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Tim Geary: What is your favorite golf destination state?

Hey, Gorman had to win one of these debates sometime, so this is the month where hell freezes over. I will not attempt to argue against Hawaii as the ultimate golfing destination. I know that’s where I would go if I was granted my golfing dream vacation, but there   read more »

Tim Geary: Does the USGA handicap system make it easy to be a sandbagger?

We are re-visiting the handicap debate in this issue because it has always been one of the most discussed and argued aspect of the game of golf. I say “game” rather than “sport” because sports are based solely on one’s natural ability and the lu   read more »

Will Tiger win again? No.

While Tigers Woods’ endorsements have been drying up like a Texas prairie, there is one company for which he would be the perfect pitchman; Medic Alert. Because it certainly appears that the guy who seemed a sure fire bet to eclipse Jack Nicklaus as the holder of   read more »

Tim Geary: Should the USGA approve 16 hole golf courses?

Biddie Basketball introduces little kids to the game on six-foot high baskets. In Little League the diamond is smaller than regulation and the game lasts six innings. There are recreational leagues where competitors can play seven-on-seven in football, soccer and field   read more »

Here’s a bulletin: Life ain’t fair. Never has been, never will be.

To paraphrase former president Calvin Coolidge, The PGA Tour is in the business of business, which is to say making money. If the paying public preferred seeing a ton of young talent rather than the established players than a system would be in place to force out the old and bring in the new. Actual   read more »

Tim Geary: What is your favorite US Open?

Over the past few years there has been one central theme to these debates; I win 90 percent of the time. As the late Walter Brennan used to say in the old western series, ‘The Guns of Will Sonnet’, “no brag, just fact”. This month’s topic – wha   read more »

Are golfers really athletes? - Yes.

There are no boundaries to ignorance. Even people with an I.Q. north of 180 can demonstrate incredible stupidity at times.  Don’t believe it? You need look no further than Washington, D.C. for a few hundred examples of so-called smart men and women doing incredibly dum   read more »

Should fans be involved in rules violations? - No...

 Ring, ring, ring. "Hello, you have reached the office of the Commissioner of the National Football League. How may I help you?"   "Hi, my name is Tim Geary and I'd like to speak to Roger Goodell please."   “One moment please.”    Ring, ring. "Hello?"   "Hi   read more »

Is The FedEx Cup A Bust?

  The only things wrong with the FedEx Cup series is the name and the fact that nobody, players included, seem to understand the system.  The first problem will probably remain in some kind of form because there needs to be a major sponsor to generate the kind of capitol necessary to   read more »

Is the FedEx Cup a Bust ?.......NO

The only things wrong with the FedEx Cup series is the name and the fact that nobody, players included, seem to understand the system.     The first problem will probably remain in some kind of form because there needs to be a major sponsor to generate the kind of capitol necessary to attr   read more »

Are There Too Many Rules in the game of golf

  I’ve been playing golf for 40 years and in that time I’ve pretty much seen it all.   I’ve played with pros, legends, duffers, buddies and people who should have (and some have) served time.    I’ve seen people pick up their ball from a horrible lie   read more »

Should cell phones be allowed on the golf course? No

Dr. George Pirie was just drawing back his putter when it happened. Pirie was one-down to Ben Tuthill, it was the 33rd hole in the finals of the 2000 Rhode Island State Amateur and Tuthill had already been conceded his short par putt on the par 5 15th hole at Triggs Memorial in Providence.   read more »

Should Women be Allowed to Play in Men’s Tournaments

  Over the past few months we have argued the merits of private vs public courses, the morality of using the long putter and whether or not Tiger Woods can rebound from his “Thanksgiving Feast”?   Now we enter shark-invested waters; should women be allowed to participate i   read more »

What’s your Choice ? Public or Private

Let’s face it, if you drive a luxury car, own more than one home, fly first class to Europe on vacation, never drink domestic wines and have a disposable income in the high six (or even seven) figures, then you belong on the left-hand page of this argument with all the other elephants. &n   read more »

Should the Long Putter be Banned

 The first time I ever saw the long putter it was in the hands, and resting on the chin, of Orville Moody.   For those old enough to remember Moody was one of the first players to really cash in on the Senior Tour and if hadn’t been for the elongated putter he likely never would have   read more »

Now There will always Be What If!

  Arnold Palmer remains the most beloved golfer of all time, Jack Nicklaus the most revered and it would be hard to argue against Ben Hogan being regarded as the most respected player of his time.   It’s also a safe bet that while Tiger Woods may still gain the title of “G   read more »

Should Golf Be An Olympic Sport

The NFL has attempted to introduce Europe to our brand of football for several years and it hasn’t gotten much traction. NFL Europe was a total failure and finally collapsed. And each year, while the NFL plays a regular season game in London (this year it featured our Patriots against the Tamp   read more »

Golf on the boob tube: Who is golf's best talking head?

Johnny Miller Sets The Pace We all remember Tom Watson and Lee Trevino as being the guys who challenged Jack Nicklaus, but there was another in the early to mid-1970s who gave the Golden Bear a serious challenge for the top spot -- Johnny Miller. An entire generation has grown up since Miller stoppe   read more »

Woltman Wins 48th Northeast Amateur

Knowing how golfers will try anything if they believe it will improve their game, it wouldn’t be surprising over the rest of the summer to find doctor’s offices filled with people wearing plaid pants and Ashworth shirts, hoping not to be inoculated against ‘Swine Flu&rsqu   read more »

Lets Hear The Caddy's

For years fans followed professional golf tournaments through the eyes and ears of newspaper and magazine writers. Then with the advent of television they were able to watch the best players in the world and listened through the words of the commentators assigned to follow the play. But what was REA   read more »

CVS Caremark Charity Classic History

In the mid-1990s CVS Pharmacy came riding to the rescue and saved the long-time PGA Tour stop at Pleasant Valley Country Club, taking over as the main sponsor for the tournament. It proved to be a short-lived marriage. Tour commissioner Tim Finchem pulled the plug on the tournament after the 19   read more »

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