Johnny Miller News

My son was 14 when he and I started playing golf together. He is the same age as Tiger Woods, and since he has watched Tiger dominate the game all his adult life, you might imagine him to be a fan.

Steve Young, 48, was the first left-handed quarterback to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Johnny Miller predicted Tiger Woods would encounter land mines on his goal to break Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 major championships.

This has been a disappointing year for the economy, for Afghanistan, for fourth-down gambles on the 28-yard-line and for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Blasting to China and the World Cup in a quiet week of tour golf . . . The Americans will be trying to win for the first time in nine years at the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in Shenzhen, China.

Make that Sir Nick Faldo . Faldo was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

Bookmakers the world over made Tiger Woods the odds-on favorite to win this week's Australian Masters.

"Hey Mike, how about writing a column about the golf season that never was in 2009?" That comment, made by a close friend and fellow chipster, fell like a hammer on my cranium recently.

Johnny Miller made the early call. In late September, while Phil Mickelson was polishing off the Tour Championship, NBC's color analyst poked a stick into the cage of Tiger Woods by predicting that Lefty, not Woody, was favorite for Player of the Year honors in 2010.

Killearn Country Club was designed by Bill Amick and opened in 1967. The head professional was Joe Donadio and the assistant pro was former FSU football and golf legend Tommy Brown.

After a minor WordPress glitch yesterday , I'm finally putting up the thoughts I had from a busy, but fun, weekend in sports.

Tiger Woods won the 2008 US Open - while playing on a broken leg, no less - but you'd never know it based on the amount of attention Rocco Mediate received in the days, weeks, and months followings their epic dual at Torrey Pines.

By GolfandSports - Thu, 10/15/2009 - 2:40am. Tiger Woods is the best golfer in the world, but Mickelson is the most exciting, and he continues to prove that every week.

The much anticipated ok, "sort-of looked forward to" second installment is here! Last week , I assessed the performance of the microphone holders from CBS.

Rocco Mediate and Anna Rawson are the new attractions at this year's Sorenson Champions Challenge at Thanksgiving Point Golf Club.

For the second time in five years, long-drive bombers Bobby Wilson and Jason Zuback have proven that a golfer who drives for show can also putt for dough.

Anna Rawson is a member of the LPGA. She is competing in Monday and Tuesday's Champions Challenge golf tournament at Thanksgiving Point.

How in HADES can Miller claim that Nippleson is the BEST Player in the world?! What a complete a-divot! Sure ... he qualifies it by saying, "... right now". He claims he's looking "short term". What a stOOpid claim to make.

A handful of inside-the-ropes types came to the same conclusion on Day 2 of the Presidents Cup matches at Harding Park on Friday: Position A for up-close golf watching is between the green of the 13th, a driveable par-4, and the tee of the 14th, a reasonably birdie-friendly par-3. "Absolutely the best spot on the course," NBC's Johnny Miller said ...

The cynics on one side of the Atlantic used to say that the President's Cup was introduced to give the Americans a chance of winning a team event after Europe began to dominate the Ryder Cup.