Alan Bastable
Executive Editor, Digital at Golf Magazine
Executive Editor, https://t.co/OermDnXGu5. Recovering Golf Magaziner. Founder and sole practitioner of the groundbreaking Stack & Duck swing™.
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3 weeks ago |
golf.com | Alan Bastable
With apologies to Gay Talese, Rory McIlroy has a cold. On Wednesday at the Zurich Classic — McIlroy’s first start since his historic Masters win — McIlroy addressed the media with a heavy head and nasally tone, no doubt a byproduct of what has been a whirlwind, toast-filled two-week celebration.
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3 weeks ago |
golf.com | Alan Bastable
Scottie Scheffler’s Champions Dinner menu at the Masters two weeks ago wasn’t what you’d call haute cuisine. This assessment is in no way meant to slight cheeseburger sliders, Papa Scheff’s meatball and ravioli bites or chocolate-chip skillet cookies — delectable, all of them — but more so to point out that you’re unlikely to find any of these items coming out of the kitchen at, say, Noma or Le Bernardin. Nelly Korda’s menu, on the other hand?
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3 weeks ago |
golf.com | Alan Bastable
Masters Sunday is known for producing spine-tingling roars, but it has also produced its share of eye-watering hugs. Who can forget Nick Faldo and Greg Norman in 1996, embracing on the 18th green after Norman had kicked away a six-stroke lead?
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3 weeks ago |
golf.com | Alan Bastable
Matt Fitzpatrick made an eagle and three birdies on his way to a tidy first-round 66 at the RBC Heritage that has him five back of Justin Thomas’ blistering clubhouse lead. “I think everything was pretty solid today,” Fitzpatrick said afterward. “I felt like I putted really well, chipped it really well, hit my irons where I needed to and hit the fairways where I needed to.”Simple game, right?
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1 month ago |
golf.com | Alan Bastable
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Shane Lowry couldn’t bear to watch. As his childhood friend and longtime Ryder Cup stablemate, Rory McIlroy, was scratching and clawing his way to the green jacket Sunday evening — a coveted prize that had eluded him in 16 previous attempts, some in heart-wrenching fashion — Lowry was watching the CBS telecast on a TV in the clubhouse grill room. The burly Irishman had just wrapped his own final round, posting a disheartening 81 that sent him careening down the leaderboard.
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Love this spot. Also, Morgan Freeman has nothing on this narrator
One of the wildest and most entertaining courses in Scottsdale is also one of the shortest. The short course at Mountain Shadows has a fun and quirky layout that features a par-2 17th 1/2 hole. https://t.co/pdioojxBtk
Like a hunter coming home with a 12-point buck https://t.co/jCDNNvzQ6F
As McIlroy was clawing his way to a historic but nervy win, Shane Lowry was watching the action unfold in the clubhouse grill room. He could barely stand to watch. On Rory’s triumph through the eyes of one of his dearest friends. https://t.co/9D3pdnHSiX
