I’m suffering from a serious case of “Dumper’s Remorse” today. No, I didn’t attend a member-guest at a fancy schmancy private course this weekend and ignominiously shart on the front nine. ...
Tag - Hunter Mahan
Should Mahan have withdrawn from Canadian Open?
The conventional wisdom says yes, Mahan should have taken off from the RBC Canadian Open yesterday when his wife went into...
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Kisses, Curses, Crow and Kiawah
This week’s funniest Olympics-related gag: There’s a poster circulating on the Internet, showing a flummoxed Jean-Luc Picard...
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Burning Rubber and Olympic Flaming
Funniest Olympics-related gag so far: Last Tuesday 9 Olympians were sent home in disgrace, after being caught taking steroids and...
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Welcome to the Pull My Finger Open
As both of you who read this column on a regular basis know, we moved to the Ottawa area back in November. For the sake of convenience, I usually just say “Ottawa” to people who aren’t...
Integrity Comes To Congress(ional)
There’s an old British saying that goes something like this; “Guy Fawkes was the last man in history who entered the British Houses of Parliament with honest intentions.” ...
After the Carnage…
Another nail-biting U.S. Open is in the record books. For most of the combatants, another 4 days of hell are now in the rear-view mirror. The only remnants of the week remaining are the...
The Best Golfer Ever…PERIOD!
True confessions time; I just walked out of two straight days of Marketing strategy meetings (8am-6pm on day 1 and 9am – 9:30pm on day 2…plus a full 2 days of prep and research...
Mini-Me…Hogan's Alley Style
“I was torn between Dufner, Wagner, Pettersson and Harrington for this final spot, but in the end, decided to go with the defending champ instead.” Famous last words from last week’s column...
The Island of Doctor Dye Sade
Apparently the one thing that Rickie Fowler needed to finally step into the winner’s circle was actually three things. And, it looks like last week, when I picked Fowler to win at Quail...
Björn on the Bayou
Back in the late 17th century, when I was a wee lad, Björn Borg was the greatest tennis player to stalk the planet. He crushed everyone in his path on the way to 5 straight Wimbledon...
I Do So Like Greens Jackets and Hams
Maybe I’ve just become spoiled. God knows I’m already jaded enough….and jaundiced and cynical and (add your choice of disgruntled, curmudgeonly epithets here). But did the “big...