Talking Golf with the Golf Guy

Legend has it that the late Seve Ballesteros, whose 66th birthday would have been this past Sunday, could get it up and down from the parking lot to save par 2023 Masters Champion, Jon Rahm, channeling his best Seve impersonation, did just that not once but twice on a rain-delayed, soggy Augusta National’s final day…

Is Tiger Woods the Greatest Golfer of all Time? That’s again the question as Tiger Woods returns to competition on the PGA Tour at this week’s Genesis Open contested at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. Tiger has not participated in a regular PGA Tour tournament since 2020. It’s also his first official…

Thirty times, the oldest major Golf Championship has been contested on the wind-swept and venerated links of the Old Course at Saint Andrews, the Scottish ancestral home of Golf and an exalted shrine to the foibles and peculiarities of Golfers through the world. The Open Championship returned to Scotland this year to celebrate the 150th…

Undoubtedly, the game and sport of Golf is an import from the British Islands. Conceived, developed, and propagated on the wind-swept Linksland of the Scottish coast, it slowly migrated to the eastern seaboard of the American mainland, where it indifferently spread amongst the blossoming and burgeoning middle class created by the industrial revolution of the…

In my fifty-plus years as a PGA Professional, whether as a Player, Administrator, Journalist, Broadcaster, or Blogger, I’ve played in, administered, and covered hundred’s Golf Tournaments globally. I’ve journeyed to and visited most of the famous and celebrated Golf cities, states, and countries worldwide. Including the 2022 PGA Championship contested this past week at the…

The History of Golf in Utah-In the Beginning, the Birth of Golf The practice of hitting, swatting, or slapping an object with a stick is as old as recorded history. Bored from tending their herds of sheep and goats, shepherd boys of nomadic Arab tribes would knock pebbles from tree to bush to pass the…

The beauty, grandeur, magnificence, and brilliance of the Master’s Golf Tournament, contested the first full week of April each year in Augusta, Georgia, has become a rite of passage for adoring sports fans worldwide. This annual celebration of spring which heralds the beginning of the golf season worldwide offers up a juxtaposition of the visionary,…

Before there were the great contemporary champions like Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, or even Bobby Jones, There was Young Tommy Morris. Arguably the greatest Professional Golfer of his era, Young Tommy was flamboyant, colorful, flashy, a born showman, and unbeatable as a professional. He won four Open Championships in a row by the…

Introduction The History of Golf in Utah mirrors that of the Nation in general with two essential and noteworthy caveats. The duality of the sport and bifurcation of rules. And why are Golf Courses built and for whom? The dichotomy of the question is, do we participate in Golf for recreation or competition? Golf, as…

A volatile and hyper-competitive Spaniard in the mode of Seve Ballesteros, Jose Marie Olazabal, and Sergio Garcia, coming off a heartbreaking forced withdrawal because of COVID-19 Symptoms, after leading by six shots in the Memorial Tournament, Jon Rahm, embracing newfound humility, perseverance, patience, and a new son, wins the 121st United States Open Championship in…