Capelle On Golf

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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It’s coming, and soon (late March) – a tell all book about Tiger Woods written by one of the people who was closest to him, his former instructor Hank Haney.
The book is titled The Big Miss, a name that has “multiple meanings” according to Haney. That is, super wild drives and a big missed opportunity, [...]

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Golf Digest just recently held a roundtable of writers to discuss the hot topics of the day. After reading it I wanted to stand up and applaud some of their opinions, while on others, throwing rotten tomatoes seemed like a more appropriate response. And so, with all due respect to those in attendance, here is [...]

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Golf Digest’s Jaime Diaz described Tiger’s time at the Masters as “…a week in which his demeanor could be described as stone-faced and smoldering.”
Ron Galloway at the Huffington Post, observing from a distance of 20 feet, said that Tiger was “cursing like a sailor” on the practice green. Well, Tiger does have a reverence for [...]

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I was rooting for Phil Mickelson to win his third straight major at the 2006 U.S. Open. Hey, I’ve got good reasons. I grew up in San Diego, my name’s Phil, and I play lefhanded. I remember slamming the remote on the couch when his second shot hit a tree and he imploded. They say [...]

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