The world of golf has its eyes on a corner of Georgia, but that harbinger of spring is still 10 days away. The focus this week...
In two of three events this week, the gods of golf were not kind to the overnight leader. No matter how hard you try to delude...
Don’t let anyone tell you that the wretched weather of Thursday and Friday was the only story at The Players championship. Every time you turned right,...
There are times when our eyes and ears cannot believe the story that has been presented to us. Not the winds and firmness of Bay Hill,...
It was a light week of professional golf, as the world watched the worst of humanity unfold. If aficionados were able to turn from the tragedy in...
Three of the world’s larger tours (LPGA, Asian, and DP World) took much of February off. Fortunately, four PGA Tour circuits (Main, Korn Ferry, Champions, and...
It cannot be easy to be an athlete this month. With great global conflict rising from the improbable to the possible, the ability to focus on...
Warning: You are about to see the most amazing eagle putt for victory that anyone could ever conceive. If you cannot wait to read the final...
The term “outreach” has the general American lexicon with verve over the past decade. Nearly every organization has appointed a person or team to spread not...
They spoiled me again, those tournament organizers. One tournament concluded on Wednesday, another on Saturday, a third early Sunday, and two more mid-day Sunday. That’s my...
And just like that, we have five tournaments to report! 2022 is only three weeks old, but it may have just presented a blueprint for how...
The second week of 2022 professional golf on the US PGA Tour saw the traveling band remain in Hawaii, albeit only after a move from the...
As the rime traces its stencil across my window, I imagine that the warmth and trade winds of the Hawaiian islands must feel nice this time...
“I don’t know how to put this but I’m kind of a big deal. People know me. I’m very important. I have many leather-bound books and...
In January, I published a bit on 10 stories that I’d love to cover in 2021. You can find it here. I’ll address my success in achieving...
This is it. Really, this is it. This is really it. The soon-to-be-renamed European Tour is done. The PGA Tour is done. The LPGA is done....
The middle of November saw the first snows descend onto the lawns of our neighborhood. The flakes did not linger and were gone with the afternoon’s...
Michael Croley is a writer and a teacher. Without too much trouble, you can find his collection of yarns, Any Other Place: Stories or his magazine-published essays....
Three rounds of 61 were posted this week on three of the world’s major tours. Each of those golfers held the lead at one point, yet...
A scary week lies ahead, culminating in a time of remembrance and spooky fun in the USA and some parts of the world. A round of...
It’s that time of year in certain parts of the world. Ghosts, ghouls, and ghoblins roam the lawns. Departed ancestors return to these fields to visit...
October, when the trees are bare of all they wear. That’s Bono and U2 singing, way back when. Saturday brought colder temps to the northeastern USA,...
Four events capped the first full week of October, as professional tours surged toward either a conclusion or a seasonal break. The European, LPGA, and Tour...
It’s not uncommon for me to fall asleep at my laptop, chin collapsed against my chest. Wife and traveling buddies have laughed repeatedly at the sight....
2021 signified a seminal switch in many ways for both sides of the Ryder Cup exhibition matches. Farewell was bid to a number of golfers who...
Evidently, either clubs or apparel, or perhaps the entire Team Europe Europe plane, were delayed en route to Sheboygan; one, some, or all finally cleared customs...
A funny thing happened between 2018 and 2021: Europe forgot completely how to play foursomes golf. The format that gave the Old World its greatest triumphs...
Team Europe needs to bow its collective heads and figure out how to win a partner match. The side has one outright victory in eight matches,...
The world still feels topsy-turvy, with Team USA winning the morning foursomes by 3 matches to 1. Foursomes has been Europe’s specialty over the years, and...
Lots of twin things happened this week. Twins won on a tour in consecutive weeks for most likely the first time in recorded history. Twins rounds...
As some might say, if you don’t take the plunge, you can’t taste the brine. Others might not say such a thing. I’m taking the plunge,...
You’d hardly know that it was the end of August, with all the golf being played. We’ve got PGA Tour playoffs, Solheim and Ryder Cups on...
Part of the USA watched as Hurricane Henri moved through the Atlantic Ocean, destined for the upper east coast and metro New York. The PGA Tour...
The ides of August passed by on Friday the 13th, but the middle of the eighth month was fortunate for six champions. A second U.S. Amateur...
The Olympic flame in Tokyo was extinguished on Sunday, but the golf fires burned brightly across the globe. A U.S. Women’s Amateur champion was crowned, and...