Woods and Mickelson slip from the top but hope to get back
I t hasn’t been that long : last September to be exact : since Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelseon were ranked No. 1 and 2, respectively, in the world golf rankings. They are still next to each other in the rankings, but have slipped to No. 5 and 6 in the world.
Golf results, March 19
Justin Rose knew he was playing better than his score through the first 27 holes of the Transitions Championship. It wasn’t long before he was proven correct. Rose ran off five birdies on the front nine Saturday and…
Tiger Woods and the State of His Game: Play More, Be Real
John Abendroth, the long time golf guru in the San Francisco Bay Area, commented last week on what Ben Hogan believed a pro golfer should do when he became mired in a slump. “You play through a slump,” Abendroth said, paraphrasing, “but you don’t change something in your swing. Hogan believed that if you tinkered too much on the range during a slump, you could end up changing things that didn’t …
Linda Robertson: Mighty Tiger reduced to a grinder
Tiger Woods, who not so long ago dominated his sport like no other golfer ever had, didn’t look merely ordinary on Friday at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. On the No. 2 tee, he looked like a weekend hacker. Make that a bad weekend hacker.
Round and round we go with Tiger Woods
The worst is over for Tiger. So what might the future hold? Any kind of win — like at Doral this week — would go a long way to Woods reclaiming even just a snippet of the aura he’s lost, writes ESPN.com’s Gene Wojciechowski.
Tiger Woods: Jupiter Island move to come ‘pretty soon’
For those who have been wondering when Tiger Woods will move into his long-in-construction estate on Jupiter Island, the golfer provided a smidge of insight on Monday.
Tiger Woods’ move to Jupiter Island to come ‘pretty soon’
Former world No.1 extols practice facility to readers For those who have been wondering when Tiger Woods will move into his long-in-construction estate on Jupiter Island, the golfer provided a smidge of insight on Monday.
Golf has never had a greater champion than Jack Nicklaus
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — In 2007, Alan Shipnuck and I had a debate in this cyberspace about who was the greatest golfer of all-time. My young colleague took Tiger. I took Jack. I’ve been taking him ever since. After listening to his hour-long press conference from the Honda Classic Wednesday morning, I’m proud to be taking him all over again.
Goggin wins in Panama
Australian golfer, Mathew Goggin, might have lost his PGA Tour card in 2010 but in his very first tournament of 2011 he has gone a long way to regaining it for 2012.
PGA Tour allows cell phones; what could go wrong?
Bowing to public pressure and the inexorable march of time, the PGA Tour has announced that golf fans will at long last be allowed to bring cell phones to tour events . Now, before you cringe at visions of cell-yakking jackbags like our well-coiffed buddy there at right wrecking every swing and putt, there will be rules in place. The phones will be permitted only in specific areas, and must be …