Allan Robertson, that great giant of the game in the days that are gone, was no gigantic driver. It was his accuracy, combined with his imperturbable sangfroid, that pulled him through victorious in so many fights. HORACE HUTCHINSON
As a sizable herd prepares to descend on Saudi Arabia in a few weeks to cash in and talk league golf with Greg Norman’s pals, there are signs that the Crown Prince’s act is wearing then. Except with autocrat-tolerating pro golfers.
While the potential damage to sportwashing may make those at the Global Home feel better about the likelihood of Saudis failing at disruption, the damage done to the “product” may be just as painful.
Last week Bryson DeChambeau, who has been blowing off press sessions even when he’s endorsed by the tournament sponsor, gladly talked about the Public Investment Fund Saudi International Powered by Softbank Investment Advisers (PIFSIPSIA).
It’s amazing what happens when the fees are paid by folks linked to murder instead of mortgages! From Steve DiMeglio’s item at Golfweek:
“So, not a politician, first off,” he said Thursday in a video conference with the media ahead of next month’s tournament in the Middle East. “I’m a golfer, first and foremost, and I want to play where the best golfers in the world are going to play. And that is the end of the story for me.”
It’s not a huge surprise to read of Kevin Kisner’s frustration over getting passed over in recent Cup Captain’s picks. After stellar play in 2017’s Presidents Cup, Kisner seemed like a wise candidate for Paris the following year. Especially given the likelihood of the European’s narrowing landing areas and nullifying long driving. He was passed over for Royal Melbourne’s 2019 Presidents Cup despite being a strong fit for the course and format. And as he continued to emerge as an incredible match play golfer, culminating in a 2019 WGC match play win, his game was seen as less suited to the (ultimately successful) plan for Whistling Straits: bomb’s away!
Either way Kisner’s no Task Force fan based on comments made in the Subpar podcast hosted by Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz.
From Golf.com’s story by James Colgan detailing Kisner’s gripes:
“I don’t know, man. They don’t like me I, guess,” Kisner told GOLF’s Subpar podcast. “I’ve had the same phone call for about four [Ryder Cups] in a row from about every captain. ‘Man, you were on the team and then you didn’t play well in the playoffs.’ OK, bud.”
If match play resume is part of the criteria, Kisner certainly has an argument. In five starts at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, between 2016-2021, he’s 16-6-2, including a victory at the event in 2019.
Golf is a pastime of the open air—“a blowing away of mental cobwebs,” runs the famous phrase—and in golf there is, or ought to be, no place for the cheat, the ignoramus, or the opportunist where the rules are concerned. It is impossible to eradicate cheating entirely and there will always be some golfers eager to profit by the letter of the law to the detriment of the spirit. But I believe the great majority of golfers are men and women enjoying the game for the game’s sake and willing to obey both letter and spirit. GEOFFREY COUSINS
Anyone who has been privileged to play such courses as Prestwick, St.Andrews, Dornoch or North Berwick in Scotland cannot forget the joys of tantalizing little hummocks and the golfing appearance they give those courses. Over and over again, my American friends who have played those British courses remark to me on the charming variation one gets in lies on fairways and the shots up to the hole where hummocks exist.
TOM SIMPSON
Anyone who has been privileged to play such courses as Prestwick, St.Andrews, Dornoch or North Berwick in Scotland cannot forget the joys of tantalizing little hummocks and the golfing appearance they give those courses. Over and over again, my American friends who have played those British courses remark to me on the charming variation one gets in lies on fairways and the shots up to the hole where hummocks exist.
TOM SIMPSON
Anyone who has been privileged to play such courses as Prestwick, St.Andrews, Dornoch or North Berwick in Scotland cannot forget the joys of tantalizing little hummocks and the golfing appearance they give those courses. Over and over again, my American friends who have played those British courses remark to me on the charming variation one gets in lies on fairways and the shots up to the hole where hummocks exist.
TOM SIMPSON
The rare combination of head and heart is why no one in golf can reach more people more quickly and with more cooperation than Tim Rosaforte. Along with having the cellphone numbers of hundreds of pros on the men’s and women’s world rankings, Tim has the numbers of their agents, swing coaches, caddies, trainers, parents, spouses, siblings, best friends, college coaches and teammates, etc. Watching Tim work his cell on a Sunday night against a hard deadline would have had Hildy Johnson in awe. JAIME DIAZ
The rare combination of head and heart is why no one in golf can reach more people more quickly and with more cooperation than Tim Rosaforte. Along with having the cellphone numbers of hundreds of pros on the men’s and women’s world rankings, Tim has the numbers of their agents, swing coaches, caddies, trainers, parents, spouses, siblings, best friends, college coaches and teammates, etc. Watching Tim work his cell on a Sunday night against a hard deadline would have had Hildy Johnson in awe. JAIME DIAZ
Dylan Dethier of Golf.com had the most details on Wednesday’s news surrounding golf’s Drive To Success clone green lit by Netflix.
While it’ll get the PGA Tour headlines, production has barely begun. So as I noted in The Quadrilateral, there are several surprises, including the buy-in from the Five Families. Or that so many players committed and so much information is being shared with so little “in the can”.
Dethier said the first interviews just occurred and we probably can’t expect the docuseries for a year. And there was this on editorial control:
“We do not have editorial control,” a Tour spokesperson said. “We will be involved to the extent that Netflix and the producers have the access they need to film at our events. We want them to make a great show, and we all agree the documentary needs to be as authentic as possible.”
The enthusiasm of Tour commissioner Jay Monahan has been crucial in getting to this point. People familiar with the process were impressed with his open-mindedness and that he became a crucial voice in bringing the project to market.
The rare combination of head and heart is why no one in golf can reach more people more quickly and with more cooperation than Tim Rosaforte. Along with having the cellphone numbers of hundreds of pros on the men’s and women’s world rankings, Tim has the numbers of their agents, swing coaches, caddies, trainers, parents, spouses, siblings, best friends, college coaches and teammates, etc. Watching Tim work his cell on a Sunday night against a hard deadline would have had Hildy Johnson in awe. JAIME DIAZ
The rare combination of head and heart is why no one in golf can reach more people more quickly and with more cooperation than Tim Rosaforte. Along with having the cellphone numbers of hundreds of pros on the men’s and women’s world rankings, Tim has the numbers of their agents, swing coaches, caddies, trainers, parents, spouses, siblings, best friends, college coaches and teammates, etc. Watching Tim work his cell on a Sunday night against a hard deadline would have had Hildy Johnson in awe. JAIME DIAZ
In the locker room last Sunday at Heron Bay, a reporter approached Fuzzy Zoeller with some advice. No tape recorder was running. The notepad was in the back pocket. “It would have been better,” I said, “if you just told them you made a mistake, you apologized for it and said it was time to move on.” Fuzzy didn’t like the advice. He didn’t like being told he should apologize for something he already had apologized for. He didn’t like being told he should suck it up, swallow his pride, play the game, kill them with kindness. He had his own ideas on media awareness, and his view was different than mine. TIM ROSAFORTE
In the locker room last Sunday at Heron Bay, a reporter approached Fuzzy Zoeller with some advice. No tape recorder was running. The notepad was in the back pocket. “It would have been better,” I said, “if you just told them you made a mistake, you apologized for it and said it was time to move on.” Fuzzy didn’t like the advice. He didn’t like being told he should apologize for something he already had apologized for. He didn’t like being told he should suck it up, swallow his pride, play the game, kill them with kindness. He had his own ideas on media awareness, and his view was different than mine. TIM ROSAFORTE
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