Archive for August, 2006

Fan interference?

Yazan: mulligan | 18 August 2006 | Comments Off on Fan interference?
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A spectator on the first hole helped Tiger Woods by swatting at his errant tee shot to keep it from going further left. The ball ricocheted back towards the fairway, staying in the rough. Tiger ended up saving par, when it might have been worse. Should there be a rule to address this situation, or […]

Has Tiger had the greatest impact on golf, ever?

Yazan: mulligan | 17 August 2006 | Comments Off on Has Tiger had the greatest impact on golf, ever?
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USAToday has a fascinating article imagining golf without Tiger. Here are some amazing stats compiled by Jim Halley of USAToday: Purses: There were nine PGA Tour millionaires in 1996. Last year, there were 78. From 1986-’96, the total purse on the PGA Tour increased $37.5 million. In the Woods’ decade, the 10 years since, the […]

PGA Championship: the money line of the day

Yazan: mulligan | 17 August 2006 | Comments Off on PGA Championship: the money line of the day
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It was at Medinah in 1999 that then-19-year-old Sergio Garcia went hopping and skipping and running down the 16th fairway after an improbable shot hit with eyes closed from behind a tree onto the green. In the bat of an eye, it seemed as if Woods, then 23, had become an old man and El […]

The return of Sergio’s scissor kick?

Yazan: mulligan | 16 August 2006 | Comments Off on The return of Sergio’s scissor kick?
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AP’s Doug Ferguson has an excellent article recounting the emergence of Sergio Garcia at the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah, where the tournament returns this week. That’s where we first got to see the 19 year old Sergio and to witness his scissor kick on the 16th hole after he hit an amazing shot from […]

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