The Golf Blog: Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player in emotional tribute to Arnold Palmer to start the Masters
Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player honored old friend Arnold Palmer to begin the 2017 Masters: https://t.co/E4AZ8vKwKf pic.twitter.com/JrFQucZ8Lr
— PGA.COM (@PGAcom) April 6, 2017
And then there were two..
Gary Player & Jack Nicklaus weep for Arnold Palmer at the start of #MastersAugusta pic.twitter.com/XsXJdtOoRH— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 6, 2017
The Golf Blog says: RIP, Arnold Palmer. Long live the King.
The Golf Blog: Sung Kang leads, Rickie Fowler in contention at Shell Houston Open
TweetThat's all for Round 3 of the @ShellHouOpen.
1. Sung Kang (-17)
2. Rickie Fowler (-14)
3. Russell Henley (-13)
4. Luke List (-12) pic.twitter.com/nHF2cjj63v— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) April 1, 2017
The Golf Blog: Tiger Woods announces retirement a day after withdrawing from the Masters
Champions dinner with friends Tuesday, but not tournament ready to play Augusta. https://t.co/ip14qY7sTM
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) March 31, 2017
The Golf Blog says: Just a day after Tiger Woods announced he was not ready to play in the Masters, Tiger announced his retirement on his website, perhaps to the surprise of no one.
“After 20 years of professional golf, 14 majors and 79 PGA Tour victories, I have nothing left to accomplish. This sport has given me so much, and I have given it all that my body could possibly give. The past couple years and numerous surgeries have been frustrating, to say the least. I’ve worked harder than I ever have to get my body healthy and my game back to the standards I set for myself. But, sometimes in life, things just don’t go the way you want them to go.
“I want to take this moment to thank my family, my support team, my past coaches (Butch, Hank, Sean, Chris), my caddies (Joe, Stevie, Fluff), and, of course, all of my fans around the world. I’m looking forward to devoting more of my time to my Foundation and just being a dad to my kids. I am coming home.”
TweetThe Golf Blog: Is Pres. Trump playing too much golf costing millions of dollars at taxpayer expense?
.@realDonaldTrump with @pgflaherty and Max Kramer at Trump International Golf West Palm today! pic.twitter.com/R0gebVs1fX
— Christopher Ruddy (@ChrisRuddyNMX) March 18, 2017
Today Trump made his 10th trip to a Trump® golf coursehttps://t.co/XN5W2zx0kl pic.twitter.com/R7EoiiXTy5
— MissAnthrope (@LyssAnthrope) March 18, 2017
The Golf Blog says: As a candidate, Donald Trump famously said, “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf.” As his tweets above indicate, Trump blasted President Obama for golfing during his presidency.
Now, it appears Pres. Trump has changed his tune. He’s golfing nearly every weekend at his own resort, Mar-a-lago, 11 times in 8 weeks, according to the Washington Post. According to Politico, it costs about $3 million each time Pres. Trump travels to Mar-a-Lago. On the current pace of his playing, Trump’s golf trips could cost $780 million over the next four years.
TweetAt present pace over 4 Yrs
# of Trump Golf trips: 260
Est cost per trip: $3 mil.
Total: $780 MILLIONMAGA!!
— Darkside Daddy (@darksidedaddy) March 18, 2017
