During a film shoot, I had the opportunity to sit down with David Leadbetter. In this interview, David shares his insights on teaching, his passions outside of golf, a focus on club fitting and stories about Nick Faldo, Nick Price and Michelle Wie. Finkel: You’re one...
Tiger, Snakes, and a Dedication He did it again. Tiger Woods once again did the impossible. Tiger Woods' 2019 Masters victory will go down in the annals of history as one of the greatest wins in sport. By all accounts, he was written off as being done....
What a great season for Texas golf. The world was watching as the World's top 64 players came to Austin to vie for the title of Match Play Champion. Then it was off to San Antonio for the Valero Texas Open. Austin put our best foot forward as host of the DELL...
Leonard Finkel: Hank, you're one of the top golf instructors in the world. Why do you think you're so successful. Hank Haney: I think the reason I've been successful at golf instruction is because I'm just a hard tryer. I've always tried really hard. I've tried to...
"Be kind, rewind." In the old days when you had to rent a video cassette, those words were placed on the tape. It was a friendly reminder, a blatant request for a simple courtesy. Here's the scenario. A family plans watching a few movies over the weekend. They want to...
I love smoking cigars while having conversations at a cigar lounge. That describes my time with Michael Rosales of Roma Craft Tobac Cigars. On a normal weekday, at an unremarkable building in North Austin, Texas, I found him at the world headquarters for his cigar...
Austin native Ben Crenshaw has been successful in almost everything he has touched in his 66 years of a full golfing life lived out in Central Texas. From Lone Star junior golf star at Austin High School to NCAA and individual golf champion at the University of Texas....
If winning is contagious, Houston is experiencing a full-blown outbreak. With the city still reverberating from the Houston Astros’ cathartic World Series victory, the Rockets then went out and produced the winningest season in franchise history. Riding that wave,...
It feels like Lexi Thompson’s 2017 season alone has had enough drama to fill an ESPN 30 For 30 documentary. Her four-stroke penalty for incorrectly marking her ball at the ANA Inspiration set off a firestorm of controversy and instantly turned a final-round,...