Capelle On Golf

The media is having a field day pontificating on the ramifications of Tiger Woods’ return to golf. How his comeback looks to the world, his new PR guru, the timing of the announcement, quotes from the other players, what’s up with Elin, Tim Finchem’s bla bla, how it’s going to be bigger than Obama’s inauguration [...]

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Ernie Els victory at the WGC-CA has sounded the alarm for the great rivalry of the coming years - Els vs. Mickelson for number two of the Woods Era.
Going into the WGC Els had won only once on the PGA Tour in the last six years, but he did post a couple of top tens [...]

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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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The three possible combinations for playing Pebble Beach in the AT&T are (assuming a player makes the 54 hole cut) -  rounds 1 and 4, 2 and 4, or 3 and 4. When the players who make the cut are done with the third round, all will have played each of the three courses - [...]

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The San Diego Open (sorry, but as a native of San Diego, I just can’t get into that last second name change) had, in some ways the feel of a mini major, perhaps because the event is played at Torrey Pines, which hosted the Open in 2008. I could also be biased considering that Torrey [...]

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Is Tiger Woods good for the game of golf? Absolutely not.
He violates the game’s traditions with his over-the-top celebrations, his sulking, and his disregard for his playing partners as witnessed by his many walk offs while his opponents have yet to putt out.
He’s been teaching kids for over a decade that swearing, spitting, and club [...]

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The US won the Presidents Cup, which was no surprise – our team had nine players in the WGR top 20 to three for them.
So, while I was rooting hard for a close match going into the final day, by Saturday afternoon it had turned into an exhibition. But that was okay because Harding Park [...]

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Tiger Woods keeps saying how proud he is of his majorless season and how wonderful it was to be so consistent. But we know he’s blowing smoke because it is no secret that being shut out in the majors is, quite frankly, a disaster. The other night on the good old Golf Channel John Feinstein [...]

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Phil Mickelson won twice early in the season at Riviera and Doral, two high quality Ws, to get the season off to a bang. Then he played the most exciting 9 holes of the year on the front nine on Sunday at the Masters before fading to solo fifth.
Then he got hit with double disaster [...]

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Tiger Woods, to absolutely no one’s surprise, has grabbed a one shot lead at the half way point and seems like a semi lock to win his second FEC (does that sound corporate enough?).
The oddsmakers liked his chances at the start, listing him at even money. Now that Tiger’s proven he didn’t lose his game [...]

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