Tiger falls short of his own expectations at this year’s Masters.

By Herschel Caldwell

Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National with a totally different set of expectations than when he left the course on Sunday afternoon.

 A 74 on Sunday put Woods at 5-over 293 for the Masters, which was his worst four-round score since he posted the same number as a first-time amateur way back in 1995. He shot a 291 in 2007, but that was good enough for second that year, when it was windy and bitterly cold. When he left the course Sunday, he was tied for 41st, the same spot he finished in 1995.

 He seemed honest and upbeat about the week and  his “work in process.” “It was an off week at the wrong time,” he said. Read the story »

Bubba Watson Wins the 2012 Masters Tournament

By Herschel Caldwell

There is an old adage in sports that says: “There is no room on the score card for descriptions.” It only matters that you scored higher in most sports or lower in golf to win. In golf it only counts if you win and then your name goes in the record books. Second place gets you a nice check, pat on the back and they say thanks for coming.

Bubba Watson made four birdies when he needed them to tie the lead at this year’s Masters and a masterful  (excuse the pun) recovery shot on the second playoff hole to set up the winning putt. Way to go Bubba! It doesn’t matter what they say about the how or the what, the bottom line is that the Green Master’s Jacket is yours and people will only remember and rightfully so, the “win.”

Sun Young Yoo -9, Rolex Rankings No. 21 *Won in a playoff

Kraft Nabisco Championship
Mission Hills Country Club
Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship ended in dramatic fashion with Sun Young Yoo beating out I.K. Kim in a one-hole playoff for her second career victory and first major championship. After I.K. Kim missed a one-foot par putt on the 18th hole to force a two-player playoff, Yoo hit her approach shot to 20-feet on the first playoff hole and sank the birdie putt to clinch what seemed to be an improbable victory at the season’s first major championship.

Yoo shot a final-round 69 to put herself in position to be in the playoff. After shooting even-par on the front nine, she tallied three birdies on No. 11, 12 and 15 to move to 9-under-par and eventually get into the two-woman playoff for the championship.

Yoo becomes the second South Korean to win the Kraft Nabisco Championship, Read the story »