Boo Weekley, with his down-home style and colorful musings, recently returned to golf after approximately 18 months away due to injuries, which included surgery for tendinitis in his right elbow and the removal of a cancerous cyst in his left shoulder. Our Ron Green Jr. writes Weekley’s story. The post Being Boo appeared first on […]
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Standing behind the Augusta National clubhouse late Saturday afternoon, a drop of sweat hanging off the bottom of his chin, Tiger Woods looked toward the 18th green and the big white scoreboard in the distance. Three days down, one storm-threatened Sunday to go.It was easy to wonder if Woods was looking back or looking forward. […]
GGP+ Contributor Jim Achenbach writes that the renovation of the fifth hole at Augusta National is about far more than just length. The post Theory Of Evolution appeared first on Global Golf Post.
Tiger Woods won the Masters to complete, some argue, the greatest comeback in sports history. Click here for the cover – the moment of jubilation too powerful for words. Ron Green Jr. opines on how the victory changed Woods’ remarkable legacy. Check out this video of a near-injury that would have robbed the golf world […]
Players competing in the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf beginning next week will be treated to something old and something new when they return to the Ozarks Mountains of Missouri for this popular PGA Tour Champions event. The old is Top of the Rock golf course, and the new – highlighted by GGP+ Staff […]
Tiger Woods, in many ways, personifies the magical ability of Augusta National and the Masters to have one foot firmly planted in the past while the other steps forward into the future. Some of golf’s greatest traditions come wrapped in a green jacket. So do many of its most impactful innovations, as our Ron Sirak […]
Kevin O’Connell, one of six amateurs competing at the Masters, started his golf life as an amateur. Then he turned pro. Then he regained his amateur status. Now he is talking about going pro once again. GGP+ Contributor Jim Achenbach writes O’Connell’s story. The post O’Connell Making The Most Of Amateur Days appeared first on […]
The buzz around Augusta National Thursday would do a swarm of bees proud. He was back. Not Tiger Woods, though he did well opening with a 2-under-par 70, which matches his second-lowest starting score ever in the Masters. The Masters garden gnome had returned. So had the birdies, as our Ron Green Jr. explains. The […]
Viktor Hovland, the U.S. Amateur champion and the low amateur after one round at the Masters, is a lean, mean, birdie machine who doesn’t rattle easily. GGP+ Contributor Jim Achenbach writes the Oklahoma State Cowboy’s story. The post Cowboy Up appeared first on Global Golf Post.
Saturday, or moving day, has been known to elicit electricity over the years at the Masters. GGP+ Contributor Ron Sirak writes on super Saturdays past. The post Movers And Shakers appeared first on Global Golf Post.