tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74940037738142700952008-08-28T08:48:21.429-04:00Adventures on the PGA TourCaseynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-41127467372066689892008-08-13T14:51:00.005-04:002008-08-14T19:38:58.990-04:00

Padraig Harrington is the new man to beat! He flips on the turbo-boosters when he needs to, and the Irishman fills the current Tiger-shaped void as someone who actually goes out and snatches the championship away from the other contenders. Sergio played valiantly for the week, but a couple of key errors coming down the stretch cost him (why do you flirt with the water on #16?). Don't feel too

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-13554935399058211682008-08-05T13:33:00.004-04:002008-08-05T14:30:30.575-04:00

I've had a lot of my friends asking me about Michelle Wie after her recent scorecard debacle on the LPGA Tour. I decided to hold off until now, as I was actually sitting in the scoring trailer with Michelle last week at the PGA TOUR's Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Michelle was playing in her eighth PGA TOUR event, and after an opening 1-over par 73, everyone was abuzz about her making the cut. She

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-26385809835798211442008-07-21T08:39:00.005-04:002008-07-21T10:50:33.752-04:00

Paddy does it again! I thought it was anyone's game as they made the turn on Sunday, but Harrington righted the ship and played crazy-good on those last few holes. I had a weird feeling that the Irishman might make it two in a row, bum wrist and all. If Greg Norman had won, it would've made one of the greatest golf movies of all time...a 53-year old legend comes out of retirement to redeem his

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-36670620070717025532008-07-14T07:59:00.004-04:002008-07-18T09:57:46.863-04:00

The week of the British Open has arrived, and Padraig Harrington will do his best to defend his title. Padraig is a great guy, and even though I'm also a big fan of Sergio Garcia, I was glad to see Harrington come out on top after last year's Open playoff. I created a scoresheet for Padraig to commemorate his major victory, and presented it to him at last year's TOUR Championship in Atlanta (

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-91071161133508206272008-07-07T21:28:00.004-04:002008-07-07T21:47:16.388-04:00

Anthony Kim is showing the world that he is for real. With two wins in his last five starts, he is the first American under 25-years old to win twice in the same year since…Tiger Woods. One of my first impressions of AK came at last year’s Nissan Open (now the Northern Trust Open) at Riviera Country Club in California. He showed up to start his third round on the tenth tee wearing one black

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-50494618352651763952008-06-29T20:32:00.007-04:002008-06-30T18:44:40.294-04:00

As most of you golf fans know, Stewart Cink won last week’s Travelers Championship in Connecticut, closing with a solid 67 to win by one. Stewart and I are pretty good friends, not just through our interaction out on TOUR, but also because he is also a Georgia Tech grad and Atlanta resident. Back in November, Stewart invited me and my wife to join him for a casual round at TPC Sugarloaf, his

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-13830248730796507192008-06-23T17:03:00.001-04:002008-06-23T17:13:56.527-04:00

I sat in on some interviews at the U.S. Open, and heard some interesting things. Concerning Phil’s quadruple bogey on the par five thirteenth…all of the pros were raving about the stellar conditions of the kikuyu fairways, and how the stiff, bristly blades were shaved down tight and provided perfect lies for spinning the ball off the short grass. Phil claimed that his second and third chips to

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-64991282108885521582008-06-18T16:56:00.000-04:002008-06-22T17:01:22.055-04:00

I just returned home from the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. The USGA hired me to handle the scoreboard graphics inside the media center. The media center at a major championship is impressive. It is usually a gigantic temporary structure (think mega-tent) decked out with a large dining hall, a photographers’ lounge, an interview room, and of course the workspace area. It’s located on site, this

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-29365644627268092742008-06-04T08:09:00.001-04:002008-06-04T08:13:37.294-04:00

Since most people only see Tiger Woods when he is either A) playing in a tournament, B) doing an interview, or C) in a commercial, they often ask me “What is he really like, you know, behind closed doors?” I’ve had the good fortune of dealing with Tiger on a number of occasions during my job on the TOUR, and my answer to this question is…he’s really a normal guy! I’m not trying to sound cliche,

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-37428036039229669122008-05-29T13:20:00.006-04:002008-06-22T17:09:09.511-04:00

One of the biggest perks about working for the PGA TOUR travel staff is being invited to certain social functions hosted by the different tournaments each week. One that really stands out in my mind from this year was a mid-week party for all of the amateur players in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Dozens of local restaurants set up tables of their finest cuisine in a Palm Springs resort

Caseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7494003773814270095.post-81611854509661183462008-05-20T10:00:00.006-04:002008-06-25T08:56:45.740-04:00

Hello, and welcome to the newest blog on the golf scene. My name is Casey Jones, and I live in Decatur, Georgia, a little city just on the outskirts of downtown Atlanta. For the last ten years, I’ve been deeply involved in the world of professional golf, first as a scoreboard calligrapher (right about now, you’re probably saying, “A what???”), and more recently as a full-fledged Scoring

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