Courtside Post

By Spencer Loomis

After vowing to never miss another birthday of one of his children, Tiger Woods missed his daughter’s 3rd birthday while competing in the U.S. Open. He threw her a party after the fact to make up for it, but reportedly brought another woman with him.

By Brittni Michaelis

According to former SportsCenter anchor and current Entertainment Tonight reporter, Kevin Frazier, Woods’ marriage to former supermodel Elin Nordegren is over. The two are reportedly in talks to be finalizing the divorce, though no one has retained a lawyer, it is only a matter of time says several sources.

by Spencer Loomis

In 1931, golf legend Bobby Jones fresh off what was considered the Grand Slam at the time ( having won the US and British Opens and Amateur Championships in 1930) purchased a plot of land in Georgia known then as Fruitlands Nursery. There Jones built his dream course and opened Augusta National Golf Club. His prowess drew immediate attention to its annual invitational tournament which was first held in 1934. Jones felt it was too pretentious to call the tournament “The Masters” but his co-owner and business partner Clifford Roberts eventually convinced him and so it has been known since 1938. Nearly 80 years after Jones bought the land the hallowed grounds of Augusta National continue to echo with the footsteps of legends like Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus.

by Andres Romay

Last week at Torrey Pines, things looked off. The tournament that has been known as the Buick Invitational was now the Farmers Insurance Open. Tiger Woods, winner of three of the last four was missing, and Phil Mickelson had an antique wedge in his bag. The news of the weekend should have been the victory by Ben Crane who hadn’t won since the 2005 season, but instead the weekend’s event was marred by slander and bickering between Scott McCarron and the beloved “Lefty.”

by Guest Contributor Peter Stenson

Tiger Woods returns to the spotlight – this time in the name of humanitarian goodness as it is rumored that Woods is financing a cargo plane to act as a mobile hospital to earthquake-devastated Haiti.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem gave his first interview since Tiger Woods made news headlines off the course on CNBC’s Squawk Box with Darren Rovell.  In the interview Tim addresses the state of the PGA Tour moving forward without Tiger, the sponsorship situation for the Tour, the potential for massive television rating losses and on [...]

Tiger said Friday he is taking an indefinite leave from golf to work on saving his marriage, using the word “infidelity” for the first time in a statement posted on his Web site.