Capelle On Golf

Tom Watson had won his second Duel at Turnberry in the biggest upset in the history of sports.
Going into the Open the 59 year old Watson was, as memory serves me, a 1,000 to 1 to win while Tiger Woods was listed at 7/4 when I penned my preview on July 11th . But, after [...]

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Woods’ Wide Rights Return
Just when it looked like Tiger Woods had mastered his driver and would never lose another major, the wide rights returned. The announcers said that he hit four, and that he was lucky to draw some great lies following his errant tee shots. He also made bogeys on 15 and sixteen when [...]

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Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have ridiculously stringent criteria on what makes a successful season. One major title or more makes a great year. No majors and the season is a disaster.
During his prime from 1962 through 1980 Nicklaus had 12 great years and seven disasters. To date, Woods has chalked up nine great years [...]

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Early last year Tiger Woods brazenly asserted that ”I think it’s easily within reason,” in referring to the Grand Slam
Remember that he said that with a bum knee. Then he went out and finished second at Augusta and won the US Open before retiring for the year.
If Tiger could be so confident with a bum [...]

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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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Lorena Ochoa steamrollered her way to a five shot win and her second major at the Kraft Nabisco, and it was no accident. She led the field in GIR at 79.1% while Annika Sorenstam hit 65.3%, adding further evidence that the changing of the guard in women’s golf is complete. After a disastrous injury plagued [...]

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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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2008 Masters Coverage - thru 4/15
The golfers who play for history have major milestones riding on each big four championship. Sergio Garcia, Adam Scott, and a long list of majorless wanna be greats are looking to get the monkey off their back so they can begin to make a serious move on the history books.
Single [...]

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2008 Masters Coverage - Thru 4/15
Success begets success, and no major proves it like the Masters. Fifty Masters have been played since 1958 (the beginning of the Modern Era), and a whopping 48% of the winners have come from seven of the top eight players of the era.
Consider the table below. As a group, these [...]

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