Capelle On Golf

For so long it was easy to remember Al Geiberger’s 59, which he shot in 1977. One reason is that Mr. 59 was the only one to break 60 until Chip Beck matched his feat in 1991.
Now, it seems, we are being besieged by super low scores. Earlier in the year Ryo Ishikawa shocked the [...]

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Dustin Johnson Overpowers the Field
For those who have been missing Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson did a good imitation with his power game as he turned the Monterey Peninsula’s par fives into par fours.
Despite his long and accurate shots into the par fives, Johnson was leaking oil, having bogeyed 17 to go three over for [...]

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Announcers on Fred Couples
On October 3 of last year Fred Couples (he is listed as FRED at the PGA Tour) turned 50. Finally these announcers will start calling him by his name, not by that silly sounding Freddy, which has made him seem like a little kid for the last 20 odd years.
PS: I [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - thru 4/15
The only rookie to win the Masters in the last 50 years is Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979. Zoeller beat Ed Sneed and Tom Watson in a sudden death playoff that Jack Nicklaus missed entering by a shot.
One in 50 aren’t very encouraging odds. Still, hope springs eternal for this year’s [...]

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The Masters’ rules committee reinstated a provision that a player winning any but a handful of events on the PGA Tour would be invited to play at Augusta. Golf Digest’s readers agree with the change, because 88.5% voted that it was a good idea. But was it really?
With only six weeks to go till the [...]

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The great sportswriter Bernard Darwin once wrote about Walter Hagen that, “The difference between Hagen and the other players is that he just wins and they just don’t.” Maybe it’s really just that simple when it comes to comparing today’s golfers at their best and Tiger Woods. Whenever he and his opponents are locked in [...]

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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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J.B. Holmes was taken out by Tiger’s subpar barrage in the first round at the Accenture Match Play Championships. Still, we learned a few things about this likable 25-year-old up and comer.
He’s only 5’,11″, but he’s longer off the tee than Tiger. And he doesn’t seem to have the super wide drive in [...]

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