The week of blowing away the field | Pouter vs. marshal | Tiger on links golf
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July 16, 2018 Good Monday morning, golf fans, and welcome to Open Championship/British Open week (depending on your persuasion).
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1. Michael Kim blew away the field (just like you thought he would)
Right? Oh, you didn’t tap Michael Kim, at 200-1, to demolish the competition at the John Deere Classic?
2. Poulter vs. marshal
Trouble seems to find the man, doesn’t it? A marshal at the Scottish Open alleged Ian Poulter verbally abused him during a golf ball search.
3. Davies triumphs
The Dame! Laura Davies trounced the field at the inaugural Senior Women’s Open.
AP report…”Davies went virtually unchallenged in Sunday’s final round of the inaugural USGA championship for women 50 and older, claiming the title by 10 strokes over Juli Inkster.
4. 59? No. Win? Yes.
It was a week of runaway wins, wasn’t it?
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5. Tiger takes (a practice round at) Carnoustie
Tiger Woods is playing The Open Championship for the first time since 2015. He put in some work at the course over the weekend, having arrived after taking in the action at Wimbledon.
6. Rory’s new/old approachDigest’s Brian Wacker on Rory McIlroy.
7. Another for Romo
Tony Romo is better at winning golf tournaments than playoff football games, it seems. Of course that’s uncalled for. The reality is No. 9 has now won a Wisconsin amateur event and a celebrity tournament in back-to-back weeks.
8. Vijay a senior major winner at last
So good on the PGA Tour in his 40s, Vijay Singh hasn’t had the same success on the Champions Tour in his 50s.
9. An oral history of the disaster atCarnoustie’s 18th in ’99
Excellent stuff from Golf Channel’s Ryan Lavner as he rounds up remembrances of Jean Van de Velde’s 72nd hole disaster at Carnoustie in 1999, because really, we can’t get enough.
Here are a few of the remarks on J V d V’s decision to go with the big stick at 18.
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1. R&A driver crackdown
Pictured: R&A officials looking for non-conforming drivers.
2. The great golf ball mojo debate
A concerned questioned asked Golf Digest if there’s a point at which new golf balls begin to underperform.
3. Firm & fiery Carnoustie awaits
Tales of 400-yard drives are everywhere as the players get in their pre-Open practice
Tiger…”Right now, the fairways are faster than the greens. I am sure they will probably speed the greens up a touch, but I’m sure this will be one of those weeks where the fairways are a little quicker than the greens.” …
4. More Harringtonia
A stellar look at the conclusion to the 2007 Open at Carnoustie from John Huggan.
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5. Jim Nantz…a scribe!
Nantz picks up the pen for Golf Digest (his “favorite publication”). He touched on a few subjects, including the eternally overlooked work of PGA Professionals.
6. Fanny’s back!
Adam Scott has lured the legendary caddie out of retirement. Looper for the likes of Nick Faldo and Henrik Stenson, Fanny Sunesson, the first woman caddie to carry a bag for a major championship for one week only. Scott parted ways with his longtime caddie David Clark recently.
7. Ben Sharpe
The former TaylorMade CEO sat down with Digest for an assortment of softball questions now that he’s president of Toptracer–a technology that expands beyond just a shot trail on golf telecasts.
8. Trashing Tiger/Phil
Is this a trend? A strain of get-off-my-lawnist thinking? Several scribes have sounded off in criticism of the Tiger vs. Phil exhibition.
The latest: Tim Dahlberg of the AP...who unloads with the “1999” burn.
9. Impressive impressions
Yes, this video is everywhere, but shame on you if you haven’t seen Conor Moore’s impression of the game’s stars ahead of The Open. We do rarely get humorous, satirical content in the golf world, so when we do, well, it’s like a perfect yardage to an accessible pin: you’ve gotta capitalize/watch the darn video!
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