My column on the U.S. Ryder Cup collapse appeared last night on Sympatico: Choke. It is a simple word, but in sports it comes with massive implications. But there is no other word that encapsulates the historic meltdown the American team...
Category - Ryder Cup
My latest Sympatico column looks at the decision by Davis Love to pick Jim Furyk, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker and Dustin Johnson, and pass Hunter Mahan by: Hunter Mahan’s timing is lousy. Two years ago a chunked chip made him the goat of...
My latest Sympatico column, on Graeme McDowell’s win on Sunday, or Tiger Woods’ loss (depending on how you look at it), can be found here. Here’s a taste if that’s not enough to interest you: A year ago Tiger Woods...
Instead of writing the news (does anyone not know the Euros won today), I attempted an analysis of why they won. The resulting column is up at Sympatico, along with a post on Terry Matthews’ role at the Ryder Cup and five courses worth...
Apparently I’m in the minority of sports writers who think the Americans will prevail this weekend. Anyway, the Ryder Cup has started — with tons of rains and bunkers full of water, which can’t be the advertisement Wales was...
I spent much of last week writing about Wales, Terry Matthews and the Ryder Cup. You’ll find it all at Sympatico whenever my fine editor gets back from some company-mandated sojurn and gets time to add it to the Web. Anyway, as part of...
Jim Furyk wins the FedEx Cup. Now I find East Lake a dull place to watch golf, but Furyk managed to hang on — barely — to win. Did he deserve the title, with its system so complicated that an actuary couldn’t figure it out...
Corey Pavin just announced his four captain’s picks — not surprisingly they include Tiger Woods, Stewart Cink, and Zach Johnson. Oh, and perhaps a little more surprising — rookie Rickie Fowler. Thoughts? I think Johnson is a...
My latest Sympatico column went live over the weekend. In it I discuss the Ryder Cup selection — though I’ll admit I never thought of Charley Hoffman as a pick, though some think he is following his win yesterday. US Captain Corey...