Ancient PGA Tour caddy John Wood – who most recently carried the bag for Matt Kuchar – denounced the “closed store” of the LIV Golf Invitational Series in a debate on world ranking points. Wood, who also looped for Mark Calcavecchia, Hunter Mahan and Kevin Sutherland before going behind the scenes as a reporter, decided to tackle the hot topic this week.In case you didn’t know, the LIV Golf Tour is without official World Golf Ranking accreditation. A few 50 players who participated in LIV Golf events have writing to Peter Dawson, the president of the governing body, pleading their…
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STAMFORD — Members of the Council of Representatives tackled three sore points Monday that lasted their monthly meeting past midnight.These are not big problems. They correspond to the credo: “Life is in the little things”. The first involves a recently adopted policy which allows citizens to address the board of directors at the start of each meeting. The question Monday night was whether citizens should be allowed to speak about whatever they want or whether they should limit their comments to topics on the meeting’s agenda. The policy’s ambiguous wording caused confusion among representatives. Board President Matt Quinones interpreted it…
The January 2023 issue of Golf Course Architecture magazine is now available. THE Royal Auckland and Grange Golf Club in New Zealand, photographed by Gary Lisbon, is on the cover of the new issue of Golf course architecture. The club was formed following the merger of neighboring Royal Auckland GC and The Grange GC, each with an 18-hole course. Chris Cochran of Nicklaus Design has now completed a new 27-hole layout, with three contrasting but complementary nines, as well as new practice facilities. In this issue we also ask: for what level of bad golf can an architect design? We…
NICK OF TIME: Princeton High boys soccer player Nico Carusone heads a ball during a 2020 game. Last Wednesday, senior forward Carusone scored the winning goal late in the second half as the PHS defeated Robbinsville 2-1 in its season opener. The Tigers, who tied Steinert 0-0 last Saturday, will play at WW/P-North on September 18 before hosting Allentown on September 21. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) By Bill Alden Nico Carusone knew it was time to step up his efforts. With the Princeton High boys soccer team deadlocked 1-1 against Robbinsville late in the second half last Wednesday in the…
By: Sean Zak January 20, 2023 Phil Mickelson and Yasir Al-Rumayyan during the pro-am at LIV Golf’s inaugural event, England. Getty Images It’s been a quiet winter for LIV Golf, but not necessarily in the courtroom, where recent hearings between LIV and the PGA Tour have focused on one key topic: LIV Golf’s ownership and operations. The antitrust lawsuit is in the midst of its “discovery” phase, in which each side demands documents and files subpoenas for deposition of its opposition and potentially unrelated parties. Hundreds of thousands of documents have been exchanged between the two sides so far. This…
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LONDON — When Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund took a majority stake in English soccer team Newcastle United in 2021, the Premier League set a clear condition before approving the sale. Newcastle, the league said, could not be controlled in any way by the Saudi government.The Saudi Public Investment Fund assured the league that the team’s operations would be free of state influence, although the fund’s chairman is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Sophomore men’s soccer defenders Bo Feekins and Aidan Ferguson have spent the last year creating soccer content for their individual YouTube channels. In order to develop their platforms, they are now joining forces and launching a podcast: “The Fifty Fifty Podcast.” The podcast launched its first episode on September 27. It’s focused on professional soccer because it aligns with their YouTube content and personal interests. The first two episodes of the podcast focused on England’s top division, the Premier League. Both men gave their views on topics such as who are the favorites for the title, how managers manage their…
By: Sean Zak April 6, 2023 Brooks Koepka’s caddie, Ricky Elliott, became the focus of a decision Thursday night at the Masters. ESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — Just when we thought we had every scenario covered this Masters, along came the Rules of Golf. Brooks Koepka got off to a good start with a 32 on his first nine Thursday at Augusta National. He stayed at four under in the middle of the fairway at the par-5 15th, when he chased a 5-iron to 231 yards. “It’s played on a descent of about 12 meters,” Trevor Immelman said on the show.…
UPDATE (September 5, 2023, 12:42 p.m. ET): Spanish women’s football coach Jorge Vilda was fired on Tuesday. two weeks after the team won the World Cup title. Vilda had initially supported the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, and opposed efforts to impeach him. In a stunning move, FIFA, the morally destitute international body that oversees world football, has suspended The president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, leaves office while investigating his conduct after the Women’s World Cup Final. This emotional match ended with Spain beating England 1-0, but instead of marveling at the…