Team New England on the Tours

James Driscoll won’t stop anchoring until he has to

Posted in Golf, Golf Equipment, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, Wedges and Putters, What's News by on May 23rd, 2013

(Photo: Twitter via @jdriscollpga) James Driscoll was a reluctant convert to the long putter. Now, after a year-plus with a belly bat jammed into his gut -- and despite this week’s announcement by golf’s governing boards that his flat stick will be illegal in under three years -- the New England golfer has no plans to replace the lengthy club any time soon. “I plan on using the belly p… Read More

Keegan Bradley boosts Bruins after Byron Nelson loss to Bae

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on May 19th, 2013

In support of the Boston Bruins playoff run, Keegan Bradley sports a playoff beard at the Byron Nelson Championship (Photo: keeganbradley.com) Keegan Bradley’s course-record 60 Thursday at the Byron Nelson Championship went for naught, as the three-time PGA Tour winner could not hold off Sang-Moon Bae, who took the event for his first tour victory. Bae, a student of Rick Smith, who teaches… Read More

Keegan Bradley’s mom dishes about her son, the PGA Tour pro

Posted in Golf, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on May 9th, 2013

Keegan Bradley and his mother, Kaye (Photo: PGATour.com) Keegan Bradley may be known to the golfing world as the winner of the 2011 PGA Championship, but to his mother, Kaye, the New England skier turned professional golfer will always be her little boy. “I am so utterly proud of Keegan and all his accomplishments, but it truly means almost more to me when someone comes up and tells me wha… Read More

Cristie Kerr wins Kingsmill Championship in playoff

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News, Womens by on May 8th, 2013

Cristie Kerr wins Kingsmill Championship for 3rd time Cristie Kerr has a well-deserved reputation as a hard-nosed competitor, so she wasn’t about to knuckle under to playing partner Suzann Pettersen’s head games. “I was really just proud of the way I tried to just tend and take care of my own game today, especially with Suzann,” Kerr told reporters after defeating… Read More

James Driscoll takes “Birdies for Boston” campaign to CNBC, New Orleans

Posted in Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on April 23rd, 2013

James Driscoll has moved his “Birdies for Boston” campaign to New Orleans for this week’s Zurich Classic. Before he got back on the course, however, the Brookline native made a quick pit stop to chat up his Boston Marathon fundraising effort on CNBC’s “Fast Money.” Driscoll launched his initiative in the wake of the explosions that killed three and injured almost 300 at the finish l… Read More

James Driscoll earns $9k for “Birdies for Boston”

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, Uncategorized, What's News by on April 22nd, 2013

James Driscoll may not have gotten in a full four rounds of play at last week’s RBC Heritage, thanks to a 54-hole cut necessitated by the unusual way he made it into the weekend, but the Boston golfer did earn $9,000 for his “Birdies for Boston” campaign. After the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon last Monday, the native of Brookline, Mass., pledged $1,000 for each birdie he made in… Read More

Alison Walshe, Keegan Bradley, James Driscoll remember Boston Marathon victims

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News, Womens by on April 18th, 2013

Alison Walshe grew up in Westford, some 25 miles northwest of where two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday. So when news reached the New England golfer, who was preparing for this week’s LPGA Tour event in Hawaii, she rallied her playing partners in solidarity of the victims and families of the heinous tragedy. “LPGA gals wore these ribbons for Boston today,… Read More

Keegan Bradley plays Masters finale with non-competing spotter

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on April 14th, 2013

Keegan Bradley plays Masters and it was one to forget. And after finishing the third round with a ghastly 10-over 82 and in solo last place, the 2011 PGA champion had the distinction of setting a world speed record by racing around Augusta National on his own as the first golfer off in Sunday’s finale. More likely, however, Bradley was to have a non-competing spotter with him as he sought to… Read More

Keegan Bradley switches putters — but it’s not what you might expect

Posted in Golf, Golf Equipment, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, Wedges and Putters, What's News by on March 25th, 2013

Keegan Bradley switched from his trusty Odyssey Sabertooth belly putter (r.) to the black-white-black-striped Versa putter (Photo: Callaway Golf via PGA Tour.com) Keegan Bradley entered Monday’s delayed final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational within chipping distance of 54-hole leader Tiger Woods, and his short game had a lot to do with his success. “Some putts started to go in, and to… Read More

Keegan Bradley’s anchored putting stroke set to follow Tom Brady’s tuck rule into oblivion

Posted in Golf, Golf Tournaments, Golf Writers Column, Kay's Korner, Team New England on the Tours, What's News by on March 21st, 2013

(Photo: kendennisphoto.com) Keegan Bradley is a huge fan of all-things Tom Brady. Indeed, in a new commercial from his sponsor, Putnam Investments, the 2011 PGA champ gushes about how the New England Patriots signal caller is his “all-time favorite athlete. “I absolutely think the guy’s the best and I try to model myself as much as I can after him,” Bradley says in this YouTube snippet.… Read More
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