The Hole StorySports writer Craig DeVrieze takes a swing at the exhilarating and aggravating game of golf, covering topics ranging from pro tours to youngsters, from the state of his own sorry game to that of the transcendent Tiger Woods and all manner of golf in between.Kyms week- April 30, 2008 Last week, it was D.A. Weibring and Tony Navarro making PGA Tour news Quad-Cities-style near Dallas. This week, it&8217;s former John Deere Classic tourney director and Walcott, Iowa, native Kym Hougham&8217;s turn to carry the Q-C torch on the Tour scene. It&8217;s Wachovia Championship week, no small deal in Tour circles. Our man Kym is overseeing one ...http://www.qctimes.com/blogs/?p=1747 Boo to you, JDC- April 22, 2008 Boo Weekley was on last week&8217;s first list of John Deere Classic commitments, and, if he comes, he will be one fun addition to the field. Weekley is a homespun Floridian who swears he would rather hunt turkey than birdies and eagles, spits tobacco on the pristine fairways of the PGA Tour and, this week, didn&8217;t ...http://www.qctimes.com/blogs/?p=1704 Zach is back- April 7, 2008 Golf&8217;s celebration of the Little Iowan Who Could starts today in Augusta, Ga., where Cedar Rapidian Zach Johnson beat the big boys on Easter Sunday 2007 with a game fueled by precision wedges and stealthy putting. The Masters knows how to celebrate its past champions, and Johnson will be duly feted this week. See how the Augusta ...http://www.qctimes.com/blogs/?p=1640 Long live Woody- April 1, 2008 How do you not love Woody Austin The PGA Tour&8217;s most animated man was at it again on Sunday near New Orleans, where, bidding to overcome a one-shot deficit to Andres Romero on the final hole, the Woodman topped a hybrid a mere 10 feet from a gnarly lie, then proceeded to make triple bogey. It was ...http://www.qctimes.com/blogs/?p=1622 |