Golf people - Topics

What does winning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year do for a career? Who was Old Tom Morris and why is he called the father of golf? Why did John Daly's talent never turn into a long career? How much does an elite caddie really influence a player's score? How much should you tip a caddie after eighteen holes? What does a golfer's entourage actually do all week? 1986: Jack Nicklaus wins the Masters at 46 and rewrites what age means in golf Caddies and ballmakers get far less space in golf museums than major winners How did Ben Hogan win three majors in 1953 after a near-fatal car crash? What made Arnold Palmer more popular than his seven major titles suggest? What is the Bob Jones Award actually given for? Japan's golf museum honors a completely different list of legends How did Vijay Singh keep winning into his late forties? 2008: golf's US Open playoff at Torrey Pines that Tiger Woods won on one leg 1953: Ben Hogan wins three majors in a season he barely played 1997: Tiger Woods won the Masters by twelve strokes and the season is remembered for little else Which great players waited far too long for a World Golf Hall of Fame nod? Is Bagger Vance a caddie or a mystical figure? Which golf records are impossible to compare across eras? Which PGA Tour players have cameoed as themselves on screen? Do golf documentaries explain the sport better than live coverage? Which golf parents pushed their kids into tour life too early? What is the longest unbroken run at world number one in golf? Why did Michelle Wie West walk away from competitive golf at 32? How did Annika Sorenstam's fitness routine change the women's game? Why did Seve Ballesteros refuse to be coached out of his homemade swing? Why did Tiger Woods keep rebuilding his swing while he was still winning? How did Hideki Matsuyama's Masters win change golf in Japan? Why do golf writers still get better access than most sports reporters?