Bonjour, mon ami, and bienvenue to the latest edition of THE C.E.L.E.B.R.A.T.I.O.N. SCALE, our highly advanced scientific method for determining the quality of each victory celebration on the PGA Tour. This week, we honor the out-of-nowhere French sensation Matthieu Pavon, the 31-year-old Toulouse native who triumphed on Saturday at Torrey Pines. It was a shocking Read more…
How often does the best story that could possibly play out at a PGA Tour event actually play out? At this past weekend’s American Express, the only amateur golfer in the field actually won the thing, becoming the first am to do so since Phil Mickelson in 1991. His final round was amazing, and should Read more…
In 2010, Andy Gardiner spent a feverish three days scribbling out an idea on yellow legal pads. A decade later, those ideas would begin to rock the world of professional golf, and lead to the defining schism of the modern era—LIV Golf vs. the PGA Tour. But here at the start of 2024, with the Read more…
The redemption of Grayson Murray is now complete, at least as far as PGA Tour success goes—the man has come from the depths, and on Sunday he won the Sony Open. There’s an interesting parallel here with Chris Kirk, last week’s winner, who also took time off from playing to manage problems that included alcoholism, Read more…
The fact that these two golfers commanded the day’s biggest stages just a few hours apart is, of course, a cosmic accident. We shouldn’t read into it very deeply on any level, karmic or otherwise, or we risk mis-defining a pure coincidence. But it does give us a chance to examine what these two golfers represent.
Murray’s big breakthrough came last year, with two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour, and now, after an improbable 38-foot putt on the first playoff hole at the Sony Open in Hawaii, he can add a PGA Tour win to his remarkable comeback story.
Late at night, when normal human beings are sleeping, one writer spends literal hours on Reddit Golf, a treasure trove of humor, whining, equipment scores, outright lies and occasionally some great advice. It also led him, once upon a time, to Bucket Hat Guy. Each Friday, he will bring the site’s best content to you, Read more…
When last we left you, Ludvig Aberg was setting a brand new C.E.L.E.B.R.A.T.I.O.N. Scale record with his maiden victory at the RSM Classic, and the cold winter loomed. Now the fallow weeks have passed, and we are BACK. This time, it was Chris Kirk taking down The Sentry in sunny Hawaii and adding another chapter Read more…
There are questions that matter, and questions that don’t, but the questions that don’t can still be fascinating. For instance: Was there a guardhouse in 1981 at Southern Hills? Opinion today is divided; either it wasn’t there yet, or it was there, but nobody was in it. When Johnny Martorano drove his rented Ford sedan Read more…
Despite the ways in which professional golf has benefited from a series of booms, starting with Tiger Woods and continuing through the pandemic bump, it would be a mistake to think it’s on such solid ground that the events of the past two years haven’t taken a hidden toll on the people who are supposed to keep watching.
Hey there, you like quadrant charts? Maybe you liked the majors matrix we dished out a few months ago, where we measured the prestige of famous courses against the historic quality of the majors they hosted. Or maybe you’re just a math guy, and you like seeing things in handy charts. In any case, we’ve Read more…
Anthony Taylor was the biggest personality in the room, and it was fitting that the tournament’s competitive drama peaked with his bunker shot on the 18th hole. He badly wanted to make eagle on the par 5 at PGA National’s Champion course, and when his second shot flew over the green and into the sand, Read more…
Folks, if you’re inclined to be negative about the state of … well, anything, then you’ve found plenty of material in the year 2023. Golf was no exception, and it took a special mindset to keep on the sunny side. You might retort with, “What makes 2023 different from any other year in recent memory? Read more…
Late at night, when normal human beings are sleeping, one writer spends literal hours on Reddit Golf, a treasure trove of humor, whining, equipment scores, outright lies and occasionally some great advice. It also led him, once upon a time, to Bucket Hat Guy. Each Friday, he will bring the site’s best content to you, Read more…
On Wednesday, golf fans were greeted with the announcement that Luke Donald will return as European Ryder Cup captain, leading his team to Bethpage Black in 2025 in an attempt to reprise his winning campaign at Marco Simone this fall. It was a move teased as early as the post-match European press conference in Italy, Read more…
The natural order of all life is to ripen and then fade, and while writing those words might make me sound like a fatalistic Scandinavian novelist, they are also—obviously—true. They are true in the abstract sense when you’re young, and then true in an increasingly painful sense when that youth is gone. I am seven Read more…
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