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Many Stories But Just One Winner At The Deutsche Bank
A NOTE TO READERS: As previously advised, On Sports and Life spent two long days watching PGA Tour golf and dodging thunderstorms on Sunday and Monday. Blame New England weather for this post being...
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The Kids, Even That One We Didn’t Know, Are Alright
Sports fans had plenty to choose from this weekend. The Vladimir Putin Games came to a close in Sochi, even as NASCAR’s new season got underway at Daytona International Speedway. The NBA got fully back...
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Time For Golf Fans To Learn Some New Names
When the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational got under way on Sunday golf fans had every reason to expect a decisive duel over the difficult Bay Hill layout between two established stars....
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The Players Starts With A Few Surprises
No one wins a golf tournament on Thursday. Perhaps once a season on the PGA Tour a player rockets into the lead with a great opening round, only to completely lose his game the following day and fail...
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A Claret Jug, Silver Salvers, And A Betting Slip
With its lengthy history golf has no shortage of symbols. At the Open Championship, the oldest of the four men’s majors, the venues themselves often qualify, with most dating back to the 19th century....
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Golf’s Changing Of The Guard Is Complete
There was a massive media scrum at Valhalla Golf Club on Wednesday, but the hordes of reporters and cameramen weren’t gathered around the 18th green. Rather they were standing in the players’ parking...
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A Day Of Herd Mentality Ends In A Not So Magic Moment
We are fans because we love our sports, but as fans we all tend to love them just a bit more when the teams or individuals to whom we have pledged our fealty come out on top. No matter the sport, fans...
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Big Reputations, Little Men
A NOTE TO READERS: This is the 500th post at On Sports and Life. Thank you all for reading, and for your continuing support. Dan Jenkins is one of the most celebrated sportswriters and authors of our...
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Fowler’s Fantastic Finish Caps A Players For The Ages
Every year at this time the debate is renewed. As the finest golfers in the world converge on Ponte Vedra Beach the media hordes arriving in their wake pester the players with the question of whether...
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At Unloved Chambers Bay, DJ’s Latest Major Meltdown
As described on the USGA’s website Chambers Bay Golf Course, the site of this year’s U.S. Open, is a layout of “massive, rolling fairways, towering dunes, undulating greens and unpredictable coastal...
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A Crowded Pack Of Narratives, But Just One Champion
As the 144th Open Championship, golf’s oldest major, unfolded through driving rain, gale force winds, and occasional moments of sun-splashed beauty at the greatest links course of them all, one could...
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Sunday At A Major Is Finally Jason’s Day
Because it is always the final of the four men’s majors, played in August at a time when many sports fans are salivating for the return of the NFL or focused on pennant races that are starting to...
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The End Of An Era Is No Reason To Weep
A NOTE TO READERS: On Sports and Life will be traveling back from the Bronx after a weekend at The Stadium on Sunday evening. The next post will be one day late, on Monday. It is the one immutable...
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The PGA Tour’s Youth Movement Takes A Week Off
While golf is truly a game for life, for the last few years the storyline of the PGA Tour has been the dominance of youth. The top four golfers in the Official World Golf Rankings average less than 26...
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Even In His Winter Arnie Is Still The King
It is frequently said, and correctly so, that every weekly winner on the PGA Tour owes a portion of his prize check to Tiger Woods. At the peak of his dominance of the men’s game Woods brought legions...
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After Amen Corner, Spieth Didn’t Have A Prayer
From Washington Road in Augusta, Georgia, out among the strip malls and fast food restaurants, one might never guess what’s hidden behind the dense hedges on the south side of the street. But behind...
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Olympics And Golf, A Mismatch From The Start
Golf returns to the Olympics this summer, for the first time since 1904. The powers that be of the game have been hailing this momentous event since the International Olympic Committee voted to include...
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The Greens Were Stressed But Jason Day Wasn’t
Each May, when the PGA Tour makes its annual stop at TPC Sawgrass for The Players Championship, the golf media play up an imaginary controversy about the tournament’s place in men’s professional golf....
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DJ Beats The Field, The USGA, And His Major Demons
The USGA brought the U.S. Open to the Pittsburgh suburbs for a record ninth time this week. Bisected by the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Oakmont Country Club is consistently ranked among the top courses in...
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Henrik And Phil Triumph Over Royal Troon
What is the hallmark of greatness in sports? What is the essential characteristic that defines the highest order of achievement in our games? For an entire generation of golf fans, the answer to those...
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