If you care about the facts, start here!
It's so easy to just throw out the occasional one-liner to initiate a 19th hole discussion (Has Tiger ever missed a putt that he had to have? Does anyone have a better short game than Lefty?) Plus it beats the alternative - if you really wanted to know how your buddies were doing, you'd email them, not invite them out for a round of golf. I'm all for getting good conversation started, but on the off chance that you may actually want some facts to use in the argument - er, discussion - here are some good places to start
World Golf Ranking
Trying to figure out how many guys Luke Donald jumped past the last 2 years? Curious to know how big Tiger’s current lead over Vijay and Phil are relative to the magical season of 2000? Wondering where Sergio falls in the World top 10? Here’s the page for you … (note the “Archive <Year>” pull-down at the top which allows for easy viewing by year)
http://www.officialworldgolfranking.com/archive/archive.sps?iType=1747&icustompageid=8996
PGA Tour Stats page
Who drove it farther and straighter, who hit more greens, and made more putts than anyone else on tour? Make up some stories or actually see what the facts tell you on the PGA Tour Stats page …
TV and Magazine sites worth reading
The Golf Channel - http://www.thegolfchannel.com/ (can't get the subscription because your wife would throw you out - no problem, keep up with all things TGC on the website)
Golf Digest – http://www.golfdigest.com/
Golf Magazine – http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/
Golf News and Commentary Pages
ESPN Golf Page - http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/index?&lpos=globalnav&lid=gn_Golf_Golf
SI Golf Page - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/golf/
David Feherty – forget Howard Stern, with his CBS TV gig, books that make Dan Jenkins seem so old school, monthly musings in Golf Magazine, and this great archive page, Feherty is the king of all media!
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/features/feherty/list/0,17578,485076,00.html
Bob Harig - http://search.espn.go.com/keyword/search?searchString=bob_harig
Chris Lewis - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/chris_lewis/archive/index.html
Rick Arnett - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/rick_arnett/archive/index.html
Gary Van Sickle - http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/writers/gary_van_sickle/archive/index.html
Mike McAllister – Golf Power Rankings (note the Weekly Rankings links at the bottom of the page, which allow you to quickly browse through Mike’s GPRs for the year) -
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/mike_mcallister/11/08/power.rankings43/index.html
