This is a guest post from the fellas over at 3JackAlmanac.com, co-founded by Chris Racic and Johnny Giovonni, two passionate amateur golfers and avid golf fans. Check out their website at 3JackAlmanac.com. As the stage is set for the 2015 Open Championship's return to the Old Course at St. Andrews, players will have fresh hazards to navigate their way around. St. Andrews renovated approximately 50 bunkers in anticipation of the 144th Open, including the infamous 14th hole bunker known … [Read more...]
ESPN Low Ratings for The Open Championship
Just like I wrote yesterday, the final round of the Open Championship was an absolute bore fest. A great story, but a bore fest no less. ESPN received a preliminary rating of 2.1 for the Sunday final round, compared to a 3.8 last year. And guess what... You didn't see this headline of ESPN's website. I know. Of course they are not going to put it on their own website. I just don't care for ESPN that much for a variety of reasons. Tiger Woods was out of it early and Phil Mickelson did … [Read more...]
The Open Championship Bore Fest
Well, it's 11:22 AM CST right now. Phil Mickelson is finished for the day and Tiger Woods is already on his way back to Orlando. Rory McIlroy is putting together a good round but ESPN doesn't seem to care about that. Some guy by the name of Louis Oosthuizen is striping every drive down the middle and increasing his lead with every swing, now sitting at a comfortable 8-shots. Paul Casey is going backwards. Lee Westwood is not making a run and Martin Kaymer is just a couple under on his … [Read more...]
Didn’t I Tell You So…
Two days ago I wrote about a little pick-em game my friends and I play for all the golf major championships. Now I know it's early, but didn't I tell you... One of my picks, Rory McIlroy is leading the tournament with a sweet little 63 shot on the first day of The Open Championship. Not far behind is Tiger Woods, another one of my picks. Yes I know it is only Thursday. Yes I know I am sitting here watching the replay on ESPN and these guys are playing with no wind or rain. Things can … [Read more...]
My Open Championship Picks
For about two years now, my buddies from work and I have gotten a little pool together for the four major championships each year in golf. How it works is we pick four players for the week. Scoring goes by the final score at the end of the week and whoever has the lowest score wins the pot. It's normally just $5 or $10 and the winner takes all. If any of your players misses the cut, then after Friday's round we double the score for the weekend. So I wanted to share my picks I have chosen … [Read more...]
Chip-In’s and Chunks
Chip-In's Congratulations to Paula Creamer for winning the U.S. Women's Open this past weekend at the infamous Oakmont Country Club. It was great to see her mom and dad there to congratulate her at the end. The 23-year old Pink Panther shot a cool 3-under for the week, two shots ahead of the runner up. After a Paul Goydos 59 and Steve Stricker 60 in the first round at the John Deere Classic, the two ended up playing together in the final round and Steve Stricker pulled out the victory … [Read more...]