Tour pros have long struggled with balancing family and career, but Lefty’s latest decision on the US Open is consistent with previous choices he’s made.
For all the happy talk from and about Woods by those who wish everything was all right, it’s not unreasonable to surmise that the 14-time Major-championship winner’s life has been troubled for a while.
It’s easy to scoff when a slumping touring pro proclaims, “I’m close.” Tiger Woods wore the line out in good and bad times. But the case of Si Woo Kim makes it clear that being among the best players in the world means never really being that far away from something special.
For more than 30 years, starting with the 1985 FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis, FedEx has been a sponsor for the US PGA Tour. And now FedEx has delivered for the tour again.
The R&A and USGA have announced the implementation – effective immediately – of a New Decision to the Rules of Golf that will mitigate the power of video evidence while reinforcing the traditional reliance on player integrity in making rulings at televised events.
The movie “Tommy’s Honour”, based on the relationship between Old and Young Tom Morris that premiered in America last week and across Australia soon, has been mostly well received.
The disappointment of last year’s back-nine collapse follows Jordan Spieth at this year’s Masters. But it doesn’t keep him from being a favourite – if not the player to beat.
As the evolution of the modern golf swing has tended to discourage eccentricities, it has also increased suspicions that today’s players are becoming less self-reliant.
Australian Golf Digest
