Everybody and their mother has an opinion on Tiger Woods, but the ones that come straight from the source are the voices we should be paying attention to. On Tuesday, U.S. Presidents Cup captain, Steve Stricker, …
Tiger Woods permeates the game of golf at a professional and amateur level alike in distinct and unique ways even as he watches this week’s U.S. Open from his couch in Florida. The 14-time major champion …
Jason Dufner was a big part of the promotion for the 2014 PGA Championship. He did everything from “baaing” like a sheep to hitting golf balls off of the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs, and it was …
Related Links: 2013 Open Championship Coverage Some players in the field this weekend at the John Deere Classic are using the tournament as final tune-up for the season’s third major next week, the British Open …
Steve Stricker’s first major championship was a long time coming, put off even further by a rain-soaked Regions Tradition that required the final round to be played on Monday in Birmingham, Alabama. In his second season …
A charity golf event that was set to take place on Thursday, May 2 and be headlined by Steve Stricker has been outed as an apparent scam. First reported by Golf.com’s Sean Zak, the BB&T Invitational was …
Steve Stricker was officially announced Wednesday morning as the 2020 United States Ryder Cup captain for the biennial matches at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin next fall. Stricker, a Wisconsin native, was the odds-on favorite to …
Steve Stricker is known for being deadly accurate inside of 100 yards. He was able to revamp his wedge game, which led to a career resurgence on Tour in the mid-to-late 2000s and made him one …
Tiger Woods said last week prior to the Genesis Open that his goal for this year’s Ryder Cup in Paris is to be in the U.S. team room as both a vice captain and a player. …
Rickie Fowler earned his eighth worldwide victory on Sunday at the Hero World Challenge thanks in large part to his sizzling final round. Fowler made 11 birdies en route to a Sunday 61 to come …
As offseason tournaments go, the QBE Shootout is one of the most unique. Played annually at Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida, 12 two-person teams play together in three different formats to determine a winner. Steve …
The question inevitably comes up during golf outings and scramble tournaments: what would a foursome of Tour pros shoot in an 18-hole scramble? On Friday at the QBE Shootout at Tiburón Golf Club at The Ritz-Carlton …
Steve Stricker has undoubtedly faced many shots that could be considered nontraditional during his long and successful career. This one, however, may take the cake. Quite a view for @stevestricker at halftime of #Badgers–#Illini game pic.twitter.com/4gaqRoo0oI …
The PGA Tour heads to TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois for this week’s John Deere Classic. Many of the game’s biggest names are absent from this field, leaving Jordan Spieth and Steve Stricker to top …
Tiger Woods became the No. 1 ranked player in the world this week by virtue of his victory in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Tiger has resurrected his golf game in 2013 and his ability to make putts has been a major reason. The win at Bay Hill was his second in two starts since he received a putting lesson from his good friend Steve Stricker at the WGC event at Doral.
I am sure that there were plenty of semi-retired gentlemen in South Florida this past week that spent the weekend on the golf course with their wives. The number of those who convinced their wife to caddy for him probably brings the number down a bit. Those who finished second to Tiger Woods and made nearly a million bucks brings that number down to, well, Steve Stricker.
That invoice ought to arrive in Jupiter Island by the middle of the week. It won’t, though. Steve Stricker is too nice to charge Tiger Woods for the putting refresher he gave last Wednesday on Trump Doral’s putting green. But caddies get little extra when their man wins, why not the timely tutor? Consider this: If Woods had needed one additional putt each day at the WGC Cadillac Championship, Stricker would be holding that powder-blue trophy. Difference in the direct-deposit category: A cool $620,000.
Critics often overlook the fact that part of the reason that the Presidents Cup is a better team competition for the Americans than the Ryder Cup is because you can’t hide any struggling player. All players on both squads play both of the first two sessions. Typically in the Ryder Cup and the Presidents Cup, the Americans have the better team on paper or according to the World Ranking. Martin Kaymer was struggling with control last year heading into the matches. Consequently the former No. 1 player in the world only played one of the first four sessions. Granted he won the critical match against Steve Stricker in the Sunday Singles but that was only the second time that he had teed it up that week. It could be argued that the format of the Presidents Cup is a truer test of team competition.
