Mickelson’s masterpiece
(May 23) What Phil Mickelson did Sunday in winning the PGA Championship three weeks shy of his 51st birthday is one of the great sports achievements of our lifetimes. It […]
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The Masters in April tees up return to normal life
(April 8) Oh, how wonderful it is that the Masters is now underway! Not just underway, but underway in its accustomed springtime schedule, the time of year when the breathtaking […]
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Tributes to ailing Tiger and Dole
Two separate columns. (Feb. 18) With today’s announcement that former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole has stage 4 lung cancer, it’s worth recalling not just how amazing it is that he […]
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Five Alive: Golf (2), budget, bias, bad judges
Follow the links embedded in the headlines. Golf’s best player? Brooks, no argument (May 20): Sports fans may not realize just how astonishingly good is golfer Brooks Koepka. With his […]
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Ryder Cup SHOULD Have Been Great
Quin’s note: I wrote the piece below for The American Spectator, before the Ryder Cup. It really should have been a great Ryder Cup, but it was a dud. The […]
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PGA Tour at 40-year peak
By Quin Hillyer at The American Spectator; Note: I wrote this even before Tiger Woods finished second and 5th in the past two weeks, while Rory McIlroy notched a victory…. […]
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Harbour Town: A golf course done right
By Quin Hillyer at The American Spectator; As the recent PGA Championship confirmed the arrival of Justin Thomas as yet another of golf’s growing group of engaging, interesting, likable, gritty superstars, […]
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Golf season is shaping up as a classic
This golf season could be one for the ages. A caveat: Sports seasons can promise all sorts of good things for fans and then not deliver, and also can start […]
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Arnie would have loved our Ryder Cup victory
Americans shouldn’t read too much into the resounding U.S. victory in golf’s Ryder Cup this past weekend. But for the short term at least, it is indeed a Bidenesque “big […]
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US Golf Association blew ruling on DJ’s putt
The United States Golf Association published an e-address specifically asking for comment on its odd decision to assess a one-stroke penalty on eventual winner Dustin Johnson when his ball moved […]
