Author: Herschel Caldwell

DonorsChoose.org, Project Lead the Way, Teach For America and TELACU join  Tiger Woods Foundation as Tournament Nonprofit Partners By Herschel Caldwell Two of the four major championship winners from the summer – Graeme McDowell and Martin Kaymer – plus a trio of other major winners and 13 Ryder Cup participants will make up one of the most impressive, elite fields of the year when they compete at the Chevron World Challenge, Dec. 1-5, at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif. 

The sport of golf has challenged and charmed people for generations. By Herschel Caldwell   The game is believed to have originated in Scotland as early as the 15th century, and was imported to the U.S. in 1888.  For many years, the sport was the exclusive province of wealthy, Anglo-Saxon males, but in recent years, the passion for playing golf has sparked what some would call a spiritual revival among the “baby boom” generation.

MEXICO CITY (AP)—Lorena Ochoa retired Tuesday, following the path of Annika Sorenstam and marking the second time in the last three years the biggest star on the LPGA Tour left the game. The 28-year-old Mexican announced her decision on her website and will discuss her plans Friday. Ochoa, who has been No. 1 in the world the last three years and won 27 times over the last six years, may well be the best-known athlete in her country who is not a soccer player.

By Herschel V. Caldwell It is generally agreed that until 1977, the 1975 Masters was the year that held a special significant for people of color, particularly African Americans. That was the year Lee Elder became the first African American ever to compete in the Masters’ tournament. That fact pales in comparison to Tiger Woods’ record setting performance in 1997 and what Tiger has accomplished in the eleven years since. Looking back to that year, one is struck, to begin with, by the fact that the 1997 field included the world’s greatest and highest ranked player and as each day… Read More »

 Feb. 17, 2010 By PGATOUR.COM staff PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods will make a statement Friday at 11 a.m. ET from the PGA TOUR’s headquarters. PGATOUR.COM will stream the statement live.  It’s the first public appearance by Woods since he decided to take an indefinite leave of absence in December. According to Woods’ agent Mark Steinberg, the world’s No. 1 golfer plans to “discuss his past and his future and he intends to apologize for his behavior.” Woods will be speaking to “friends, associates and colleagues” at the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse, according to Steinberg. PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim… Read More »

By Mick Elliott Steve Stricker’s game might not be spectacular, but the results are as he ascends to No. 2 in the world after winning the Northern Trust Open. Steve Stricker, a Wisconsin native who is every bit as comfortable sitting in a tree stand dressed in hunter’s camouflage as he does hitting golf shots, sighted a coyote last week while touring Riviera Country Club outside Los Angeles during the PGA Tour’s Northern Trust Open.

By Herschel Caldwell Here we are five  tournaments into the 2010 PGA Tour golf season, and for all the talk about the tour being healthy and guys coming out of the woodwork to take Tiger’s place at the top….it’s not happening.

By Herschel  Caldwell Tiger was involved in a one car accident in front of his home, suffered minor injuries and was cited for careless driving and fined by the Florida law authorities. Tiger withdrew from his own tournament (the Chevron Challenge), citing injuries from the accident as his reason. Speculation and rumor began to surface about the cause of the accident being Tiger’s reported sexual encounters with numerous women. Tiger issued a statement on his website indicating he had failed to live up to his own values and admitting to “unnamed transgressions.” No less than 12 women have come forth… Read More »