6. 20.2011
10 things we’re talking about…
Jack nicklaus 3;golf’s greatest major champion played a part in the recent grand slam triumphs by mcilroy and charl schwartzel
Jason day 4;hogan and snead. palmer and nicklaus. woods and mickelson. could day and mcilroy be golf’s next great rivalry?
aMerican futility 5;shut out in the last five majors, america’s golfers—some aging, others green—have hit a dry spell of epic proportions
the roaring 20s 6;guess what the other three reigning major champs have in common? they’re all under 30 and they all think rory is the best of the bunch
congressional 7;even before last week’s low-scoring conflagration, the d.c.-area club’s chances of hosting another open anytime soon were slim
saving the heritage 8;as first reported in Golf World Monday, royal bank of canada steps in to save the pga tour’s longtime hilton head island stop
david feherty 9;if you can’t get enough of the irreverent golf analyst, here’s some good news: his new golf channel show debuts tonight
british aMateur 10;australia’s bryden macpherson wins the british amateur, another championship where american golfers underperformed
departMents
paul azinger comes to mcilroy’s defense, Johnny miller surprises pete dye, dan Jenkins offers his assessment
from rory mcilroy to tim petrovic, here is how the 156-player field performed at congressional
rory’s key club, Jason day’s new white putter, fredrik Jacobson’s driver
rory mcilroy is the warmest, most real major champion we’ve seen in some time—but don’t call him the next tiger woods
tweets of the day
rank & file
equipMent
tiM rosaforte
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