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Open Championship Ratings Lowest in 28 Years
The final round of the Open Championship proved to turn audiences away from ESPN on Sunday. The overnight rating of 2.6 for the telecast is the lowest since 1991, when ABC aired the final round to a 2.9 number. Last year's final round with Tom Watson falling in a playoff to Stewart Cink did a...
The Perfect Goodbye: Watching Watson's Farewell to the Old Course
Yesterday afternoon on the east coast, I didn't get a chance to watch Tom Watson's (likely) final competitive round at St. Andrews. I could see from the leaderboard on my phone that he was not going to make the cut. I read about Tiger Woods waving Watson up and through so that he could finish in...
This Wind Merited Suspending Play at the British Open? LOL
Even the British scorers at the Open Championship think that suspending play there is absolutely ridiculous. They posted an alert about the high wind delay with a jab at the R&A. Remember when Tiger Woods shot 81 in almost impossible weather in the 2003 Open at Royal St. George's? Or when...
Play Is Suspended in Second Round of Open Championship
Despite the total lack of rain at the Old Course right now, it's just too windy for players to be able to mark and unmark their balls on putting surfaces without danger of it moving. Since the high wind and its impact are detrimental to the players experiencing it, play has been suspended by the...
The Phantom Ace and Scandinavian People
Just a few minutes ago, the Open Championship leaderboard had Swede Peter Hanson at -7 and threatening to take on Rory McIlroy's 63, or even better. They had Hanson making a one at the par 4 16th - a 423 yard hole. Not impossible, but surely not likely. And then the R&A realized their...
At Least One Ryan Is Going to St. Andrews
Yesterday's final round of the AT&T National was an awfully impressive one for Ryan Moore. The Scratch Golf co-owner posted 65 in the last day of the tournament, which left him approximately an hour to wait to see if he would get into the British Open. How? Well, the R&A has concocted a...
Agg! Something Horrible Has Happened at St. Andrews!
Perhaps Nessie has gone onto land to protest the lengthening of the Road Hole at St. Andrews, but one of the webcams that the R&A has set up at the Home of Golf has gone askew. This is a shot from the webcam just minutes ago from the tented village. The place looks like it is in shambles, or...
2012 London Olympic Mascots Disqualify R&A from Future Design Changes
The organizers for the 2012 summer Olympic games in London unveiled the mascots for the games this afternoon. Hideous. It was like Cyclops meets clouds meets Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (which, astoundingly, are now retro cool). These designs alone should prohibit the R&A from modifying any...
When Did Golf Get So Interesting?
I was always told that in order to play or be interested in golf, you had to be a middle-aged white guy, wear goofy pants, and have a huge ass. At some point in the last six months, though - probably the day after Thanksgiving - golf got a whole lot more compelling. Sure, Tiger Woods' horde of...
Royal Liverpool (AKA Hoylake) to Host 2014 Open
Just when you thought the R&A was only going to make you delve into the world of in-course out of bounds markers only once, they bring it back. Royal Liverpool - called Hoylake by almost everyone on the other side of the Pond - will host the 2014 Open Championship. Tiger Woods won there in...
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