Tiger Woods tweets on Romo’s game, eating brains and the new Batman movie
Tiger Woods took a break from working on his game Friday to answer some questions from fans on Twitter. What did we learn? He’s fit and ready for the new season. He’s still working on a putting tip from Steve…
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Truth & Rumors: Schwartzel wants BBQ for Masters dinner
Reigning Masters champion Charl Schwartzel doesn’t want to just host this year’s Champions Dinner — he wants to prepare it. The 27-year-old has visions of grilling up a braai [right] — a sampling of traditional South African meats — under…
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Bob Hope’s 18 best quotes about golf
Francis Ouimet, Bobby Jones, Arnold Palmer and President Eisenhower all helped spread golf to the masses. However, I don’t think the game ever had a greater ambassador than Bob Hope. He played more than 2,000 different courses in virtually every…
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Report: Tiger Woods calls ex-coach’s book ‘unprofessional’
Tiger Woods criticized former coach Hank Haney for writing a book about their time together in an interview with ESPN. “I think it’s unprofessional and very disappointing,” Woods told ESPN.com in a telephone interview, “especially because it’s someone I worked…
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Truth & Rumors: Darren Clarke gives up alcohol to focus on 2012 season
Darren Clarke has never been known to turn down a pint. But now Ryan Ballengee at Golf Talk Central reports that 2011 British Open champion has given up alcohol in an effort to back up is 2011 British Open title…
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Truth & Rumors: Kuchar signs with Grey Goose
Tour nice-guy Matt Kuchar is the newest brand ambassador for Grey Goose, the same vodka that caused Retief Goosen to miss a tee time at Riviera pro-am a few years back. Kuchar will serve as the official spokesperson for the…
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Former Champions Tour player arrested in Florida child-sex sting
Professional golfer Steve Thomas [right] was one of 40 people arrested in a sting operation and charged with soliciting sex from a minor via the Internet, the Osceola County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Thomas, 55, of Meridian, Miss., was…
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Truth & Rumors: Trump gets official coat of arms for Scottish golf course
Soon we’ll be calling him MacTrump. Donald Trump has finally received his long-sought official Scottish coat of arms, according to the New York Post. Trump will use the coat of arms — “Lion Rampant” — as the insignia of his…
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SI Golf Ranking: Stricker moves up to No. 5
Each week, 15 staffers from SI Golf+, Golf Magazine and GOLF.com vote for their top 10, awarding 10 points to their first choice and proceeding in descending order to the 10th player, who gets one point. The points are then…
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Our favorite golf stories from 2011 Sportswriter of the Year Joe Posnanski
Congratulations to Sports Illustrated senior writer and Golf Magazine columnist Joe Posnanski, who was named the 2011 Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Here are a few of our favorite Posnanski golf stories from his…
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