Ryder Cup Notes From Across the Pond

“It is hard to believe Bill Murray can mill about the course unattended without being mobbed by fans, but no one said the Ryder Cup was a normal event.”   Continue reading… Results of Singles Matches: Patrick Reed def. Rory McIlroy 1 Up Henrik Stenson def. Jordan Spieth 3&2 Thomas Pieters def. JB Holmes 3&2…

Thanks, Arnie

Arnold Palmer: Sept 10, 1929 – Sept 25, 2016 “I sometimes think that I would have had a better life had I been born fifty years earlier, when the stakes were not so high and the game was more carefree. The professionals of the 1920’s mostly earned their livings working at some country club; the…

Mr. Hogan, The Man I Knew

Kris Tschetter’s terrific book describes how she became friends with Ben Hogan when she was a young member at Shady Oaks CC. Under Ben Hogan’s tutelage, Kris would go on to become a winner on the  LPGA Tour. “You know, Mr. Hogan, a lot of people have talked about your secret,” he [Dr. Bob Rotella]…