Joe Ogilvie Happily Taking A Desk Job
/John Swantek talks to Joe Ogilvie, making the final start of his career this week
Read MoreWhen you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Bubba Saturday: "I need to be held accountable."
/After Bubba Watson was called out yesterday
Read MorePGA: Players Lament Missed Lift, Clean, Tee It Up Opportunity
/Rex Hoggard on players complaining that the PGA of America
Read MoreOn Bubba: “The poor soul has to hit golf balls for a living.”
/If you watched PGA.com's featured group coverage online or through apps,
Read MoreRickie's Dad Traded Gravel For Range Balls & Other Insights
/USA Today's Steve DiMeglio
Read MoreVideo: Jason Dufner Does Funny Or Die
/I'm not going to say Die, but Funny wouldn't get a check mark either
Read MorePGA Tour Suspends Policy Of Not Commenting On Suspensions
/As if to compound the mess Dustin Johnson's
Read MoreGolf.com: DJ Serving Six-Month Suspension For Drug Violation
/Michael Bamberger and Mike Walker report that Dustin Johnson
Read MoreRoundup: Dustin Johnson's Leave Of Absence
/Steve DiMeglio reports on Dustin Johnson's departure from the tour for an indefinite time citing "personal challenges." The decision also means Johnson, arguably America's most consistent player this year, will not be playing the Ryder Cup.
Rex Hoggard on that part of the equation:
Johnson, 30, was finishing up one of the most consistent seasons of his career, having won his opener last November in Asia, and he was fourth on the FedEx Cup points list. He would also have been one of the favorites for next week’s PGA Championship following his tie for 12th at the Open Championship and his fourth-place finish at the U.S. Open.
Bob Harig explains that the Ryder Cup spot will not be chosen by the captain, but instead, by the points list. Patrick Reed is currently the next player not already eligible.
Sam Weinman notes that a photo of Johnson and fiance Paulina Gretzky was removed from her Instagram account. Johnson was holding a beverage.
A photo posted by Gretzky on Monday showed Johnson caddying for her with a drink in his hand. Gretzky has since taken down the photo from her Instagram account.
"By committing the time and resources necessary to improve my mental health, physical well-being and emotional foundation, I am confident that I will be better equipped to fulfill my potential and become a consistent champion," Johnson said in the statement.
The PGA Tour's statement is, as expected, free of names, information or any other clues as to what this is all about.
Statements from PGA President Ted Bishop and Ryder Cup Captain Tom Watson:
“Obviously we are disappointed Dustin Johnson will not be playing in the PGA Championship or be a part of the 2014 Ryder Cup squad at Gleneagles. Having spent time with Dustin at the last two Ryder Cups, we know he’s an amazingly talented young man capable of winning Major Championships and becoming a Ryder Cup staple for the next two decades. We wish Dustin the best and look forward to his return.”
-- PGA of America President, Ted Bishop
"We will certainly miss Dustin Johnson at Gleneagles, and we wish him the best. As one of the longest hitters in the game with an undefeated record of 3-and-0 at Medinah in 2012, he has clearly been an asset for the United States team. That said, the United States is a team with an abundance of talent. I am looking forward to teeing it up alongside those players in the PGA Championship at Valhalla, and finding out along with everyone else, which players qualify for the team based on points."
-- 2014 U.S. Ryder Cup Captain, Tom Watson
Duf: "I wonder what the old-timers think as they're looking down."
/As the PGA Championship run-up officially begins, check out Jason Dufner's Golf Digest My Shot with Guy Yocom. The unassuming defending champion displays a much deeper side than you might have imagined based on how he carries himself.
Random choice here from many great bits...he believes in ghosts.
IF YOU LOOK BACK on the remarks of players after they've won tournaments, you'll notice they often mention someone looking down on them from heaven. I believe that. I've definitely felt my grandfather and my father—he passed away in 2001—looking down on me, experiencing what I'm experiencing. Sometimes I wonder what the old-timers think as they're looking down. Is Bobby Jones cringing about technology? What does Ben Hogan think about slow play? Something tells me they're bemused, but not losing sleep over any of it.
Jerry Tarde's Editor's Letter includes some fun insights from Yocom on working with Dufner, from photo editor Christian Iooss on Duf as a model, and Jaime Diaz asked to compare Dufner to Fred Couples. Thankfully, Couples probably won't read this.
GIF: Henrik Stenson Knows How To Make A Clean Break
/Luke Kerr-Dineen on Henrik Stenson's
Read MoreBetter Late Than Never Video: Jessica Korda's Ovulating Ball
/Chalk this one up to the better late than never division,
Read MoreDefinitive Video Evidence Surfaces Confirming Lack Of Synergy Between Pro Golfers And Segways
/Brandt Snedeker is just now finding his game again after
Read MoreButch's Stable Signs Off On Snedeker Addition To The Barn
/I'm not sure where this came from, but it's always fun to read of players
Read MoreThe Guy Who Defeated Michelle Wie When She Was 11
/Scott Lipsky leads off some U.S. Senior Open notes with an item on Doug Williams, making his Senior Open debut and who, at 43, faced an 11-year-old Michelle Wie in the Hawaii State Amateur Match Play Championship.
Lipsky writes:
“At 11 years old, she had an unbelievable swing, she hit the ball farther than any woman I had ever seen, and almost as far as the guys,” said Williams of Wie, who had already won the state women’s stroke-play championship and had made her USGA championship debut a year earlier in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links at age 10. “It was a bit of a circus, there were about 50 people watching. Her family was there, Hawaii press, national press.”
Wie tees off Thursday at Royal Birkdale in the Ricoh Women's British Open as the reigning U.S. Women's Open champ.
