Golf Spelled Backwards

Did you know that there was a time in the 1970s when multiple PGA Tour tournaments were affected by death threats against golfers? Or by bomb threats called in anonymously? Thankfully, nothing ever came of the threats, but they caused real consternation and worry — and real police presences — at multiple events back then.

Golf club advertising never changes. "Our new whiz-bang (material/process) will get you XX more yards!" Here’s an ad from 1916, with a name-check of Thomas Edison:

Rickie Fowler and Allison Stokke are a couple. Which means Rickie no longer has to go stag to Team USA functions. You know who Allison Stokke is, don't you? Back in 2007, when she was a 17-year-old high school track and field athlete, some photos of her at a track meet were posted online. That's when the sports-slash-laddie blogosphere jumped into action: Dudes started noticing that Allison was pretty hot! Those track photos - she was a top high school pole vaulter - started showing up everywhere, and Allison, against her will, became a poster girl for sexy athletes-on-the-web. She went on to a college career as a pole vaulter at the University of California and later turned pro. When her pro vaulting career ended, Stokke started doing YouTube videos on vaulting technique and became a fitness model for, among other brands, Nike, Athleta and Uniqlo. She also began working with GoPro on her videos. And Rickie? It seems like only yesterday (it was 2014, actually) that we...

How does a golf trick shot artist play beer pong? With her iron, her dribbling skills and a few golf balls, of course. This is New Zealand professional golfer Tania Tare showing off amazing hand-eye coordination skills, plus a keen sense of fun: Enjoy Tania's talents? Good, because here are 12 more terrific Tania Tare trick shots:

Seriously. The headline explains exactly what happened on social media today. First, Michelle Wie shared on Instagram this snap from SnapChat: Wie captioned it thusly: "When that @niketraining HIIT workout just kills you... #snapchatvibes #Mondays" It wasn't long before Michelle's buddy Danielle Kang chimed in with a comment about Wie's boobs: "Hahahahaha A cup looking like a B cup here 😂😂😂 what a wonder bra @themichellewie" Leading Michelle to fire back: "@daniellekang omg I hate you...I am a B CUP! You are an A CUP!!! Your face is an A CUP" Don't ever change, ladies, don't ever change.

If you need putting tips, you can't go wrong by listening to what Ben Crenshaw has to say. What I like about this video, in which the putting genius Crenshaw discusses his craft, is that Ben never talks about mechanics. He's asked to offer advice to recreational golfers, and the advice he offers is about feel, and nothing but feel. Crenshaw talks about the way most amateur golfers grip the putter - too tightly, he says. "Hold the putter as a delicate instrument, because you're doing delicate work," Crenshaw says. And: "Back off the grip pressure just a little bit, that makes the putter head feel heavier and therefore it swings more." He then switches to what he calls one of the best things he heard Harvey Penick say about putting, "Never look like anyone else when you're putting," and explains what that means. And finally Crenshaw briefly touches on the speed vs. line debate, and you can probably guess what side of that debate Crens...

Did Michelle Wie and former pro basketball player Adam Zahn just go public with their romance? This photo of the two cuddling makes it seem so: The caption that Michelle included with this photo on Instagram also points to Zahn being Wie's boyfriend: Sometimes, it hurts so much inside that you can't breathe let alone see all the good things in your life. So thankful for the people around me who pull me back up every time I fall and remind me of how blessed I really am. 💜 #nevergiveup #blessed #thankful A photo posted by Michelle Wie (@themichellewie) on Jul 10, 2016 at 6:06am PDT The only boyfriend we've known about in Wiesy's past was Robin Lopez, the 7-footer who was at Stanford with her and has gone on to a decent NBA career. Zahn, 32 years old, played his college ball at the University of Oregon. He measures in at 6-foot-8. And while he never achieved an NBA career, he did see the world playing pro basketball. Zahn, who now lives in California, had ...

I was browsing YouTube the other day and stumbled across excerpts from Tiger Woods' national TV debut. It's a famous story: At age 2, Tiger appeared on The Mike Douglas Show in a segment that included his father, the host, plus Bob Hope and Jimmy Stewart. Footage from that appearance isn't hard to find; I'd seen it before. It's been used in television commercials and in video segments many times. You've almost surely seen it before, too: And it occurred to me after running across li'l Woods again - and it's not an original thought, to be sure - just how amazing well- and thoroughly documented the lives of today's youth are compared to those of people who grew up in the 1980s and earlier. Or, heck, even the 1990s. Once upon a time, it wasn't that easy for parents to film their children. Depending on the family's income level, it might not be possible at all. Even if it was, the process of filming, developing film, showing the film was ....

Good ol' Sam Snead was always quick with a quip, and he had a couple great ones about fast greens. Talking specifically about the greens at Oakmont Country Club, the Slammer said: "The green on No. 2 is so fast when I marked my ball my coin slid downhill." And another time (not sure if he was specifically talking about Oakmont when he said this, but he could have been), Snead said: "The greens are so fast I had to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow." Golfers showing up for the 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont are getting to know that feeling. And there are several Vines and other videos shared on Twitter that show just what these golfers are up against: Oakmont's greens look a little difficult 😐 pic.twitter.com/1H2p8OXd5b — College Golf (@College_Golfers) June 14, 2016 There's fast then there's "greens at Oakmont" fast pic.twitter.com/36nY1lYND1 — Total Golf Move™ (@totalgolfmove) June 12, 2016 Hora de putting...

(Note: See update at bottom.) Golf brands change owners with regularity. Golf brands come and go. And it appears that one of the oldest golf brands in the United States - PowerBilt - is, for now anyway, dead and gone from the market. That doesn't mean we'll never hear from PowerBilt again. The "PowerBilt" brand is a licensee of Hillerich & Bradsby, and H&B might want to revive the brand some day. Or sell it to another owner that will. But for now, PowerBilt's most-recent line of golf clubs has been taken out on its own, as a wholly owned entity doing business under the brand name Air Force One. "Air Force One" was the name of a line of golf clubs, drivers in particular, that made up the last few years of product from PowerBilt. The Air Force One driver has a "nitrogen-injected" clubhead. The pressurized gas inside the clubhead stiffens the clubhead walls, removing the need for as much internal bracing. That saves weight, yada yada y...