WDAY Golf Show available on Internet
Yes, it's true. The highly rated, award-winning WDAY Golf Show has entered the 21st century. The show is now streamed live on the Internet from 10 a.m. to noon (Central) on Saturdays.
The Golf Geek and co-host Greg McCullough of Edgewood GC in Fargo can be heard by clicking on www.wday.com and clicking on the box in the upper right-hand corner of the home page that says "Saturday Sports Show."
Confusing, yes. But that's because on Aug. 30 the golf show becomes the more generic Saturday Sports Show with the even more generic Mike McFeely and Jeff Kolpack of the mighty Forum newspaper in Fargo.
The Geek hasn't had a chance to try out the link for himself yet (hey, he's on the air), but somebody out there in radioland would be so kind as to try it out Saturday and see if it works OK, that would be super-duper.
Posted by: Golf Geek on 8/07/2008 at 7:49 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Resorters update Thursday
Click here for the first-round results Wednesday from the Resorters tournament in Alexandria, Minn.
The Resorters, the Golf Geek must say (and in a somewhat pained manner because Alex is the Geek's hometown) has the weakest Web presence/information system of the three resort tourneys. While the Birchmont and Pine to Palm have 'live' scoring and fresh info on their web sites, the Resorters relies on the local newspaper to put info on its site late at night.
Time for the Resorters to enter the 21st century.
Posted by: Golf Geek on 8/07/2008 at 7:46 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Arnold Palmer to GF
A little birdie says Arnold Palmer will visit King's Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks, N.D., on Sept. 3.
Palmer's visit will be open to the public.
Palmer's design company was the architect of King's Walk, which opened in 2002. If the Golf Geek recalls, Palmer did not visit Grand Forks back then.
Posted by: Golf Geek on 8/06/2008 at 4:45 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Who would you pick for the Ryder Cup team?
The U.S. Ryder Cup team will round into shape Sunday night after the PGA Championship concludes. The top eight point-getters on the Ryder Cup points list will automatically make the team, which will lose to take on Europe Sept. 19-21 at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky.
As the points stand today, before the PGA, auto berths would go to: Stewart Cink, Phil Mickelson, Kenny Perry, Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Boo Weekley and Steve Stricker.
That leaves U.S. captain Paul Azinger with four at-large choices.
Question of the day: If you were 'Zinger (which means you'd be a lot richer and a lot better golfer than you are now ... presumably), which four players would you choose to round out the U.S. team?
Would you strictly go by the points list and select the next four players (no captain ever does this): Woody Austin, Hunter Mahan, DJ Trahan and Rocco Mediate? Or would you pull somebody else out of your hat?
Things might change because of the PGA, but let's go down this road anyway. Let's hear who you would pick to round out the Ryder Cup team.
(EDIT: Azinger doesn't have to announce captain's picks until Sept. 2, so who is hot and who is not might change.)
The Golf Geek would pick Rocco Mediate (riding high, doesn't seem like pressure bugs him), Woody Austin (he's hot, and he will provide comic relief even though he'll choke like a dog), and ... and ...
Wow, the U.S. golfers remaining are fairly unimpressive. So I'd pick Sean O'Hair (I think he's tough) and J.B. Holmes (because he's an abrasive guy on Tour, not exactly universally popular, and he might get Europe's undies in a bundle).
Frankly, on paper, the weakness of this U.S. team might be greater than the last Ryder Cup. Without Tiger in the lineup, it just doesn't look that impressive. Mickelson has three majors and Furyk and Leonard have one each. Not exactly a Hall of Fame lineup.
Here is the U.S. Ryder Cup points list heading to the PGA:
| Rank* | Player | Points |
| 1. | Stewart Cink | 4952.67 |
| 2. | Phil Mickelson | 4880.00 |
| 3. | Kenny Perry | 4480.70 |
| 4. | Jim Furyk | 4328.79 |
| 5. | Anthony Kim | 4003.80 |
| 6. | Justin Leonard | 3348.52 |
| 7. | Boo Weekley | 2627.30 |
| 8. | Steve Stricker | 2603.17 |
| 9. | Woody Austin | 2422.98 |
| 10. | Hunter Mahan | 2304.52 |
| 11. | D.J. Trahan | 2294.92 |
| 12. | Rocco Mediate | 2246.06 |
| 13. | Sean O'Hair | 2205.17 |
| 14. | Zach Johnson | 2184.51 |
| 15. | Brandt Snedeker | 2134.89 |
| 16. | J.B. Holmes | 2030.95 |
| 17. | Jeff Quinney | 2024.19 |
| 18. | Bart Bryant | 1900.26 |
| 19. | Chad Campbell | 1827.43 |
| 20. | Ben Curtis | 1800.06 |
| * Tiger Woods is ranked No. 1 but will not play due to injury. | ||
Posted by: Golf Geek on 8/06/2008 at 4:25 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Resorters championship bracket set
The Resorters, the second leg of Minnesota's summer amateur golf tournament circuit, doesn't get much attention up here in the hinterlands -- at least not when compared to the Pine to Palm in Detroit Lakes, Minn., and the Birchmont in Bemidji, Minn.
But the tourney in Alexandria is underway and the championship brackets were filled Tuesday. Although heavy with Alexandria connections and void of names familar in Fargo-Moorhead, the championship brackets are availble by clicking here.
Posted by: Golf Geek on 8/05/2008 at 10:14 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink