Lift The Tiger effect is back. What is the Tiger effect? It’s when more people want to start playing golf, get back into golf, and buy golf stuff because they’re inspired by Tiger Woods. It happened what Tiger won his first Masters in 1997, and it’s happening again following his 5th. How do I know?…
Our First T2G Show Challenge: The 13th at East Aurora CC
Lift It is Masters Week, which is the best week of the year for golfers. For most of the country, or at least those of us that reside in cold weather areas, it marks the start of the golf season. We watch the year’s first Major (although The Players in March is must see golf…
Lift I love match play. Golfer vs golfer, shot for shot provides for entertaining golf. More risks are taken and more pace on putts when players must make it to gain a hole in the match is fun. It’s even more fun when things get tense, and that happened on Saturday in the Matt Kuchar…
Lift I’ve always been a believer in the “Horses for Courses” theory, meaning certain players perform on certain courses. Some golf courses just suit the eye of players and they perform well. Think Tiger Woods at Bay Hill, Phil Mickelson at August National, Daniel Berger at TPC Southwind, Dustin Johnson at Club de Golf Chapultepec,…
Lift —Golf is a fragile game and each day is different. That’s what I continue to learn from walking with the pros during my work with PGA Tour Radio. The Arnold Palmer Invitational was a great example of that as the leaderboard changed everyday and Francesco Molinari won the event by firing a 64 on…
by Kevin Sylvester Lift No Name Champion? That was the Palm Beach Post Headline for Honda Classic Champion Keith Mitchell following his clutch victory at PGA National. Mitchell defied the stats and trends (had only made 2 all week outside of 15 feet, to drain a putt of that distance to avoid a playoff with…
Lift -I made the pick and got it right (hard to do on the PGA Tour) and picked Dustin Johnson to win the Mexico Championship. Okay, not the biggest limb ever ventured out on, but it’s hard to the pick a winner on the PGA Tour with so many great players in the game now.…
Lift, Clean, and Place-Masters Hangover
Lift It’s taken me a few days to recover from The Masters. Yes, that’s how much I enjoyed it! A great leaderboard topped off by a return to glory for Tiger Woods. It was a text your buddy moment that we rarely get in sports anymore. Everyone was rooting for Tiger. Everybody was happy for…
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