January 2011 – Minority Golf Magazine

Farmers Insurance Open: New start for two veterans, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson

January 26, 2011January 26, 2011Herschel Caldwell1

by Herschel Caldwell The Farmers Insurance Open will likely mark the unofficial start to the 2011 PGA season for a lot of fans with Tiger Woods making his debut. Couple that with Phil Mickelson, and Torrey Pines is looking at its best tournament in the last few years. There’s no need to re-hash all of the storylines surrounding the 3rd and fourth ranked players in the world (doesn’t sound right, does it?) so let’s give you what you need to know.

Jhonattan Vegas wins Hope Classic in playoff

January 26, 2011Herschel Caldwell1

Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. – Jhonattan Vegas’ path to the PGA Tour started in the remote reaches of Venezuela, where the toddler imitated his father’s golf swing with sticks and stones while growing up in an oil-drilling camp.

The 2011 Bob Hope Classic….the desert shoot out!

January 11, 2011January 11, 2011Herschel Caldwell1

FORMER BOB HOPE CLASSIC CHAMPIONS WEIR, DUVAL, PERRY, TRAHAN AND PEREZ COMMIT TO 2011 CLASSIC FIELD Classic’s early field now includes 10 of the past 11 Bob Hope Classic champions, 10 PGA TOUR champions from 2010, and four 2010 Ryder Cup players LA QUINTA, Calif. – 2003 Bob Hope Classic and Masters champion Mike Weir, former World No. 1 and 1999 Classic champion David Duval, author of the greatest round in Bob Hope Classic history with his final-round 59 in 1999, 1995 Classic champion and 2009 Masters runner-up Kenny Perry, 2008 Classic champion D.J. Trahan and 2009 Classic champion Pat… Read More »

Enough Already! Is there no other golf story worthy of print?

January 11, 2011January 11, 2011Herschel Caldwell0

How many more negative articles can be written about past-told events that came to light more than a year ago? Is the nation’s appetite for negative-based journalism so prevalent that not one editor of any news organization will stand up and say, “THE TIGER WOODS’ SCANDAL?? THAT’S ENOUGH ALREADY!!