The “Saturday Foursome” on Arkansas Fairways & Greens predicted a few weeks ago that Tiger Woods would most likely return to golf at the Masters. There were lots of reasons offered for the prediction.  Augusta was the site of his first professional major win, it’s a course that suits his game even after Tom Fazio’s well publicized ”Tiger proofing”, the galleries at Augusta understand the strategy and nuances of the game and they are perhaps the most knowledgeable...

The agreement between Ping and the PGA earlier this week to discontinue the use of the Ping Eye II square groove wedges on tour at the end of this month was not good news for Dalton Daves, owner of the Pong Man Golf Studio in Little Rock.  Daves has the largest collection of Ping Eye IIs in the world and many tour professionals have sought him out to purchase the wedges for play on the PGA tour. John Daly and Dean Wilson were the first players to use the Ping Eye II wedges this season at the...

I was the News Director of KARK-TV, the NBC affiliate in Little Rock, when John Daly took the golf world by storm way back in 1991 by winning the PGA Championship at Crooked Stick.   We were the only Arkansas television station to actually travel to Indiana to witness the victory firsthand thanks to a young photographer named Rob Thomas. Thomas volunteered to drive all the way to the tournament in his own car if the station would pay his expenses.  He and I both had a feeling that Long John...

I was looking through some pictures stored on my computer and came across this one today, February 27, 2010. I was honored to assist The Alotian Club in Little Rock with the visit of “The King” in June 2009 for The Jackson T. Stephens Charitable Golf Tournament. This event has been held for the past four years and last year’s was downright amazing. Alotian owner Warren Stephens brought in Arnold Palmer for the morning round and Phil Mickelson hosted the players and media for...