Phil at the PGAs: ’The Best Theater Ever in a Major’
(Special contributor Steve Brandon, an afficionado of watching golf’s majors on television, filed this report about Phil Mickelson’s victory at last week’s PGA Championship. Mickelson, who turns 51 on June 16, is the oldest man ever to claim a major title.
Like the guy said while trying to get his ball out of the pit of a bunker in the Workday commercial:
“Phil? Phil? Phil!”
2 computer screens, 2 TVs, a cell phone, and I have the Masters covered …
By Steve Brandon
For me, it’s a tradition unlike any other.
Not just the Masters. Watching the Masters on television.
One week every April, I set aside at least one room in the house to smell the azaleas, hear the roars, feel the highs and lows at Amen Corner and immerse myself in America’s historic and illustrious cradle of golf.
Seth Reeves’ swing sings as he preps for Winco Foods Portland Open
When tournament director Jeff Sanders and Ryan Fowler, his director of marketing/communications, invited me to play in Tuesday’s pro-am for the Winco Foods Portland Open at Pumpkin Ridge, I was excited.
When I learned the name of the pro who would play with our amateur team, I got amped up even more.
WinCo Foods Portland Open happening despite COVID-19 challenges
Even though no spectators will be allowed Portland is the only tournament staging a pro-am which is almost full at 100 foursomes