In the first part of our preview to the 2009 U.S. Masters, Michael C. Fricke looks back at the most memorable moments in the long history of the year’s first major. He also writes about what it takes to do well in the 2009 edition.
I dare you to limit the iconic moments produced during the [...]

In a major tournament that left players frustrated with both the weather and the golf course, Phil Mickelson played solid golf over the weekend, but unfortunately not more than that. He only got to play five holes on Saturday after the third round was suspended due to dangerous weather in the Detroit area. First thing [...]

The similarities were so obvious that at one point I thought about getting up, calling the network and asking them to please stop playing the replay of last week’s Bridgestone Invitational. In pretty much the same way he lost that tournament to Vijay Singh on Sunday, Phil Mickelson made three bogeys in his last five [...]

Even though Phil Mickelson was never anywhere near the top of the leaderboard, the 137th British Open at Royal Birkdale turned out to be an extremely entertaining tournament. Please don’t get me wrong – I ususally want other people to do well. But every once in a while it is somewhat comforting to see professional [...]

Phil Mickelson bettered yesterday’s score by a whopping nine (!) strokes to stand at 147 (+7) and make it safely into the final two rounds of the 2008 British Open at Royal Birkdale.
In significantly easier but still tough conditions Mickelson today had three birdies - including a crucial one at the last green - [...]

In less than 24 hours Australian Craig Parry will hit the first tee shot of the 2008 British Open at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport (UK). It has always been one of my favourite tournaments of the year because I love the special atmosphere of a Major tournament being played on a Links course. It [...]

Sorry guys for not posting any news on Friday’s second round of the US Open, but I was simply too tired after six hours in front of the TV following Phil, Tiger and Adam from hole 1 to 18. I will try to make up for that bad service and fill you in on what [...]

In what was awaited as the most spectacular grouping in recent golfing history, Phil Mickelson yesterday came out on top after shooting an even par round 71 in the first round of the 108th US Open. Being paired with Tiger Woods and Adam Scott and starting on the 1st tee, Phil had a rough front [...]

Yesterday the USGA did announce the groupings for the 2008 US Open Championships in the next week. The result was the most spectacular pairing in recent golf history as world number one Tiger Woods, number two Phil Mickelson and number three Adam Scott will tee it up together for the first two rounds.
While golf fans [...]