Archive for 'February,2012 '
McIIroy, Westwood on path to No. 1
If virtually the entire golf world is looking ahead to Sunday, it might be tough for Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy to focus on Saturday. Headlines and talk shows are dwelling on a possible matchup between [...]
Tiger’s early Match Play exit baffling
How do you figure Tiger Woods? That’s as much of a conundrum as to how the golf world now views Tiger Woods. Quite uncharacteristic for the 14-time major champion, Woods was eliminated in the second round [...]
Short pitch: Welcome to GolfersWest
The medium has changed and the subject matter has narrowed but we’re doing the same thing the three of us have done for a combined 116 years. We’re three former newspaper sportswriters (L to R), Jim [...]
American golfers on the comeback?
For those who believe in the vague political concept of American exceptionalism, you can forget about its application onto the PGA Tour the past couple years. The seedings for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship this week [...]
Anyone’s fair game at Scottsdale’s 16th
In my 42 years as a sportswriter, I’ve been lucky to witness special moments in some of sport’s great venues. I’ve covered Rose Bowls with more than 100,000 spirited fans. I’ve stood on the front straightaway [...]
PGA season moves to Match Play
One of the most thrilling starts in PGA Tour history takes a bit of a break this week when the top-ranked players in the world assemble at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain in Marana, Ariz., [...]
Seattle taking chance on Kings, NHL
One individual in San Francisco has had dramatic impact on a multitude of sports fans and cities up and down the West Coast. Chris Hansen, a Bay Area hedge-fund manager, announced a tentative agreement last week [...]
Mickelson reflects on Pebble, Masters
MARK STEVENS: We’d like to welcome Phil Mickelson. Phil, congratulations on your win last week at the AT&T Pebble Beach. If you want to talk about your thoughts coming into this week to the Northern Trust Open. [...]
Phil deals Tiger a mental setback
It was inevitable that at some point Tiger Woods’ two-decade dominance on the PGA Tour would be displaced by all the bash young guns. What we didn’t see is that he would be overcome by a [...]
Butler hits homer as latest Hutch Award winner
Billy Butler feels right at home with a baseball bat in his hands. Not so much standing behind a microphone. The Kansas City Royals’ 25-year-old designated hitter conceded that he was a little out of his [...]
