A Good Walk with Tom Kite

I teed off the first tee at Valhalla Monday afternoon around 1:00 p.m. for my first practice round of the 2011 Senior PGA Championship. My trip to Louisville, Kentucky was far from ordinary. After experiencing a hydraulic failure on take-off Sunday morning at the RDU airport, I returned to land...

Fourth Alternate: Stories from the 2011 Principal Charity Classic

When you last heard from me, I shared the wonderful discussion I had with Tom Kite during our Monday practice round of the PGA Senior Championship. The tournament concluded on Sunday with Tom Watson defeating David Eger on the first hole of sudden death. It was ironic to me that...

Perspectives on Pebble Beach: A Change in Attitude

In order to put some perspective around what happened this week at Pebble Beach I need to start back in Montreal the previous week. So … another late Sunday tee time was mine for the final round of the 2011 Montreal Championship. After rounds of 71 and 70, I was...