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Old Asshole Golfer Has Thought About Michael Sam
Good one, Steve. You're really good at being an old asshole on Twitter....
Second-Straight Ridiculous Save Sends Accenture Match Play To Hole 21
Victor Dubuisson hit two straight balls into near-impossible spots in the bunkers of holes 19 and 20 of the WGC-Accenture Match Play and hit two nearer-impossible shots to get out. He and Jason Day moved on to hole 21 after this ridiculous shot put him in position to knock down the putt. Jason Day'...
Rory McIlroy's Errant Shot Knocks Fan Into Cactus
Rory McIlroy did one golf fan real dirty during the opening round of the Accenture match play tournament today. While hitting out of a hazard, McIlroy nailed a nearby fan with his shot. That fan then went tumbling into a cactus plant and came up with big, horrifying chunks of cactus stuck all over ...
Steve Elkington Tells Stephanie Wei She's Short And Has "No Cans"
The essential facts: Steve Elkington is a pro golfer, and Stephanie Wei was a college golfer who now writes about the sport. Now, let the conversation tell the rest of the story....
Rick Reilly's Latest Self-Plagiarism Is The Worst
The most generous reading of Rick Reilly's latest column, large parts of which are lifted wholesale from a 2009 Rick Reilly column, is that he just wants to give readers something from a time he wasn't mailing things in. But that 2009 column was awful too. Rick Reilly disdains you so much that he's ...
Golf Fans Now Shouting "Omaha" After Tee Shots
This was bound to happen. Instead of the tired "get in the hole," spectators are now yelling "Omaha" after a player's tee shot. ...
How Grantland Screwed Up The Story Of Essay Anne Vanderbilt, Inventor
This weekend, Gerri Jordan, proprietor of Yar Golf, agreed to speak with me about the chain of events that led to the October suicide of her partner, Essay Anne Vanderbilt. Today, she declined to carry through. "I have spoken with an attorney," she wrote in an email, "and we are gathering informatio...
Nick Faldo Is A Cupcake Magician
Spoiler alert: it's not really magic. Faldo was giving Gary Player a hard time about his fitness advocacy and played like he was going to eat the cupcake before tossing it over his shoulder. It hit the glass window behind the booth and stuck there. ...
Man Falls Through Golf Shop Ceiling; Everyone Plays It Way Cool
Someone, please, get Ron and Billy in a buddy cop movie ASAP. ...
Stewart Cink Has The World's Most Glorious Tan Line
Stewart! Maybe consider going outside without a hat on once in a while....
Every Leader Of The Japanese PGA Is Resigning In A Yakuza Scandal
This past spring two officials of the Professional Golfers Association in Japan played golf and dined with a known yakuza mafia don. Naturally Shinsaku Maeda, who was the vice chairman, and Tadayoshi Bando, who was the board director, had to go, and they were expelled in October....
The PGA Tour's Non-Profit Status Is A Big Joke
Paula Lavigne of Outside The Lines has conducted a thorough investigation into the PGA Tour's status as a non-profit organization, and has found that the tour's commitment to charity is not nearly as strong as the suits at the PGA would like everyone to believe....
California Golf Coach Charged With 65 Counts Of Child Molestation
Andrew Nisbet, a junior golf coach from Livermore, Cal., was arrested Saturday while working and charged with 65 felony counts related to alleged molestation of his students....
Chi Chi Rodriguez's New Trick Shot: Bouncing A Golf Ball Off His Nuts
Understandably, Chi Chi would need a do-over before swinging sword after this one. ...
Presidents Cup Streaker: "I Wanted To Add A Little Excitement To Golf"
Stephanie Wei, at Wei Under Par, interviewed the Presidents Cup streaker and got her—Kimberly Webster is her name, by the way—to give a play-by-play of sorts of her mostly-nude sprint....
