David Duval (right) with U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Davis Love. I SAW A NOTE ABOUT former world No. 1 golfer David Duval in my Golfweek 360 email. Duval made the magazine’s “5 Things” column after posting three rounds in the 60s for a 14-under total and T23 finish at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for … Read more
Ricky Fowler and his custom golf ride. (Courtesy of Puma) TWENTY-YEAR-OLD RICKY FOWLER IS TOUTED as one of the next big things in pro golf. And although Fowler doesn’t have his PGA Tour card (yet), he finished T7 at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open this past weekend in Las Vegas. Ricky will … Read more
JEFF OVERTON IS ON THE BUBBLE. At No. 126 on the PGA Tour money list, Overton has just two events to try to break into the top 125 and secure his card for the 2009 season. The nagging discomfort he feels in his gut isn’t from the pressure. Overton had an emergency appendectomy on the … Read more
Marc Turnesa WHEN GOLF MAGAZINE TELLS ME how to drain every 4-footer (in its October issue), I just chuckle. Not going to happen. And I have a decent stroke. But seriously, who do they think I am –- Marc Turnesa? If you’re wondering who Turnesa is, he’s the PGA Tour rookie who won the Justin … Read more
“I really don’t have any worries about anything. I’ve got a pretty good job. I have a pretty good life.” −George McNeill HERE’S WHAT I KNOW about PGA Tour player George McNeill: He’s the defending champion at this week’s Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. McNeill won the event in his rookie season when … Read more
(Roadsidepictures/Flickr) THE PGA TOUR IS IN LAS VEGAS this week for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. That’s a serious mouthful. Don’t try saying it five times fast. You’ll fail. Last year it was the Frys.com Open (benefiting the same charity), and was won by George McNeill. For most of the years since … Read more