Capelle On Golf

The long putter threatens to eliminate the Choke Zone on short putts. To protest this development, I wrote the following email to Golf Channel’s Morning Drive, but decided to post it here should they fail to show it on their program.
Dear Eric and Gary,
I can give you a million reasons for banning the broom, but [...]

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As the two year anniversary of Tiger Woods’ “break their neck” outburst at Doral nears, I am reminded of the one-on-one interview he granted to ESPN’s Dana Jacobsen. Like an NFL team running down the clock, Woods played prevent defense, evaded the tough questions, and ran out the game clock (all 90 seconds of it).
Yesterday’s [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - thru 4/15
Golf Channel Lays an Egg
I ragged on Andy North a bit yesterday, then wondered if there was a chance he was right and I was wrong about the third hole. Nope. The only easier holes on Thursday were the four par fives, as expected, and the twelfth, which played the [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - thru 4/15
Going into this Masters if felt as if this year’s edition would be about as competitive for Tiger Woods as the Target World. There was short list of about a half dozen legitimate contenders. But as the sun set on Thursday’s opener, it turns out the rest of the golf [...]

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I get such a kick out of those kiss of death stats. First, on the tenth green of the final round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the announcers mentioned that Woods was 51 for 51 for the week on putts inside seven feet. Woods then defied the odds and missed from 6’, 7”, then missed [...]

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I’ve knew I was a golf junkie, but my affliction got really bad on Sunday night. While channel surfing, I landed on the Golf Channel where I discovered a replay of the Johnny Walker Classic in New Delhi, India. I became fascinated watching pros from far off lands on a course that looked to be [...]

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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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