Since I was 15 years old, @lisacink has been my biggest supporter. It’s now time for me to return the favor. pic.twitter.com/4mVRMsmfL4 — Stewart Cink (@stewartcink) May 3, 2016 STEWART CINK WITHDREW FROM the Wells Fargo Championship on Tuesday. The 2009 British Open champion announced on Twitter that his wife Lisa has been diagnosed with … Read more
By Charles Prokop Special to ARMCHAIR GOLF Copyright © Charles Prokop. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Tom Watson at Turnberry in 2009. (scotchollie) I’M A MEMBER OF TOM WATSON’S generation. I started playing golf when Jack Nicklaus was beginning to battle Arnold Palmer, and was beginning my first “real job” when Watson and Nicklaus … Read more
CONSIDER THIS YOUR WEDNESDAY GOLF LESSON. Nike tour players Paul Casey, Stewart Cink, Anthony Kim, Suzann Pettersen, Charl Schwartzel, Jhonattan Vegas and Tiger Woods offer a few thoughts on putting. Confidence is important. Pettersen: No doubts. Don’t question yourself. Cink: Don’t dwell on results. Focus on the physical aspects and block out the mental side … Read more
TNT REPORTER AND ESSAYIST Jim Huber has penned his first golf book, FOUR DAYS IN JULY: Tom Watson, the 2009 Open Championship, and a Tournament for the Ages. Huber was at the ‘09 Open reporting for TNT, which included conducting on-camera interviews with Tom Watson as the 59-year-old golf legend came off the course. His … Read more
FOLLOWING IS THE SECOND and concluding part of my recent interview with Stewart Cink. In Part 1, Cink talked about his own “Journey to Comfort,” which is the name of the Dove® Men + Care™ campaign that features him and Davis Love. He also discussed family life and his surprising fan base, including the Twitter … Read more
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I HAD the opportunity to interview Stewart Cink as part of the Dove® Men + Care™ media outreach. Called “Journey to Comfort,” the ad campaign features Cink, Davis Love (who I also interviewed) and other athletes such as Magic Johnson and Bobby Hurley. Cink has six PGA Tour wins, including one … Read more
LAST WEEK I HAD THE opportunity to interview Davis Love III as part of the Dove® Men + Care™ media outreach. Called “Journey to Comfort,” the ad campaign features Love, Stewart Cink and other athletes such as Magic Johnson and Bobby Hurley. We discussed the campaign, his mom, his golf game, the U.S. Open and … Read more
DAVIS LOVE SAYS “I’M definitely comfortable in my own skin.” But probably not as much this week. More on that in a moment. The above line is the slogan for the Dove Men + Care Journey to Comfort campaign. Love and Stewart Cink recently became the first golfers showcased in the ad campaign. Basketballers Magic … Read more
“MY NAME IS STEWART CINK, and I’m definitely comfortable in my own skin.” That’s the tagline for the Dove Men + Care Journey to Comfort campaign. Cink and Davis Love recently became the first golfers to be showcased in the ad campaign, which featured basketball men Magic Johnson, Bobby Hurley and John Thompson II during … Read more
2010 BMW Championship Recap Winner: Dustin Johnson Score: 9 under, 275 (68, 70, 68, 69) Quote: “To finally get it done, after all the things I’ve gone through this summer, it can’t feel any better.” Fact: Was singing Usher song on last two holes. Thought: Game and attitude make DJ attractive Ryder Cup partner. WAS … Read more