Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
Great tribute to Masters winner, Bubba Watson. Conjuror of miraculous shots; Forrest Gump of golf. How good can he be? Said Bubba: "That's the best part about history—we don't know what's going to happen"
"A man named Bubba, who never took a single golf lesson, won the Masters after hitting some sort of crazy hook shot off the pine straw. That's why we come back, isn't it? That's why we care, isn't it?"
“Watch this,” I said. “What?” “Phil’s going to try some stupid floopty-doopty shot and it’s going to ruin his round,” I said. That was then. Not now. You've gotta love Mickelson's go-for-it panache and touch around the green
He may not be at Augusta this weekend, but Jhonattan Vegas has made waves since turning pro. He arrived in Houston from Venezuela, a 17-year-old with beat-up clubs and 10 words of English, three of which were birdie, par and bogey
Can Tiger Woods, on 14, beat Jack Nicklaus's haul of major championship wins? "Eighteen is about enduring. Eighteen is about beating the old men when you're young, and the young men when you're old"
He's back out there where he used to be: At the top of the betting for a major championship. And his game looks in fair shape. But what about Tiger, the man? The headline gives away that he hasn't come back to golf exactly humbled
The number of American soldiers and Marines being killed in war is falling, but the number of surviving amputees has been rising. Some are finding a new challenge and camaraderie through golf
"It's like being sucked into the most perfect picture that has ever been painted. Everybody gets excited going there. It tests you to the highest, most intense level. It's an amazing, electric atmosphere around the golf course"
Woods is back. Orlando is where his children were born and his marriage fell apart, where he was lampooned for personal failings and hailed as the greatest. Now Orlando may also be remembered as the place of his golfing resurrection
"SI ran a story about the golf course in South Korea along the demilitarized zone (DMZ), calling it the most dangerous course in the world. But unless you shank it and hit a mine it's not that dangerous." I'll tell you where is
The man who ran Alabama's pension fund had a problem – what to spend his money on, in order to diversify the fund's investments. He settled on golf courses, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. Now there are 26 of them around Alabama
"I call it American Roulette. You arrive at the golf course solo, without a tee time, and leave your fate to the starter." You may get a partner with anger management issues, or worse. In LA, you may also get a movie star
Bubba Watson, having a Forrest Gump moment
"That's the best part about history - we don't know what's going to happen"
