Articles Written by:    LORNE RUBENSTEIN     

There's no course like the Old Course

Nobody knows who designed the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland, where the European Tour's Dunhill Links Championship will conclude Monday and the Open Championship will be held next July. But every aspiring architect should make an extended visit to ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  4 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Cornell University,  Sam Snead

Crunch time begins for players down the money list

For real pressure, forget about golfers playing for a $10-million prize (all currency U.S.), the amount Tiger Woods got last Sunday for winning the FedEx Cup playoff series. Serious pressure is playing for a place to compete the next year. That season ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  1 Oct 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Jon Mills,  Tiger Woods,  FedEx,  Rocco Mediate

Mickelson ends year brilliantly

It was game, set and match for Phil Mickelson at the Tour Championship in Atlanta Sunday, but not the FedEx Cup. So what? Mickelson played some of the best golf of his career when it counted, and capped off the most difficult season of his career with ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  27 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Phil Mickelson,  FedEx,  PGA,  Tiger Woods,  Dave Stockton

Woods gives O'Hair a ‘wood' tip

Suddenly Tiger Woods isn't only the greatest golfer, now he's also a putting guru. The same guy who has made headlines for winning 14 majors and a zillion other tournaments is now apparently a Hall of Fame teacher because he gave fellow PGA Tour golfer ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  25 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Sean O'Hair,  Tiger Woods,  Golf Channel,  Johnny Miller,  PGA

Dramatic short hole ends a long season

"It’s a great championship golf course,” Steve Stricker said this week of the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, where the Tour Championship that will end the FedEx Cup starts today. Stricker is second in FedEx points, behind Tiger Woods. But is it? Is ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  24 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Robert Trent Jones,  FedEx,  Rees Jones,  Steve Stricker,  Tiger Woods

Weir carries burden of country’s high hopes

It’s often said that Mike Weir is the Tiger Woods of Canada, considering the expectations his fellow citizens have of him and the microscopic focus on him. The designation would make him one of the favourites at this week’s Tour Championship in Atlanta ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  FedEx,  Tom Lehman,  Zach Johnson,  Steve Jones

The best golfer to never win a major?

P undits often discuss who belongs in the category of “Best player not to have won a major,” the implication being that there’s still time for the golfer to grab one. Players such as Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood belong in this group. But how about the ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  20 Sep 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Jay Haas,  Sergio Garcia,  Lee Westwood,  Tom Watson

PGA pros in for a wild time on St. George’s greens

T he most effective way to understand what tour pros will face during a tournament is to play their courses. Two recent trips around the St. George’s Golf and Country Club in Toronto demonstrated that tour officials will need to play close attention to ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  19 Sep 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Mike Weir

Nobody does it better

Y ou really don’t think Tiger Woods isn’t the PGA Tour player of the year, do you? Well, plenty of people may still feel that way, because he didn’t win a major championship this year. But he took the BMW Championship in Lemont, Ill. today by eight ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  13 Sep 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  Tiger Woods,  Jack Nicklaus,  Steve Stricker,  Deutsche Bank

Players, fans alike can't do the math on FedEx points system

r ube@sympatico.ca The FedEx Cup is in its third year and the world's best players are playing each of its four tournaments. That's good. The FedEx Cup is in its third year and hardly anybody, including the world's best players, understands the points ...

From LORNE RUBENSTEIN, Globe and Mail,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: FedEx,  Stephen Ames,  Phil Mickelson,  PGA,  Tiger Woods

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