Weekend roundup – Waste Management Phoenix Open

There aren’t many tournaments on Tour outside of the Majors that draw such buzz and excitement that this past week’s Waste Management Phoenix Open did. Sure we’ve all known about the famous 16th hole and it’s “Coliseum” analogies. Filled with over 30,000 rawdy, Happy Gilmore-like fans, it can either be a player’s nighmare or a [...]

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Showdown: Battle of The Golf Channel Beauties

The Golf Channel has been doing a great job with signing up the eye-candy as of late. Between Lauren Thompson (host of “Golf Destinations” and “Top 10″) and Win McMurry (host of “Golf Central”), it’s a battle of the blonde beauties. I first saw Lauren Thompson while watching TGC during the SBS Championship. They were [...]

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What hole would you NOT want to play in front of a gallery?

Earlier this week PGA.com asked the question of it’s readers, “What hole would you want to play in front of a gallery”. They then broke them all down in an article by John Kim on their site, quoting some of it’s readers for various holes. By the way, your’s truly was quoted for #13 at Augusta. [...]

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How can the TV networks make golf coverage more engaging?

I recently read an article by Frazier Moore (AP Television writer) about how golf television coverage can survive in Tiger’s absence. He cited CBS News and Sports president Sean McManus saying “We’re all looking forward to him coming back, but until then we’re doing perfectly fine”. I know everyone is putting on a brave face during [...]

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Fantasy Golf Picks for the Waste Management Phoenix Open

This week we seem to have the opposite of last. There are TOO many good players to choose from! It’s hard to choose among so many of the big names that are playing this week. Last week I did “ok” with my choices for Mayakoba and gained some ground in my 2 leagues. I also [...]

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“Lighthouse” – Lost episode recap and discussion

Yes I know what you’re thinking. “Hey, isn’t this a golf blog? Why is this schmuck writing about Lost?”. Well in my defense golf has made an appearance in at least a couple episodes of Lost. In season 1 the castaways played a round of golf on Hurley/Hugo’s makeshift course on the island. Also in last season Sayid [...]

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Interview: Checking in with PGA Tour Rookie Chris Wilson

Throughout the season I’ve been regularly catching up with PGA Tour rookie Chris Wilson to get insight in to his experience on Tour. So far Chris has made 3 cuts out of the 5 tournaments he’s palyed and it seems like his game is right on the cusp of bigger things. This week he’s getting his [...]

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Tiger Woods – Why I can take him or leave him at this point

It seems from what I’ve read and the results of my own poll here on GoodWalk Spoiled, that the public opinion as to if Tiger came across sincere or not is split 50-50. I’m sort of surprised with that result, but maybe it’s because I’m biased and fall in to the category of “not sincere”. [...]

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