1. Rory Mcllroy's Latest Wisdom; Not the Clubs, It Was a Toothache

    Oh, these nagging injuries. The NFL should be so lucky. For a non-contact sport, the PGA Tour is rough and tumble in a powder-puff kind of way...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 3 months ago 158 reads 0 comments

  2. Rory Mcllroy's Golf Club Change Brings a Vortex of Doubt

    The heartbeat of the unknown. Rory Mcllroy 's decision to climb aboard the Nike logo brings a familiar collective gasp from the gallery...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 3 months ago 329 reads 1 comments

  3. Charlie Beljan's Win at Disney Begs the Question: Fearless or Foolish?

    Was Charlie Beljan 's win at Disney a monster victory on the PGA Tour or a foolish example of pushing one's fortune? The margin for making it on the PGA Tour is about the distance between grooves on Charlie Beljan 's sand wedge...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 6 months ago 261 reads 2 comments

  4. Golf's Best Nicknames

    It's a zoo out there. Well, maybe not a zoo, but when it comes to golf legends, nicknames roll off the tongue as if the storyteller is walking through a zoo...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 7 months ago 1,067 reads 1 comments

  5. Rory McIlroy: Why the Tug-of-War for His Endorsement Power?

    Picture Nike's Phil Knight at one end of the rope and Titleist President Wally Uihlein at the other. In the middle as the proverbial mark, Rory McIlroy ...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 7 months ago 1,442 reads 0 comments

  6. Ryder Cup Mulligan: Love III Should Have Picked These Four Players

    The final credits in the 2012 Ryder Cup movie have ended, and it's hard to go back and change the cast. But it's time to take a mulligan and re-think the four captain's picks made ...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 8 months ago 285 reads 0 comments

  7. Jim Furyk's 2012 Funk: A Series of Close Calls

    For Jim Furyk , the 2012 season might best be described as a fishing tale about the one that got away. Actually, it was two, er, three that got away. Three holes got away, and if played differently, Jim Furyk might have wound up winning the U...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 8 months ago 487 reads 1 comments

  8. 2012 Ryder Cup Upon Further Review: Who Was the Real Winner?

    Davis Love III's Saturday night chat with his team must have included a chalk talk to implement the prevent defense...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 8 months ago 1,118 reads 1 comments

  9. Ryder Cup 2012: Partners to Look for in Fourball and Foursome Pairings

    Ham and eggs. Toast and coffee. Batman and Robin. Ketchup and mustard. Beauty and the Beast. Lone Ranger and Tonto. Brooks and Dunn. Okay, some things are meant to be paired for success...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 8 months ago 1,577 reads 1 comments

  10. Tiger Woods, Stuck on 14: How His Major Win Window Is Closing

    It all started on his bedroom wall. We now know it as the List . We know that Tiger posted the major championship mark set by Jack Nicklaus somewhere on his bedroom wall, maybe ...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 8 months ago 870 reads 11 comments

  11. Ryder Cup 2012: Remembering Brookline; Why It Matters

    The Ryder Cup at Brookline was like the Miracle on Ice, only it was on grass. I can remember being at a family picnic during the Ryder Cup matches at Brookline in 1999...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 9 months ago 373 reads 1 comments

  12. The 4 Players Davis Love III Should Select on Tuesday

    When captain Davis Love III finally announces his captains selections on Tuesday, there won't be any surprises. Love III knows his best chance for success at Medinah runs parallel to the notion that team chemistry and riffs are best kept in the rough...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 9 months ago 288 reads 0 comments

  13. 2012 Ryder Cup Picks: Davis Love III to Choose Running Mates on Tuesday

    Just this side of the Republican National Convention, a lone 48-year-old has to make a decision on running mates...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 9 months ago 1,686 reads 0 comments

  14. 7 Most Underrated Caddies in Golf

    Not too long ago the debate of who's your caddie was taking over the headlines. Stevie Williams was fired by Tiger Woods , then hired by Adam Scott...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 9 months ago 1,410 reads 1 comments

  15. 5 Young Golfers Who Have the Talent to Keep Rory McIlroy from Immortality

    Is this a trend? Two majors, two years and he's only twenty-three. Rory Mcllroy came from Holywood Golf Club in Northern Ireland and he's about as close to going Hollywood as the next great film star or wannabe that has two Academy Awards...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 9 months ago 733 reads 0 comments

  16. 2012 PGA Championship: 4 Reasons Phil Mickelson Will Be in Contention at Kiawah

    Oh, the winds of change . The heather near the ocean on Kiawah Island is waving expectantly. The water washes up on the sand, releasing to a bubbly finish like spilt champagne...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 10 months ago 949 reads 2 comments

  17. 2012 PGA Championship: 10 Players Without a Major Who Will Score Low at Kiawah

    The game of golf is far from cookie cutter . This is not the Daytona 500 where cars whiz around an oval track again and again. This is raw terrain...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 10 months ago 839 reads 1 comments

  18. 2012 British Open: Round 4 Highs and Lows

    There is really no rite of passage to winning one of golf's major championships. The Claret Jug does not generally go to the player with the best week tee to green, or the one that has the least amount of putts...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 10 months ago 336 reads 0 comments

  19. 2012 British Open: Don't Overlook Jason Dufner

    Not since Ernest Hemingway has a player had a summer like this. Win, got married, win, tied for second, tied for fourth. That's almost a kick back, have a sweet iced tea and wait for the Auburn football season to start kind of summer...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 10 months ago 231 reads 0 comments

  20. British Open 2012 Leaderboard: Highlights and Recap for Round 2

    Brandt Snedeker has proclaimed his game "boring golf." But, there is nothing boring about 10-under par and the top of the leaderboard...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 10 months ago 1,417 reads 0 comments

  21. 2012 British Open: What Tiger Needs to Do to Sit atop Day 2 Leaderboard

    If every golfer in the field had the chance to include a 15th club in their golf bag, most would choose a magic wand. Golf is unforgiving. Instruction booklets are for putting together the barbecue grill, not for playing golf...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 10 months ago 413 reads 0 comments

  22. The Greenbrier Classic: Tiger Woods Now Targets Sam Snead's Mark

    Eighty-mile per hour winds whipped through the Allegheny Mountains last Friday night. The mid-summer storm made the Old White course at the Greenbrier Resort look like a Boy Scout campground gone bad...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 11 months ago 377 reads 0 comments

  23. Bubba Golf Plus Bubba Gump Shrimp Equals an All Time Classic

    We learned a valuable less in Augusta, Ga. Golf is not archery. Golf is a game of angles, obstacles, and last week it was reduced to a pink driver and a 53-degree hook shot that spun the game on its axis...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 1 year ago 241 reads 0 comments

  24. Dear Tiger, Not This Year; Nothing Special About the Eve of the Masters

    Augusta National is not special. Special is reserved for the super market discount on S wiss cheese. Special is for that cereal that has strawberries that somehow comes alive when the milk hits them...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 1 year ago 68 reads 1 comments

  25. Arnold Palmer Invitational 2012: Tiger Targets Augusta After Win

    Do you remember when Tiger Woods was able to stop his swing at any point when he was distracted by the smallest, most infinitesimal sound? He would step away, sneer a sinister sneer, ...

    Robert Hartman Written by Robert Hartman about 1 year ago 533 reads 1 comments