by Rico | Sep 23, 2013 | Rico's Rants
At the Tour Chanpionship at East Lake this past weekend, Henrik Stenson was cruising along mid-way through the 3rd round with a lead that had ballooned to 8 strokes when seemingly out of nowhere the proverbial wheels began to fall off. In the space of an hour or so,...
by Rico | Sep 13, 2013 | Rico's Rants
By now, quite a few fans of televised golf are aware that Tiger Woods was penalized two strokes after his 2nd round at the BMW Championship. While television cameras were zooming in on his ball, Tiger removed some loose impediment near the ball. Clearly the ball moved...
by Rico | Jul 31, 2013 | Rico's Rants
I’m sure everyone is familiar with that old saying ‘Practice makes perfect’. It’s a bunch of hooey, I’m here to tell you. I think we can all agree that no one ever becomes perfect at anything no matter what amount of practice time we...
by Rico | Jul 30, 2013 | Rico's Rants
With the PGA Championship on the horizon, all eyes in the golfing world will be on Oak Hill CC in Rochester, NY. And, a large number of those eyes will be on Tiger Woods as he continues his now almost sisphean quest to tie and break Jack Nicklaus’ record number...
by Rico | Jul 9, 2013 | Rico's Rants
What a great idea. The USGA took an iconic line (‘While we’re young’) from one of the great, goofball sports movies of all time (‘Caddyshack’), had a bunch of well-known golfers recite the line during a typical round played by amateur...
by Rico | May 27, 2013 | Rico's Rants
Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia are at it again…and I love it. If, like me, you are a fan of the PGA Tour, I often wonder what professional golfers really think about each other. Oh, I know, on the surface, they are all full of praise and platitudes, but, when the...