If you follow golf news closely and believe all the speculation floating around during the past week, then you would know Rory McIlroy has reportedly signed a $200 million endorsement deal with Nike to become the new face for golf. Team Rory and Team Nike have no comment for the moment (shocker!), but reports say Rory was seen filming a new Nike Golf commercial with Tiger Woods and two other PGA Tour pros who are rumored to be joining Nike in 2013- Nick Watney and Kyle Stanley. When Nike and … [Read more...]
Oosthuizen Goes Low, Tiger Still Lurks and DJ Makes His Case
With Brandt Snedeker and Dustin Johnson both making a good case on why they deserve one of the four Ryder Cup captain's picks, Louis Oosthuizen ended up stealing the show on Sunday. Oosthuizen shot a 29 on the front 9 and after letting a few get away on the back 9, he finished the day with a blistering 63. That number is good for a 3-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and six shot lead over Tiger Woods and Dustin Johnson. I believe Dustin Johnson is already a lock for one of the final Ryder Cup … [Read more...]
Another Over-Par Weekend Drops Tiger Woods Down The Leaderboard
I rushed back home from a weekend at the coast with the hopes I would get to see Tiger Woods making a run up the leaderboard. Instead, I got home in time to see him miss another putt on the 12th hole for a double bogey and then make three more bogeys in the final six holes to shoot a final round 76. This capped off another over-par weekend for Tiger after starting with two solid rounds on Thursday and Friday. This begs the question whether the pressure of weekend golf is actually getting to … [Read more...]
Front9Back9 Golf Picks & Predicions: The Barclays
First and foremost, it's been quite a while since I last wrote anything. In fact, it's been a little over two months. That's pretty sad for someone who loves the game of golf so much and basically watches every tournament every weekend. I am going to make a better attempt to get back into it more consistently going forward, and I hope you still visit! The first leg of the the PGA Tour Playoffs start tomorrow, and what a better way to kick it off then with the event being held at the famed … [Read more...]
Latest Odds To Win The U.S. Open at The Olympic Club
No surprise here, Tiger Woods is favored to win the U.S. Open this week. After winning The Memorial two weeks ago, he is currently at 6/1 odds with Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy the closet at 12/1. Here are the latest odds to win the U.S. Open at The Olympic Club starting on Thursday courtesy of Sportsbook.com. Tiger Woods 6/1 Luke Donald 12/1 Rory McIlroy 12/1 Field (Any Other Golfers) 15/1 Lee Westwood 15/1 Phil Mickelson 15/1 Matt Kuchar 25/1 Jason Dufner 25/1 Rickie Fowler … [Read more...]
8 Players To Watch at Olympic Club
Everyone else is making their list on which players to watch next week during the U.S. Open at Olympic Club, so I thought what better a time to make up my list. Here are the eight players I think are the most compelling to watch next week in San Francisco. 1.) Tiger Woods Are you surprised Tiger Woods is on my list? Coming off his win at The Memorial, Tiger should be primed to add another major victory in his pursuit to track down Jack Nicklaus’ major championship record. Or, just … [Read more...]
Is Tiger Woods on the Cusp of Another Multi-Year Run?
For more than a year now, me and a couple buddies have done nothing but speculate on when Tiger Woods would win again. In the end, nobody was anywhere near to being correct. But each time we had our little discussion, we all pretty much agreed on one thing – Once Tiger Woods got back into the winners circle, it could be the start of another dominating run for the man who will soon be back to #1 in the world. So after his first win today at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in nearly 30 months, … [Read more...]
Why Do I Continue to Root for Tiger Woods?
It’s a question I have been thinking about for some time now and it's a question I sometimes struggle to come up with a good answer. Why Do I Continue to Root for Tiger Woods? It's a complicated question because I have rooted for the guy for so long now. But with the act he put forth today during his Honda Classic news conference, I wonder if I should just forget about this guy going into the future. So I decided I would try to put it in writing and figure out what reasons are left to … [Read more...]
Some Dude by the Name of Tiger is Playing This Weekend
Surely, by now you probably know Tiger Woods is teeing it up this weekend in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. If you don't know, you must be living under a rock. Also, if you didn't know, Tiger Woods is teeing it up this weekend alongside his buddy, Tony Romo, who is a pretty good player in his own right. Together, these two super stars should have no problem being near the top of the leader board in the team division by Sunday. But the real question is whether Tiger Woods has enough to … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods takes down Zach Johnson to win Chevron World Challenge
I just had that feeling, you know? Like the feeling you had when Tiger Woods was stepping up to putts at Augusta, or Bay Hill, or Torrey Pines so many years ago. The only problem, he hadn't done anything meaningful in golf since 2009. To be exact, it was 749 days and 26 starts, but I still had that feeling. After watching Tiger Woods play pretty well in Australia during the Australian Open and then even better the following week at The Presidents Cup, I thought this would be the week he … [Read more...]
Tiger Off to Another Strong Start
I recently put out a guest blogger request on Twitter and I am happy to say I have found a good article for the first ever guest post on Front9Back9 Golf Blog. This comes from Cory Walton in San Antonio, who is currently trying to finish strong towards his electrical engineering degree from University of Texas San Antonio. Cory is a huge sports fan and you can read his blog at From The Cheap Seats. Tiger Woods holds on to a three stoke lead at the Chevron World Challenge after posting a … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods clinches Presidents Cup victory for American team, Is he back?
The questions have already started to swirl. I saw them on Twitter last night while Johnny Miller and crew talked about it on air during the final day of the Presidents Cup. Is Tiger Woods back? I even wrote about it last week during the Australian Open after Tiger Woods fired a 5-under 67 to take the second round lead. In the final day of the 2011 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, Tiger Woods closed out Aaron Baddeley 4 and 3 to clinch the cup for the American team in what seemed to be a … [Read more...]
Well, Well, Well… Look who we have leading a golf tournament
How many times do you see headlines pop when the 58th ranked player in the world is leading a golf tournament on Friday on another continent? When that player is Tiger Woods, it all makes perfect sense. It's been nearly a year, but it seems Tiger Woods is finally playing some golf. Tiger fired a 5-under 67 on Friday in Australia in his tune up tournament before the Presidents Cup next week. Does this mean Tiger Woods is back? It's too early to tell for now, but this, along with many other … [Read more...]
A Second Round 68 Keeps Tiger Around For The Weekend
The tournament organizers are probably waking up from a massive hangover this morning after partying all night now that the main attraction at the Frys.com Open has made the cut. After the first round spectacle, which Tiger Woods called his worst putting day ever, people started questioning his game again and Tiger Woods was on the verge of missing his second professional cut in a row, something he hasn't done since back in the mid 1990's. But all is good this morning at CordeValle Golf … [Read more...]
Let’s See. What Have I Missed?
Let’s See. What Have I Missed? I have been down and out for a couple months now. Seventy-seven days to be exact. July 3, 2011 was my last post and frankly I am pretty upset with myself. I worked hard on this blog since 2009 and 11 weeks of not posting anything is just horrendous. It’s not like I was sick or injured. It’s not like I was working my “real” job 16 hours a day and only had time to sleep. It’s just laziness. Period. So what have I missed over the past 2 ½ months? Let’s … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods Brings the Buzz Back to Augusta
There’s still a lot of golf to be played and I think most people are taking the “let’s wait and see if he can carry it to the weekend” approach, but the one thing I know for sure is golf needs Tiger Woods near the top of the leaderboard and the buzz was back in full gear yesterday. I was out playing golf in the afternoon yesterday and around 4:30 PM I started receiving text messages from buddies asking me if I was watching Tigers run. When I got in the truck to head home I called my dad who … [Read more...]
Front9Back9’s Golf Picks & Predictions: The Masters
If my fiancé wants something done this weekend, well it’s going to be slow going. If someone calls to go play golf, it will probably be the only time I will say no. The only thing I wish more is I was in Augusta watching the tournament live. I’m not so I have to resort to watching it in HD. Oh well, here are my picks for the 75th Masters. Tiger Woods- Who knows what Tiger is going to do at Augusta this week. For some reason I just can’t seem to pick against him, especially this week. … [Read more...]
Front9Back9’s Golf Picks & Predictions: Arnold Palmer Invitational
This is the final week for the Winter series in Fans of Devil Ball Fantasy Golf. I pretty much was horrible. I am currently in 75th place going into the Arnold Palmer Invitational this week. Next week at the Shell Houston Open the Spring series starts, so it all starts over again, so I plan on winning the Spring. This week at Bay Hill the big dogs are in the field again. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and the rest of the gang are all looking to get their games in tip-top shape since The … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods iPhone App Hits The Market
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you can now swing like Tiger Woods. That’s because Tiger Woods has launched a new App called “Tiger Woods: My Swing.” You can pick it up for a cool $9.99 in the App Store right now. It looks like a pretty cool app, and seems to have many features. One of the main features is you can capture video with it and compare your swing with Tiger Woods’ golf swing, with every club in Tiger’s bag. Tiger even chimes in with his own “personal” testimonial: With the … [Read more...]
Does Tiger Woods Have A New Girlfriend?
I have been wondering for some time now how long it was going to take until these reports started surfacing again, but here it is, Tiger Woods has a new girlfriend. Tabloid reports from RadarOnline.com say Tiger Woods is dating a 22-year old daughter of a high ranking IMG executive. That is the same IMG that represents Tiger in his business dealings. Alysa Lahti Johnson is a party girl living in the same Orlando neighborhood as Tiger, and recently was arrested for DUI. Who knows if … [Read more...]