Tuesday, August 8
2006: An all-around approach to golf
Henry White is the answer to two trivia questions. Can anyone identify the PGA golf professional of the future? What is the best thing about golf in Utah?
2006: Resurrection
Bobby Jones. It’s a name linked to the Masters and fine apparel. Now, it’s seeking an equipment legacy – with help from Jesse Ortiz
2006: Duke freshman blossoms early
Anyone looking for a lesson in positive thinking needs to spend the day with Amanda Blumenherst. Everything’s coming up roses.
2006: 1 more for Tripp to the PGA Tour
Only five events into the Nationwide Tour season, Tripp Isenhour is one victory away from a big-league call-up.
2006: Mexico kind to Hatalsky
Thirty-seven years ago, a young Morris Hatalsky was crowned a champion in Mexico.
2006: Broadhurst’s double dip
The final tally for European Ryder Cup points is 22 weeks away, but if Paul Broadhurst continues his steady play through Sept. 3 there’s a good chance he might rejoin Team Europe after a 15-year absence.
2006: Green jacket quest on Love’s plate
A few weeks back, Davis Love III was cleaning out the kitchen cabinets in his Sea Island, Ga., home when he discovered a pair of silver salvers tucked amid the more traditional clutter of chipped serving bowls and salad tongs.
2006: Mickelson gains major momentum heading to Augusta
Lots of players are going to miss the Tour’s annual little Masters tuneup in Atlanta as the BellSouth Classic shifts to a later date in the PGA Tour schedule next spring.
2006: Sorenstam bids quick farewell to Slam
Five events into the season, Annika Sorenstam must now find other means of motivation. The opportunity to attain her lofty Grand Slam goal was over before it ever really started.
2006: Karrie Webb's seventh major victory
A hole-out eagle to end regulation and a birdie on the first playoff hole give Karrie Webb her seventh major victory – and by far her most stunning
2006: Golf real estate: Use caution
I have seen the future, and it looks like a whole lot of real estate.
2006: Strantz built a True Blue experience
With only eight completed courses to his credit, the late Mike Strantz did more to transform the face of modern golf course architecture than did many more experienced designers with hundreds of projects on their resumes.
2006: Caddies carry Masters feel to college event
The Masters will be over, but at least part of the tournament’s feel will be carried from Augusta, Ga., to Atlanta for the inaugural United States Collegiate Championship April 10-11 at the Golf Club of Georgia.
2006: BellSouth’s call: May over Masters
How’s this for irony: The BellSouth Classic, which has struggled so direly with cold and wet weather in its late March-early April date, got a sendoff filled with sunshine and 70-degree temperatures last week.
2006: Long irons almost long gone
Virada Nirapathpongporn had just started her LPGA career, earning $18,204 in the season’s first four events, including a tie for 15th at the MasterCard Classic.
2006: Long irons almost long gone
The trend is clear: Long irons are disappearing.
2006: TaylorMade tees it up again in ball market
Equipment company unveils Tour Preferred, repositions Maxfli
2006: Lobos’ Choi puts Vegas behind him
Jay Choi is No. 41 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Colege Rankings. He would be much higher had it not been for one tournament where his stubbornness and determination told him he could play through pain and help his team.
2006: Memorable trip for Glover
Lucas Glover peered through the early morning mist Thursday, down Augusta National’s first fairway, and the memories started darting around his psyche like golf balls racing across the course’s diabolical greens.
2006: Was this Duval's last chance?
You are a child of the South, and this place has resonated since you were high as a hybrid club.
2006: An all-day service at golf’s cathedral
As Phil Mickelson mowed down his competitors in this dawn-to-dusk affair, the preaching man stood beside Washington Road near the front gate to Augusta National Golf Club.
Monday, August 7
2006: Amateurs gain valuable lessons
Dillon Dougherty didn’t make the cut, but he did make a friend.
2006: A miraculous week for Crenshaw
If Hootie Johnson was looking for proof that guile and finesse are just as important as length when taking on a fortified Augusta National, he found it in Ben Crenshaw.
2006: Length still matters – a lot
Some, but not all, of the pre-tournament talk about course lengthening proved to be right.
2006: Game plan, putting pay off
Phil Mickelson wheeled down Magnolia Lane early last week with 91 inches of driver and an air of invincibility normally reserved for Tiger Woods and the New York Yankees.
2006: The Masters - Phil's Time
Mickelson’s splendid Sunday at Augusta, equal parts brain and brawn, completes his transformation from major joke to Grand Slam Goliath.
2006: DNA results clear Duke lacrosse team, LPGA chair’s son
DNA results clear Duke lacrosse team, LPGA chair’s son
2006: Strip club visit sidelines coach, 7 players
Colorado senior Edward McGlasson finished fourth April 8 after a final-round 76 at The Intercollegiate in Cary, N.C.
2006: WGC expansion plan draws mixed reviews
With three World Golf Championships anchored in the United States for the next few years – in Miami, Tucson (Ariz.) and Akron (Ohio) – the PGA Tour has been discussing a way to move the events around the globe.
Sunday, August 6
2006: For your game - Learn to play by the rules
A lack of knowledge about golf rules can be embarrassing. Worse yet, it can cost a player valuable strokes on the course.
2006: Cross-country campaign fits Ping
At this point, you might be asking yourself: Who is Warren Mapé? But you almost certainly already know his face, if not his name.
2006: Baylor shows mental mettle
For Baylor coach Sylvia Ferdon, the final round of last month’s Central District Invitational was nothing short of a battlefield of the mind.
2006: Dyson delivers again in Asia
Simon Dyson felt right at home at the HSBC Indonesia Open last week.
2006: The Monster matched
Next year, the tournament formerly known as the Ford Championship at Doral becomes a World Golf Championships extravaganza.
2006: Inspired Pairing
Langley and Cypress Point: Spiritual man at a soulful place
2006: Thinking outside the box
Cart paths and drama are no problem for innovative Jim Engh
2006: America's Best courses - Continental shift
East-West flop atop Classic Course list
2006: FedEx playoffs could be on the move
The Western Open may not be the only “playoff” event in the FedEx Cup race to rotate venues year to year.
2006: Ohio to try tournament ball
It won’t be the Masters or PGA Tour that is first to introduce its own golf ball for competition.
2006: For your game - Training aid keeps swing on plane
With a golfer standing inside the upright hoop, the basic idea is that the circle can help guide the club along the proper swing path, or plane.
2006: Private predicament
Changes in consumer behavior have clubs seeking creative ways to remain relevant, survive the purge
2006: Lobos deal with losses
The New Mexico women’s team does not resemble the one that strolled the fairways this past fall.
2006: ‘Silver bullet’ might be fool’s gold
I looked up Ohio in my golf dictionary, and here’s what it said: “Home of Jack Nicklaus; home of golfers who thumb their noses at the U.S. Golf Association.”
2006: Kite sails to end drought
The 56-year-old Texan snapped a two-year drought with a five-shot victory March 12 over Gil Morgan at the AT&T Classic.
2006: Mamat: Singapore’s star
Golf was first played in this former British colony in 1891, but 115 years passed before Singapore could claim a champion on the PGA European Tour.
2006: Border run for Annika
Natalie Gulbis had just shot a 6-under-par 66 to pull within a shot of the lead, but she knew her first LPGA victory wouldn’t come on this day.
2006: Attention getter
A day before Luke Donald won the Honda Classic in style, it was still unclear as to whether people had been paying enough attention to the 28-year-old Englishman.
2006: High on Howell’s list: More W’s
Over the course of 21⁄2 whirlwind seasons, Charles Howell III made the game look so easy.
2006: Young and restless
The new generation of strong, fearless players are adding punch to the PGA Tour
2006: Champions OK to ride again
The Champions Tour is all about comebacks, so here’s one: Carts will be back in 2006.
Saturday, August 5
2006: Exclusive N.Y. club fights seizure
The Village of North Hills has taken preliminary steps to convert Deepdale Golf Club, which has a celebrity-laden membership, into a public facility exclusively for North Hills residents.
Friday, August 4
2006: Ace of clubs: John Smoltz
Heidi Fleiss isn’t the only person with a secret black book some people would love to seize. John Smoltz has one, too.
