed, those who missed the cut are considered such lepers that the Open’s leaderboard has [...]

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After the first round at the Open, a group of five players separated themselves from the rest by two or three shots with their 65s and 66s.
After perusing their names, I would say that none has a much better chance of winning than before the round because this group of long shots faces 54 nasty [...]

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Rory McIlroy’s last round in a major was an 80 at this year’s Masters after holding the 54 hole lead. You would think that it would take some time for the emotional wounds to heal, if ever. But, no, there he is again, leading a major.
This time he played a near perfect round of 65 [...]

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You’ve probably heard the stat that the last 10 majors have been won by 10 different players.
Well, here’s an interesting proposition: would you care to bet that, come Sunday evening, it will be 11 of 11? In other words, do you like the chances of any of the last 10 major champions to break that [...]

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Tiger Woods certainly looks like he is going to prove the doubters wrong regarding his decision to change his swing for the third time as a pro, and his choice of Sean Foley for his new coach. Needing his A+ Game to have any chance on Sunday, Woods swung beautifully on his way to hitting [...]

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Yesterday’s Masters was all about history. It was the 75th playing of this spring classis; it was the 25th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus’ epic comeback; it was, in a nice bit of symmetry, a celebration of South African Gary Player’s first Masters title; and is was the first major win for Charl Schwartzel, another South [...]

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Ryo Ishikawa and Charl Schwartzel know the secret to becoming one of the top 50 players in the world ahead of their time: play on a foreign circuit.
Events on the Japan Tour and some of the weak fielded European Tour events may award far fewer points than the big name events on the PGA Tour, [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
Masters pressure possibly made itself felt across the Atlantic Ocean at the MAPFRE Open de Andalucía by Valle Romano. Peter Hedbloom entered the final round two shots back of third round leader Lee Westwood, and with hopes earning an invite to golf’s most elite party.
A win would have likely [...]

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