The best and worst professional golfer websites in the world
Forget everything you knew or thought you knew about who was the best golfer in the world. Recently I wondered, what if professional athletes were ranked on a different platform, like a digital one? Do the world’s best golfers have the world’s best websites in terms of their design, content, and traffic flow? Click here to view the entire article (including website rankings) at Examiner.com!
With a chance for snow or ice, Orlando isn’t even a safe-haven for golfers
It’s hard to believe, but the recent wave of cold has splashed into regions of the Gulf Coast. Although it may seem more normal to hear that folks in cities like St. Louis, Missouri are having to brave a low of 2 degrees today, its severity is more apparent when residents in Orlando, Florida are warned to dust off their heavy winter coats (if they have them). As a result, the already crippled golf hotspots are having to brave yet another financially compromising variable. Click here to read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Harmon predicts Tiger will return sooner rather than later
According to an earlier report from ESPN, Butch Harmon, Tiger Woods’ former swing coach and the current swing coach for Phil Mickelson, predicts that Woods will return to compete on the PGA Tour sooner rather than later. Click here to read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Happy birthday, Natalie Gulbis
Today marks Gulbis’ 27th birthday. Earlier, the LPGA star tweeted, 
“Having the best birthday! We had cookies, yes homeade cookies and coffee for [breakfast]. My friends made me wear a crown!” When I read this update from one of the Tour’s hottest players (in terms of attractiveness AND talent), a few things came to mind: (a) Natalie eats cookies? (b) Who is responsible for losing my invitational in the mail? and (c) she deserves the crown…Read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Hope sponsors pick Palmer’s heir, dump Daly
According to tournament officials, sponsors have granted Arnold Palmer’s grandson, Sam Saunders, a spot to play in the 2010 Bob Hope Classic. Meanwhile, John Daly has been granted three PGA Tour tournament sponsors exemptions, but was surprisingly snubbed of a spot in the fifty-year-old Hope Classic. Read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Historically dominating conferences may rule again in 2010
When it comes to identifying the teams that belong in the who’s who of men’s division I golf, there traditionally is no need to look beyond the major conferences. In the past ten years, the Big Twelve, Pacific Ten, and Southeastern Conferences have each had associated teams go on to win NCAA championships three times; the remaining championship was won by Minnesota (Big Ten) in 2002. Read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Tiger, EA Sports remain “In the game”
EA Sports announced this morning that it will continue launching Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Online later this month, as originally planned. EA Sports President, Peter Moore, announced on his blog that the game has been tested extensively, is highly innovative, and fully developed. Moore justified the company’s reasoning by emphasizing the fact that the game is about Tiger’s athletic – rather than sexual – prowess. Read the entire article at Examiner.com.
Keeping your golf game warm in the winter
Storing your sticks in the trunk for a couple weeks may actually help your golf game by giving your mind the opportunity to exchange some bad thoughts with good ones; however, icing your game for too long over the winter months could wreak havoc on your handicap. Here are a few easy and fun ways to keep your game warm over the next few months. Read the rest of the article at Examiner.com.
The generation that grew up in Tiger’s pseudo shadow
Years ago, when Woods roared, junior golfers meowed. Today, the pride of budding juniors with games that were born and bred in the tall, brawny, intimidating, and seemingly perfect shadow cast by the late Tiger Woods are fully grown, incredibly talented, and…completely astonished. Read the whole article at Examiner.com.
Are you serious?! PGA Tour newbie, Rickie Fowler, is red-hot again
In his last two PGA Tour starts, Rickie Fowler (an Oklahoma State alum) finished in a tie for seventh, and in a tie for second. The solid back-to-back performances earned him a cool $553,700, which placed him in 135th position on the PGA Tour’s Money List heading into this week’s event (The Children’s Miracle Network Classic). In order to finish in the top 125 – enabling him to forego having to earn his card by doing well in the PGA Tour’s Qualifying School – he would have to finish no worse than 12th place this week.
If his performance in today’s round serves as any indication, he seems sold on the idea of ditching “School” this year. After opening with a mediocre front nine score of 1-under, Fowler made a move up the leaderboard. Fowler birdied five of his final six holes, one of which came after he chipped in on the 18th hole. Currently, he sits in a tie for second – just one shot behind the tournament leader, Justin Rose.
Granted only one round of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic is over, it is hard not to get excited about what Fowler could possibly achieve if he is able to maintain his form for another three rounds. If he wins this week, he will only have needed to play in three PGA Tour events as a pro; it took Tiger five to accomplish the same feat back in 1996 when he was a budding twenty-year-old. Furthermore, a top 12 finish would automatically secure his PGA Tour card – a feat only one player – Ryan Moore – has accomplished since Tiger Woods did it in 1996.
It will be fun to watch Fowler attempt to break one of Woods’ impressive records. If he is able to do it, Disney would even seem more magical than it already is…
