Golf
Silence at Medinah: The Presidents Cup's Real Problem Isn't the Songbook — It's the ScoreboardOn the 11th hole at Medinah, Collin Morikawa pulled a 5-wood and left it abou...
A Three-Foot Lip, a 60-Degree Wedge and an Empty Practice Bunker: A Data Monk's Ledger on the Five Keys of Bunker EscapeLast winter I stood beside the 17th green of a links course and watched a pot...
Presidents Cup at 7-3: Friday's 5-0 Sweep, a Market Reversal, and the Arithmetic of Saturday's Eight PointsManchester, Friday night, eleven o'clock. Two things open on a small desk: a...
A Robot and Thirty Irons: Mizuno's Pro S-1 Broke Its Category's Convention — But Who Holds the Proof?I never laid eyes on the robot. But the numbers it left behind are as dry and...
A PGA Championship at Wentworth? One Quiz's Mislabelled Ledger and the Audit of Golf CoverageLast week I opened a British daily's weekly sports quiz. Twelve...
Five Wood to Ten Feet: The Silence at Medinah and the Structural Gap in the Presidents CupCollin Morikawa pulled a five-wood from the bag on the 11th hole at Medinah...
Fitzpatrick's 129: At Le Golf National, a Form Signal, Not Structural ProofFriday afternoon, the 18th hole at Le Golf National. Matt Fitzpatrick slipped...
The 1-8-0 Foursomes Record That Was Never Really Scheffler's AloneHook On the 18th green at Medinah No. 3, Sam Burns' 18-foot putt caught the l...
The Foursomes Collapse at Medinah: Why the United States Lost All Five Matches After the 14th HoleMedinah Country Club, Course No. 3, the slope left of the 16th green. Friday,...
FedEx Open de France at halfway: Fitzpatrick's 64, Kim's closing bogey and Gerard's quiet answerThe 18th at Le Golf National does not have the last word, but it has the...
The Left-Side Fence on the Presidents Cup's Opening Three Holes: A Design That Has Players NervousBefore the first tee shot, I opened a spreadsheet with one tab and no audienc...
Open de France: Michael Kim's Bogey-Free 63 Is a Lead, Not a CushionThe third hole at Le Golf National is a par five. In the opening round Michae...
