|
n
Tournaments
The Hyundai
Team Matches will move from Newport Coast to the newly-refurburished Robert
Trent Jones Jr. Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point, Calif. The season-ending
event, to be played Dec. 7-9, features a total of 24 players comprised
of four two-player teams from each of the Senior PGA, PGA and LPGA tours
competing for $1.2 million.
For more ...
The World Golf League
announced that the following courses will host upcoming one-day qualifiers:
Centennial Golf Course, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Tuesday, July 31); Eagle Ridge
Golf Club, Lakewood, N.J. (Monday, Aug. 6); Back Creek Golf Club, Middletown,
Del. (Saturday, Aug. 11); Stoneleigh Golf Club, Round Hill, Va. (Friday,
Aug. 17); Cranbury Golf Club, West Windsor, N.J. (Sunday, Aug, 19); and
High Bridge Hills Golf Club in High Bridge Hills, N.J. (Monday, Aug. 27).
For more ...
n
Players
Amy Alcott,
who withdrew from the final round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Sunday,
is at her Santa Monica, Calif., home recovering from dehydration and a
viral infection. Initially it was reported that Alcott withdrew because
of chest pains. Alcott is expected to return to the tour at the Sybase
Big Apple Classic, July 19-22, at Wygakyl Country Club in New Rochelle,
N.Y.
For more ...
n
Tournaments
The Hyundai
Team Matches will move from Newport Coast to the newly-refurburished Robert
Trent Jones Jr. Monarch Beach Golf Links in Dana Point, Calif. The season-ending
event, to be played Dec. 7-9, features a total of 24 players comprised
of four two-player teams from each of the Senior PGA, PGA and LPGA tours
competing for $1.2 million.
For more ...
The World Golf League
announced that the following courses will host upcoming one-day qualifiers:
Centennial Golf Course, Oak Ridge, Tenn. (Tuesday, July 31); Eagle Ridge
Golf Club, Lakewood, N.J. (Monday, Aug. 6); Back Creek Golf Club, Middletown,
Del. (Saturday, Aug. 11); Stoneleigh Golf Club, Round Hill, Va. (Friday,
Aug. 17); Cranbury Golf Club, West Windsor, N.J. (Sunday, Aug, 19); and
High Bridge Hills Golf Club in High Bridge Hills, N.J. (Monday, Aug. 27).
For more ...
n
Players
Amy Alcott,
who withdrew from the final round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Sunday,
is at her Santa Monica, Calif., home recovering from dehydration and a
viral infection. Initially it was reported that Alcott withdrew because
of chest pains. Alcott is expected to return to the tour at the Sybase
Big Apple Classic, July 19-22, at Wygakyl Country Club in New Rochelle,
N.Y.
For more ...
Commentary
No knock on Nicklaus
With
no disrespect to any of the players who have made their name on the Senior
PGA Tour as opposed to those who did so on the PGA Tour, the cure for
what ails the tour is more difficult course set-ups.
The U.S Golf Association sometimes gets a bit carried away in its pursuit
to determine the true U.S. Open champion, but its intent is honorable.
Occasionally the fairways are pinched a tad tight, the rough is a hair
higher and the greens run a few stimps faster, but come weekís end the
champion is probably deserving. And the list of contenders often is the
cream of the field.
In a tournament where the winning score is single digits under par,
the list of legitimate contenders is lengthened. And, just as it was on
the PGA Tour, the odds that the winner is a player being someone the tour
can hang its hat increases.
Yes, it is nice to see a Sammy Rachels, Leonard Thompson, Mike McCullough
or Doug Tewell win every now and then. But ratings and attendance would
increase with the Q-rating of the winner.
The Nelsons, Nicklauses and Irwins -- the players who made their mark
early on -- are the ones crying for harder courses. Why? Because it separates
the best from the rest.
The U.S. Senior Open was riveting despite Bruce Fleisher's winning score
was even par. Itís a shame thatís not the case every week.
No knock on Jack Nicklaus either, but the days of him shooting lights out
for 54 or 72 holes are gone. Even over 60, he can still manage his way around
a course, as witnessed at the U.S. Senior Open two weeks ago. So can Lee
Trevino, Ray Floyd, Hale Irwin and any of the other marquee players who
have past the age of 55.