Ryder Cup Archives - Hal Phillips

Dress Code Switch: Golf Hoodies find an Unlikely, On-Course Embrace

Hal Phillips — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:41:35 +0000

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (Nov. 8, 2021) — Nearly two months post Ryder Cup, I’m still waiting on broad public acknowledgement of the striking sea change we witnessed at Whistling Straits. No, not the fourth U.S. victory since 1993. I’m talking about the addition of golf hoodies to the official American team kit. The advent of this […]

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Azinger primes Ryder Cup grudge pump. Does it matter if he’s wrong?

Hal Phillips — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 14:08:20 +0000

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (March 15, 2020) — Well, here we are again. Every few years it seems some American professional golfers blithely assert that the U.S. PGA Tour is without peer. Full stop. This invariably gets under the skin of Europeans who, to be fair, have dominated for 25 years the event created specifically to […]

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Welsh golf exceeds the hype, in unexpected ways

Hal Phillips — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 18:36:26 +0000

The British Open is nearly underway, and naturally there are myriad reasons to visit the U.K. with your golf clubs and, well, none of them have much to do with the British Open or any of the courses that host the Open Championship. Look at Wales, which is right next door to Birkdale (to all of […]

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Coats, Ties and Foursomes: Collegiate Golf in the UK

Hal Phillips — Fri, 05 May 2017 07:39:57 +0000

For all the trans-Atlantic DNA we share with our British golfing brethren, it’s easy and, I daresay, somewhat natural to assume that college golf here in the U.S. is pretty much the same as it is over there. Not so. Top players from the U.K. (and mainland Europe) routinely travel stateside to hone their games at American […]

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The Curmudgeon: Golf’s Most Bracing Pod

Hal Phillips — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:23:18 +0000

We know how it is. You like your golf. You might even love it, but the game’s fawning media echo chamber leaves you cold, and often woefully ill-informed. Perhaps The Curmudgeon — the golf podcast that dares speak truth to power — is for you. Join host Hal Phillips and a panoply of journalists […]

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