Tiger Woods and a few other big names fail to qualify for FedEx Cup finale

Written by: Tony Korologos | Monday, September 13th, 2010
Categories: PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: FedEx Cup • Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods finished the BMW T15, which was only good enough to put him into 42nd place in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. The top 30 get into the Tour Championship and a chance at the $10,000,000 prize. So Tiger is out.

Other notables who failed to qualify for the Tour Championship include Rickie Fowler (missed qualifying by eight points), JB Holmes, Anthony Kim, Ian Poulter, Rory McIlroy, Sean O’Hair, Padraig Harrington, Boo Weekly…

For the full FedEx Cup standings going into the finale, click read more below:

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Congrats to Dustin Johnson for winning the BMW, 3rd round of the FedEx Cup playoffs

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Categories: PGA Tour • Pro Golf
Tags: Dustin Johnson

I’m very glad to see Dustin Johnson come through on a Sunday, and do what it takes to win a huge tournament (this week’s BMW a.k.a. round three of the FedEx Cup playoffs).

Losing the opportunity to win the US OPEN and the PGA Championship in one season could have been very damaging to Dustin’s psyche, or it could have toughened him up and given him the experience he needed to deal with the pressure.

Apparently the latter was the case.

Congrats to Dustin. I’m guessing there will be many more victories, including majors coming down the line for him. I can’t wait to watch. I’m officially a DJ fan.

Great reporting by the Associated Press on the “Ruder” Cup

Written by: Tony Korologos | Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Categories: Golf Media
Tags: Ryder Cup

Does anyone at the AP (Associated Press) proof read their articles before they’re syndicated to hundreds of media outlets? I can’t wait to hear more about this new competition between the USA and Europe called the “Ruder Cup.” The Ruder Cup is similar to the Ryder Cup, except the players are much more rude.

What is even more amazing, is that googling “Ruder Cup” comes up with 122,000 results. There are pages and pages of search results linking to sports sites, newspapers and magazines which publish the thing without even noticing the typo in the tile… DUH.

Very unhappy about dent in my beautiful new putter

Written by: Tony Korologos | Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Categories: Golf Clubs • Golf Equipment • Golf Gear • Hackers • Miscellaneous

Yesterday one of my buddies lost a ball in an area of grass which had a bunch of clippings. We were trying to find his ball by dragging our clubs through the clippings to see if the missing ball was underneath them when his wedge hit my new Dornoch Putter. It put a big ding in the face. Boy am I a sad camper right now.

Just before that happened my other pal was telling the guy who hit my putter with his wedge that my putter was the most beautiful putter he’d ever seen. Boo hoo. I’m on suicide watch now…

Winning records of the USA Ryder Cup Team members. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Written by: Tony Korologos | Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Categories: European Tour • PGA Tour • Tiger Woods
Tags: Ryder Cup

Stewart Cink	4-7-4
Rickie Fowler	First Ryder Cup
Jim Furyk	8-13-3
Dustin Johnson	0-0-0
Zach Johnson	1-2-1
Matt Kuchar	First Ryder Cup
Hunter Mahan	2-0-3
Phil Mickelson	10-14-6
Jeff Overton	First Ryder Cup
Steve Stricker	0-2-1
Bubba Watson	First Ryder Cup
Tiger Woods	10-13-2

Stewart Cink	4-7-4
Rickie Fowler	First Ryder Cup
Jim Furyk	8-13-3
Dustin Johnson	0-0-0
Zach Johnson	1-2-1
Matt Kuchar	First Ryder Cup
Hunter Mahan	2-0-3
Phil Mickelson	10-14-6
Jeff Overton	First Ryder Cup
Steve Stricker	0-2-1
Bubba Watson	First Ryder Cup
Tiger Woods	10-13-2