My (Golf) Christmas List this Holiday Season

December 19, 2011 Leave a Comment

As one of my favorite holidays is quickly approaching this Sunday, I figured now was as good a time as any to list out a few “items” I am asking Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick for this Christmas. While most of these items won’t be found under my Christmas tree, nor will they fit down a chimney on the 25th, I am sure a man like Santa Claus can figure out how to deliver the goods.

So, without much further ado, here is my Christmas Wish List for the 2012 golf season: Read more of this post

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LPGA’s RR Donnelley Event Gets a Facelift

December 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

Yesterday the LPGA announced that the RR Donnelley Founders Cup – an event that focused on the LPGA’s “past, present, and future” in 2011 – will return to Phoenix in 2012, but with a slightly different look and feel. The idea of the Founder’s Cup will always remain a tribute to the original 13 women who started the LPGA in 1950, but will now also include a special tribute to a group of “golf pioneers” who played a major role in starting the association. Read more of this post

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Yani Tseng: Best Golfer on the Planet

October 31, 2011 Leave a Comment

(Note: The following was originally published by the author for Suite101.com.)

For the most part, any dicussion of an athlete being “the best in the world” is often reserved – right or wrong – for male sports figures. This is simply the way society works, and it will likely continue in this manner for many years to come. Blame the cavemen for this unfortunate reality.

Regardless, the LPGA TOUR’s Yani Tseng is doing all she can to stake her claim as the best golfer on the planet… and possibly the best current female athlete, to boot. Read more of this post

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Lexi Thompson May Have Proven More Than She Knows

September 30, 2011 Leave a Comment

Upon hearing the news and the various storylines leading up to what became an expected verdict today for Lexi Thompson, a few angles crept into my mind regarding Lexi and what her story will likely mean to not only the LPGA TOUR, but professional sports in general. In addition, numerous questions come to mind regarding this decision and how LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan’s announcement relates to other arenas of professional sport.

Could there be a downside to this verdict? Read more of this post

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Geddes Leaving LPGA for… the WWE?!

September 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

Sometimes the world of golf just makes me smile, and for so many different reasons. Like this story, for example.

According to our dear friend Ryan Ballengee in an article posted on GolfChannel.com, former LPGA player and executive Jane Geddes is leaving the organization to join World Wrestling Entertainment. You know; the professional wrestling association. I find this to be unbelievably amusing.

Geddes played on the LPGA for 20 years, which included 11 wins and 2 major titles and most recently served as the LPGA’s senior vice president for tournament operations and player services. Geddes’ new gig? Vice President of Talent Relations for the Connecticut-based WWE.

“I’ve been around golf for so long that an opportunity to really go outside that – obviously at the WWE, which is a big change from the LPGA – I found that very interesting and really exciting,” Geddes said in a recent interview.

Geddes’ boss has officially changed from mild-mannered Mike Whan to the WWE’s John Laurinaitis… who once wrestled under the name of “Johnny Ace”.

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