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This week: Match play, Carnoustie and Canada

In case you haven’t seen these previews before, I come at them from the standpoint of whether or not it’s worth your time to tune in based on a variety of factors. Field strength, TV schedule (North America) and the course are the three main factors at play when discussing the watchability of each event, […]

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Thoughts on the 2016 Open Championship

Henrik Stenson won the Open Championship on Sunday at Royal Troon, holding off Phil Mickelson to claim his first major championship victory. Here are my takeaways from the week.

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Video Review: The 1989 Open Championship Playoff

Have you ever gone on YouTube and realized that two hours later, you’re still watching Seve Ballesteros videos? What about Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf, or instructional videos from Bobby Jones? You can get caught in an endless number of rabbit holes on YouTube, especially if you know where to look and so I figured that […]

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This week: The Open Championship and the Barbasol

In case you haven’t seen these previews before, I come at them from the standpoint of whether or not it’s worth your time to tune in based on a variety of factors. Field strength, TV schedule (North America) and the course are the three main factors at play when discussing the watchability of each event, […]

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On the USGA, the Rules of Golf and HD cameras

On Sunday at CordeValle, Brittany (not Bethany) Lang won the U.S. Women’s Open, defeating Anna Nordqvist in a three-hole playoff. It’s Lang’s second career win on the LPGA Tour and her first major, but unfortunately, her win is being overshadowed by another USGA rules issue just a few weeks after Dustin Johnson was penalized at […]

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This week: The Scottish Open and the U.S. Women’s Open

In case you haven’t seen these previews before, I come at them from the standpoint of whether or not it’s worth your time to tune in based on a variety of factors. Field strength, TV schedule (North America) and the course are the three main factors at play when discussing the watchability of each event, […]

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Forecasting the 2016 Ryder Cup: June 29th

Three months. That’s all that’s left before we see the best competition in golf, and the 2016 Ryder Cup is looking like a very intriguing event with lots of new faces to go along with seasoned veterans on both sides. It’s been a couple of months since I last took a look at the rosters […]

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This week: Firestone, Reno and France

In case you haven’t seen these previews before, I come at them from the standpoint of whether or not it’s worth your time to tune in based on a variety of factors. Field strength, TV schedule (North America) and the course are the three main factors at play when discussing the watchability of each event, […]

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On players skipping the Olympics

When it was announced back in 2009 that golf would be returning to the Olympics in 2016 for the first time since 1904, people were excited. It was cool that for the first time in pretty much everyone’s lifetime, golfers were going to represent their countries and be able to play for a gold medal. […]

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This week: Quicken Loans and BMW International Open

So, I took last week off because I didn’t think I needed to tell anyone to watch the U.S. Open, and it turns out I was right! Fox was great, Oakmont was in impeccable condition as per usual, the USGA completely lost the plot and we had great golf. It would have earned ten Miller […]

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