Archive for July, 2006

British Open, 7:30 am update

Yazan: mulligan | 20 July 2006 | Comments Off on British Open, 7:30 am update
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If you haven’t seen Hoylake yet, the course is one big lot of brown hardpan. The course is so dry, there’s a fire warning for the patrons. Almost every single shot looks like a tight lie. TNT has coverage on now. Leaders are at -4; the first four are still on the course: -4Ernie ElsPhil […]



The Phil report

Yazan: mulligan | 19 July 2006 | Comments Off on The Phil report
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You’ve got to hand it to Phil Mickelson. Instead of wallowing in self-pity after his U.S. Open debacle, Lefty was already practicing for the British Open after his meltdown. As the AP reports: The leather-bound registry is called the “Strangers Book,” an inch thick with weathered pages dating to 1980. The latest edition is in […]



Tiger switches back to 2-iron; may shelve driver

Yazan: mulligan | 18 July 2006 | Comments Off on Tiger switches back to 2-iron; may shelve driver
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The conditions at Royal Liverpool are hard and fast, not to mention, brownish. That has prompted Tiger to switch back to his 2-iron (from 5-wood) and even to consider not using a driver. More here. “The golf course is definitely fast. It’s hard. It’s a little bit slower the last couple of days because obviously […]



TGB money line of the day

Yazan: mulligan | 18 July 2006 | Comments Off on TGB money line of the day
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Ian O’Connor, in USAToday: As for Jeff Gove, the John Deere playing partner who roasted Wie for being “inconsiderate” enough to suffer from heat exhaustion and slow down his megastar career, here’s a question: How many tickets did you sell for that tournament? Wie isn’t just the biggest attraction in golf; she was also tough […]




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