If you didn't know, there is a PGA Tour event going on down in Cancun, Mexico. The Mayakoba Golf Classic plays second this week to the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship but is no less important than any other PGA Tour event on the schedule throughout the year. As any pro golfer out there will tell you winning on tour is still tough no matter where you are. So my congratulations go out to Cameron Beckman for winning this weeks Mayakoba Golf Classic. Beckman is a fellow San Antonio … [Read more...]
WGC Accenture Update
Sitting here watching The Golf Channel and Ian Poulter is currently 3 up on Paul Casey after 13 holes. Of course the final match goes 36 holes if necessary so Paul Casey doesn't need to press too much just yet. I was not even close to picking these two players in the final group so don't ask me to pick anything for you. I picked Geoff Ogilvy to win it again but he was ousted in the third round. Oh well... I can't get over how they can drop such a beautiful golf course right in the middle … [Read more...]
Reaction To Tiger Woods Statement
It has been almost 24 hours since Tiger Woods made his statement to the media and the world. The statement was carried live on all the major news networks, The Golf Channel, ESPN, and streamed live across the internet. ESPN Radio here in San Antonio along with our other sports station, Ticket 760, had the statement live as well. I imagine that was the case across the nation as well. Sports Center this morning had pictures from Miami to Stockholm to Thailand showing the press conference. … [Read more...]
Tiger Woods to Make a Statement on Friday
Finally, the moment we have all been speculating on for almost three months now. Tiger Woods is going to finally sit down and face the music. Well not really, but he is going to talk to the media. And let me make one thing very clear. He is going to talk to the media and "It is NOT a press conference." Yes this is the statement from his website and his agent wants everyone to understand that this is not going to be a press conference and Tiger will read a statement. Tiger will speak to … [Read more...]
Well, I am NOT a Very Good Bracketologist!!
After the first day of competition in the WGC Accenture Match Play it doesn't look like I did too well with my picks. I picked Padraig Harrington to come out of the Bobby Jones bracket and Harrington got beat 3 and 1. In the Ben Hogan bracket I still have Rory Mcilroy alive. In the Gary Player bracket I have Geoff Ogilvy and finally in the Sam Snead bracket I have Stewart Cink still alive. Huh.. Maybe I am still doing alright. I still have three of the four still remaining in the … [Read more...]
And The Winner Is…
The WGC Accenture Match Play Championship tees off tomorrow, and I am picking Tiger Woods to take it all... Oh wait, Tiger is still getting his life together. I will take Phil Mickelson... Oh wait, Phil is taking a vacation with his kids. So the two most popular players are not playing this week. So why watch right? WRONG!! There are still some very intriguing match ups and it should be an exciting weekend. Who do I pick to win it? Well I thought you'd never ask. Coming out of the … [Read more...]
Nick Faldo Sporting Some Deep Rough on his Face
Today during the final round coverage of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, when CBS put Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo on the screen, Faldo seems to have forgotten to shave over the last week or so. I can't remember Nick ever having a beard before. I Googled it and couldn't find any pictures from his playing days of him sporting some rough-age on his mug. It looks good I guess. Who am I to judge some guys beard... Just thought it looked weird on him. You know what also looks weird.. Jim Nantz … [Read more...]
Rooting for Duval
Just sitting here watching the final round of The Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and Dustin Johnson and Paul Goydos seem to be tightening up right now on the back nine while david Duval is 3 under on the 14th and sitting at -15 overall, two back of the leaders. Johnson and Goydos have both just missed the green on the par 3 12th and will need good shots to try and save par. I really hope David Duval gets a victory soon. I think it's a great story to come back and win after all he has been … [Read more...]
Fantasy Golf Free-Fall
So the last two weeks have been a free-fall in my Fans of Devil Ball Fantsay Golf League. I went from 27 to 38 to sitting at 53rd place as of now. I don't know what is going wrong. Phil and Justin Leonard and Mike Weir and basically everyone I have picked so far has failed miserablly. So here we go, week 6. I am starting Luke Donald and having Phil back him up in my A group. In the B group I am staring Dustin Johnson and Sergio. Backing them up Jim Furyk and Alex Prugh. In my C group … [Read more...]
My Prediction for a Tiger Comeback
The rumors are all over the internet. Tiger Woods has completed his sex rehab in Mississippi and his wife Elin flew there last Friday in the middle of the night to pick him up. The reports also state he has been reunited with his kids, which he hasn't seen in over a month, and he and his wife are planning to get away for a bit to be by themselves to work on their marriage some more. Rumors have been rampant all week as well that his return was to be in Arizona in two weeks at the WGC … [Read more...]
PGA Tour Treatment for You and Me
If you're like me, you sometimes dream of the good life the stars on the PGA Tour live. If you ever wander what it's like to play TPC Sawgrass, TPC Boston,TPC San Francisco Bay or The Wynn Club in Las Vegas, here is your chance to actually play the same courses. The newly formed PGA Tour's "The Tour Club" allows you access to 35 golf courses across the country. All 29 TPC courses along with 9 affiliate courses are included. The Tour Club was formed to be an all access way for corporations … [Read more...]
Three Questions With Phil
This week Phil Mickelson will be making his PGA Tour debut playing at the Farmers Insurance Open at the great Torrey Pines. Phil met with the media today and granted me a quick one-on-one interview after he fulfilled all his other press duties. I am hoping to be landing a lot of these interviews during the 2010 PGA Tour so I hope you come back to check them all out. front9back9: Hey Phil. You are looking trim and fit. How to you feel physically? Phil: I feel great. I stopped eating … [Read more...]
Horrible Week in Fantasy Golf
I just had a horrible week in fantasy golf. I lost 16 positions and dropped to #38 for the week in the Fans of Devil Ball Yahoo fantasy league. My two "A Players" both missed the cut. Thanks Justin Leonard and Scott Verplank. Charles Howell III and Pat Perez got me solid points for the week and Mike Weir, my "C Player" added 60 points. I added a whopping 158 points for the Winter part of the season. This week at the Farmers, I opted to not go with Phil just in case he is just a bit … [Read more...]
PGA Tour Facing a Possible Decision to Save Itself in the Future
I read an interesting article today over at Devil Ball Golf that made me start thinking about the future of the PGA Tour and seriously brought to mind what could happen down the road. The article at Devil Ball Golf referenced an article by Tim Rosanforte, the great golf writer for Golf Digest and the on air "insider" for PGA Tour broadcasts, saying we could be getting close to the PGA Tour invoking the 1-in-4 rule meaning members of the PGA Tour would have to play every tournament on tour every … [Read more...]
Bill Haas Wins the Bob Hope
Bill Haas pulled out his first PGA Tour victory today in the final Round of the Bob Hope Classic. A birdie on the 18th hole gave him a one shot victory over Bubba Watson, Tim Clark, and Matt Kuchar. Good for Bill Hass but DAMMIT!! I wanted to see Bubba Watson take the victory. Oh well. Bubba will get his first victory sometime and I hope it's sooner than later. This year seemed to not be as big of a circus as years past. When you have to play five rounds of golf for the week and top … [Read more...]
Ryan Palmer Wins Sony Open
Sitting here watching the end of the Sony Open and Ryan Palmer has just won for his third time on the PGA Tour. Good win for a fellow Dallas Cowboys fan and native Texan. Robert Allenby had a good round going but petered out at the end while it seemed Palmer just hit it close on every hole. I wsa rooting for Stricker but just because it would have gotten me good points in my fantasy league. Retief Goosen was hot today shooting a 62 to get a fourth place finish. Now the two opening … [Read more...]
Yahoo Fantasy Golf Week 1
For the last 6 or 7 years I guess, I have always played fantasy football and baseball. But this year will be my first year for fantasy golf. I joined another golf blog's fantasy group, Devil Ball Golf, and hope to maybe make my mark in this group and prove I know my golf. The first week, I scored a total of 208. In this group that puts you tied for 40th place. The winner scored 237 for week 1. Week 2 will be different. My starting lineup for day one consists of Zach Johnson, Rory … [Read more...]
Hello?? Mom, Dad…. Can I Borrow $183 Million??
The famed Four Seasons Resort and Club outside Dallas is facing foreclosue. Yes the same site that hosts the ever popular HP Byron Nelson Championship each year is headed to auction February 2nd if the bank and the owners, BentleyForbes, cannot work out a deal to restructure the debt. What I cannot confirm or seem to find is if BentleyForbes actually owns the golf course since it is a TPC course. The article I read on Yahoo Sports states the entire 400 acre luxury resort is in … [Read more...]
Interesting Tiger Woods Development
Sports by Brooks reported yesterday via TigerWoodsIsGod.com, the PGA Tour has announced Tiger Woods will NOT be the host of his annual tournament in the DC area. The AT&T National is a tournament benefiting The Tiger Woods Foundation. The tournament will still give the proceeds to the foundation, but only because of contract agreement running through 2014. This is huge. It is so so interesting to me that Golf.com, ESPN.com, CBSSports.com, or any other huge sports site is not reporting … [Read more...]
The Most Private Person Alive
This is amazing to me. The world is still infatuated with the Tiger Woods saga. Yesterday the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) released a statement saying Woods DID meet with them four days after the accident and only had a fat lip. No other facial injuries were present and domestic violence was ruled out. This just shows once again that even after Tiger Woods personal life was blown up because of this crash, we still do not know anything about this guy. Somehow Tiger Woods was able to … [Read more...]