Archive: Golf
Local Man Aims to Win Millions
Ok, he's from Roanoke, which isn't really local, except in the sense that Virginia Tech plays in Blacksburg and is "local," so whatever. Anyhow, this guy has to go to Vegas and try to make a 40-foot putt for $one million$. His argument is that any 30-handicapper will get lucky...
By Dan Steinberg | August 7, 2007; 03:44 PM ET | Comments (5)
Our Local Teams' Odds of Winning it All
I gave myself a window of 45 minutes this morning to accomplish a non-NBA diversion. When the 45 minutes were up, I was the proud owner of an ICAST Classics 50th anniversary calendar, a "Keep'n It Reel" ICAST convention bag, 29 print-outs from the Las Vegas Hilton Sports Book, and...
By Dan Steinberg | July 11, 2007; 05:33 PM ET | Comments (5)
Cliff Kresge: The Aftermath
I never made it back to Congressional after Cliff Kresge's round on Friday. If you recall, when we left our hero, he was one-under for the tournament, tied with Tiger Woods. Then I went to Philadelphia for a wedding, where my hotel got the Golf Channel, which I watched obsessively,...
By Dan Steinberg | July 9, 2007; 10:19 AM ET | Comments (6)
Blogging Tiger
I have to say, when my bosses agreed to let me blog this tournament, they were probably thinking there would be more telling tales of Tiger's to-doings, and fewer 1,600-word essays about Cliff Kresge. But I'm going to make it up to you. The best walker in the world is...
By Dan Steinberg | July 6, 2007; 02:41 PM ET | Comments (5)
Follow Cliff Kresge
Words have meaning. They're not mere trifles, to be scattered aimlessly about like so many range balls. When you write something, you need to stick behind it. Yesterday, I told you all to join the Cliff Kresge movement, before it became standing room only. I promised you that there would...
By Dan Steinberg | July 6, 2007; 01:40 PM ET | Comments (7)
Drink The Tiger
I tried to talk my way into a few corporate tents yesterday, and was shut out, which was fine. Luckily, a source close to a corporate tent gave me the official recipe for The Tiger, which for all I know has already been published in The Washington Post. I don't...
By Dan Steinberg | July 6, 2007; 12:32 PM ET | Comments (4)
Stop Watching Tiger Woods
I figured I should watch Tiger play today, at least for a little bit. I lasted one shot. Littles, Official Caps Beat Writer Tarik El-Bashir and I met Tiger and his 817 best friends between the 9th green and the 10th tee. Great rivers of polo-shirt-wearing humanities flowed toward us....
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 07:03 PM ET | Comments (7)
Charley Hoffman Looks Like a Girl
I caught up with Charley Hoffman's threesome as they were making the turn this morning. Hoffman, you might recall, told me the other day that he's "about a four-year-old at heart," so I figured I should see for myself. Anyhow, he doesn't necessarily act like a four-year-old on the course,...
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 03:22 PM ET | Comments (2)
Greg Owen Hates His Middle Name
I've realized it'll be a lot easier to just sit in the media center and type off transcripts. Like this one, with Greg Owen, who apparently is a professional golfer. Question: "I've heard you're a big fan of movies and I noticed your middle name is Clive and there's a...
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 03:14 PM ET | Comments (2)
Phil Mickelson Loves Condi Rice
Phil Mickelson spent July 4 at the White House. He was asked how this came about. "I don't really know how it all came about, but it sure was fun," he said. "It was a very surreal experience to be on the veranda watching the fireworks with both President Bushes...
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 02:29 PM ET | Comments (5)
Rain at the Golf Course
Chick Hernandez, his Comcast SportsyNet crew and I were waiting outside the scorer's shack to interview Bubba Watson. Chick was going to interview him about the rough, or his drives, or something, and I was going to ask him about his pink head covers. Then Armageddon arrived, in the form...
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 02:11 PM ET | Comments (1)
Baby Advice for Tiger Video
If my normally made-for-television voice doesn't do it for you, below you can hear my approaching-death-bed-status voice. You can also see Jason Gore talk about baby poop. It doesn't get much better than that. I think I'm writing about golf for the rest of the day, so be forewarned....
By Dan Steinberg | July 5, 2007; 09:58 AM ET | Comments (1)
Parenting Advice for Tiger
As someone with a four-month old child, I consider myself slightly more advanced in life than, say, Tiger Woods, who has been a parent a mere two weeks. But I have to admit that I'm not necessarily an expert yet. For example, when it's 9:20 p.m. and the baby's been...
By Dan Steinberg | July 3, 2007; 03:48 PM ET | Comments (6)
Tiger Woods With Chewbacca
Have you seen those massive ads for the AT&T National that have run in the printed, only-old-people-read-me version of The Washington Post? Actual subjects of this blog post to be announced. Big photo: Tiger Woods. Smaller photos: Adam Scott, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els. Fine print: "Field to be...
By Dan Steinberg | May 30, 2007; 11:59 AM ET | Comments (1)
Waiting for Tiger
When I arrived at Congressional at 12:45, there were already two cameramen waiting outside the fountain by the clubhouse's front entrance, just in case Tiger decided to enter from that direction. There was speculation about exactly what sort of Buick he'd be driving. There was chatter about the Tiger mystique....
By Dan Steinberg | May 29, 2007; 04:59 PM ET | Comments (1)
Golfing With Tiger
Or rather, golfing on Tiger's course in honor of Tiger's tourney while Tiger flits around in helicopters and poses for photos with Congressional groundskeepers. The media were invited to golf Congressional this morning. About 120 people went out, not all of them media. I came up with this great idea...
By Dan Steinberg | May 29, 2007; 04:29 PM ET | Comments (4)
Tiger Speaks
Tiger Woods just had a press conference at Congressional Country Club. It was packed. The Washington Post's various companies alone provided probably 104 or 105 people. I'll write more on this later, but for now, some quotes from a surprisingly quotable Tiger Woods. He said he had strep throat. Maybe...
By Dan Steinberg | May 29, 2007; 03:23 PM ET | Comments (4)
