Brandon Tucker

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Tennessee's state park courses might not quite be a "golf trail," but they're great destinations anyway
Published 6/16/2007 at Kiel Christianson
... As recently noted by my esteemed yet youthful colleague Brandon Tucker, it seems every state is trying to cobble together some sort of ad hoc ...

Sergio Garcia's 9-over at U.S. Open shows why he's the most overrated player of the Tiger Woods era
Published 6/17/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... For more on the Open, don't forget to check out BTuck's reporting from Oakmont. He's one of the only reporters who gave you a real sense of how ...

At least Michelle Wie's 21-over is better than The Sopranos finish & David Chase copout
Published 6/17/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... And don't forget to check out BTuck reporting live from the U.S. Open all week. Tucker's already defying convention but declaring that monster ...

Any doubt about Tiger Woods as a closer after U.S. Open Oakmont finish insane
Published 6/18/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Don't forget to check out BTuck's on-site reporting of the final round on the front of ...

Johnny Miller deserves scorn not praise for his U.S. Open TV kissup to Oakmont
Published 6/22/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... That's not the Johnny Miller we got at Oakmont though. Instead Miller turned into a self genuflecting tool. How many times did he reference his 63 at Oakmont? If the college kids played a drinking game on that one, they would have been passed out by 2 every afternoon (and Miller only went on the air at one). Miller seemed touched that as he talked about (frequently), he was "finally" being embraced by the Oakmont members. Too touched. ...

Michelle Wie's first round 82 at U.S. Women's Open begs question: Why did she decide to play?
Published 6/28/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... and his blog. I'll be interested to hear if Wie used her driver in this round once. The club clearly frightens her right now. ...

America's wimpy dollar hurting Canadians most
Published 7/17/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Sorry BTuck. ...

It's no conspiracy: Great travel deals to Ireland available for golfers
Published 7/18/2007 at Budget Golf by Cheap Bastard
... , Brandon Tucker and ...

Michelle Wie shows some humility at Evian Masters despite 84
Published 7/29/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... will have to wait much longer than even Natalie Gulbis did (in terms of tournaments played) to ever even dream of a win. Sure Wie only broke par in one of the four rounds at the Evian Masters. Sure Wie has dropped so far in terms of relevance that the French press didn't even bother to ask her any fashion questions. ...

Erica Blasberg is hotter than Natalie Gulbis and still winless on LPGA
Published 8/2/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... and BTuck's reactions were predictable. But GolfDigest's Ron Sirak practically awarded her a ...

Tiger Woods turns baby man Rory Sabbatini into golf's Patrick Ewing - again
Published 8/6/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... The more Sabbatini opens his mouth, the more he plays the clown. Tiger Woods continues to make Sabbatini look like the Patrick Ewing of golf by destroying the South African whenever he makes one of his grandiose predictions about challenging Tiger. ...

Rory Sabbatini threw his sister from a golf cart, now it's time to throw down vs. Tiger Woods in FedEx Cup
Published 9/1/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... . You can also find a good piece from WorldGolf.com's sandbagging Brandon Tucker in ...

Tiger Woods sprint to 60 wins amazing with or without FedEx Cup
Published 9/10/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Brandon Tucker deserves credit for being the rare person who made a tournament winner prediction on this site that actually came true. While BTuck openly wondered how anyone could think Tiger would not win before the weekend, our supposed betting genius ...

Absurd new saggy pants law craze could carry over to Tiger Woods' mock turtlenecks
Published 9/20/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Brandon Tucker's idea that everything from jean shorts to John Travolta's white suit in Saturday Night Fever should be allowed on the fairways. But do we really need to have head pros obsessing over what's mock and what's just collarless? ...

San Diego Padres completely robbed of baseball playoffs by sham umpiring: A golf destination done wrong
Published 10/4/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Brandon Tucker is always complaining about basketball's refs? ...

Are most golfers really as nasty as Tim McDonald makes them sound?
Published 10/10/2007 at Chris Baldwin
... Heck, there are kids as young as Brandon Tucker who take some pride in their personal appearance (speaking of this, check out BTuck's snazzy new blog photo - the High School Musical crowd is atwitter about it). ...

Free golf balls for a year and "World's Funniest Golf Balls" makes terrible writing here more bearable
Published 1/18/2008 at Budget Golf by Cheap Bastard
The Cheap Bastard is constantly amazed at just how low the bar has dropped for golf writers. As if guys like Chris Baldwin, Tim McDonald and Brandon Tucker aren't bad enough, there's Bill Wolfrum, one of those wimpy liberal types who gets offended at his own shadow. Luckily, Wolfrum - who's as funny as Al Gore on sedatives - is smart enough to talk to funny people. That helps. Take a look at his BadGolfer.com feature on comedian Mike McDonald and his "World's Funniest Golf Balls." Despite Wolfrum's best attempts, McDonald comes off as ...

Self adjustable golf clubs at PGA Show are annoying from any distance
Published 1/20/2008 at Chris Baldwin
I'm not even at the PGA Show in Orlando like WorldGolf.com's version of Jack Lemmon (out cold by 8 p.m. every night, Tim McDonald) and Walter Matthau (can't find anything better to do at 9:45 p.m. on Friday night in a party town than stare wistfully at his gratis energy drinks and wait for McDonald to wake at 5 a.m., Brandon Tucker) and I'm already sick of self adjustable golf clubs. From the vantage point of a hot tub, these clubs seem almost as completely ridiculous as they certainly do in person. ...

PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie the only fun practice center anywhere: As Johan Santana will find out
Published 1/31/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... The PGA Learning Center is full of young golfers too. And I don’t mean young by golf’s standards - most of my playing partners think I’m young, but that’s because they almost all end up being older than George Burns. No, I’m talking real-world young - guys and girls even younger than our own Brandon Tucker (and BTuck still gets carded at movie theaters, he’s pissed about being denied Saw III.) ...

After Dubai, it's clear Tiger Woods set on winning every tournament he plays in 2008: Wolfrum's the new Kreskin
Published 2/5/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... It’s clear now that Tiger isn’t focused on winning the Grand Slam - a prediction that everyone and their nanny have made for him, including WorldGolf.com’s own Brandon Tucker and Golf Channel’s Nick Faldo (who no doubt was funny while doing it). Sorry guys these calls are old news. I predicted Tiger would ...

Some Florida Valentine's Day golf package ideas from a Cheap Bastard
Published 2/12/2008 at Budget Golf by Cheap Bastard
... have all been met with utter silence at best, and rabid contempt at worst. Heck, I even sent a Valentine’s Day card to Brandon Tucker one year and still haven’t heard back (Not that this Hetero Bastard goes that way, but c’mon, B-Tuck’s adorable). ...

Tiger Woods rallies again at World Match Play, beats Cactus Man Aaron Baddeley
Published 2/23/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... Tiger found himself down one to Aaron Baddeley heading into 16. Later, on the green of the first extra hole, the world’s most dominant golfer stood there helpless, certain that Baddeley was going to close him out with a makeable putt. ...

Tiger Woods 4 up after first 18 in World Match Play final, thanks for coming Stewie Cink
Published 2/24/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... Tiger wasn’t about to lose this final match. It would have been nice if Cink - a great story - played like more of a good golfer though. He shot a match play 71 on the morning 18 in the final. A match play 71 (where everything isn’t putted out and scores are more deceiving than the looks of someone at a bar’s closing time) is like you or I shooting a 91. More accurately, it’s like WorldGolf.com Michigan high school golf legend Brandon Tucker shooting a 91. ...

Tiger Woods blames PGA Tour players for slow play in golf too
Published 3/5/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... near pro/Michigan Bagger Vance legend BTuck and he brags about having once edged the ad guy like he expects a green jacket for it - and I think he protests way too much about slow play to hide his own shortcomings. Or, in this case, slowcomings. ...

Forget Portland's pretenious brews: Victoria, Vancouver Island's beer & chocolate tasting at Spinnakers where it's at
Published 5/9/2008 at Chris Baldwin
WorldGolf.com’s resident grunge master Brandon Tucker’s been going on and on lately about all the beer he couldn’t understand that he slurped up in Portland. Well, one afternoon into a trip on Vancouver Island and I’ve already topped BTuck. How about a beer, cheese and chocolate truffle tasting? That’s one of the culinary innovations offered at Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub & Guest Houses, a spot right on Victoria’s waterfront - one of the prettiest waterfronts in the world with the floatplanes taking off of ...

Vancouver Island's Fisherman's Wharf kicks San Francisco's horrid Fisherman Wharf's butt
Published 5/13/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... video of some tourist feeding the seals. It’s much more interesting than this person makes it out to be (this videographer is in desperate need of a music mood lesson from WorldGolf.com’s own video guru BTuck), but at least it gives you the basic idea. ...

Chambers Bay blows away Torrey Pines in aesthetics, golf experience: Take that Tiger!
Published 6/1/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... I for one finally feel like I have a one up on WorldGolf.com’s elitist Brandon Tucker - who does his best to play only Top 10 resort courses or European escapes - by having the Chambers Bay experience he doesn’t. ...

Are Idaho's gambling & alcohol laws insane or simply zany? Who cares when the golf's as good as Coeur d'Alene Resort
Published 6/6/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... Just don’t try to bring any alcohol from the bar to the casino floor or expect a free drink while losing your money gambling. These are more no-no scenarios in Idaho (though the upside is you only have to be 18 to gamble - in other words, WorldGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker would be all over it). ...

Trevor Immelman jabs golf writers who never leave the press room
Published 6/11/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... LA JOLLA, Calif. (June 11, 2008) - I’m not saying that Masters champion Trevor Immelman is a definite subscriber and loyal reader to ...

Phil Mickelson outthinks himself of another U.S. Open
Published 6/12/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... Sometimes you want to just slap Mickelson on the side of the head. WorldGolf.com’s Brandon Tucker deserves some credit too for seeing what Mickelson had done to himself almost as soon as the comments came out. ...

Winning already legendary U.S. Open worth losing rest of 2008 season for Tiger Woods
Published 6/18/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... Shrugging off the urging of his doctors - who are no doubt some of the most highly-regarded doctors in the world - to not play in the U.S. Open because of a left knee that needs season-ending ACL surgery and two stress fractures in his left shinbone, Tiger kept the bigger legend in mind. Who cares if the decision assured that he’d miss the first two majors of his career - next month’s British Open and the PGA Championship in August? ...

Most vocal U.S. Ryder Cup enforcer Rocco Mediate might not be on the team
Published 8/7/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - When Hunter Mahan went off on the Ryder Cup basically calling it a giant pain only geared to fill the PGA of America’s coffers, a bunch of U.S. golfers didn’t exactly rush forward to condemn him. No word on whether ...

A 67 from Ben Curtis at PGA Championship nothing compared to mocking he endures for wearing Detroit Lions gear
Published 8/8/2008 at Chris Baldwin
... But there’s Curtis in his Lions’ hat and Lions polo shirt. Seeing this getup on the practice range almost makes you think, hey all those Nike robots might not be so bad after all. It brings up horrible visions of WorldGolf.com fashion king Brandon Tucker’s seemingly serious plea for allowing jean shorts on golf courses. ...

Anthony Kim flexes star power in showing way to U.S. Ryder Cup win with Sergio rout
Published 15 days ago at Chris Baldwin
... refusing to concede short putts that no doubt had the Spaniard even more inside his own head. “I wouldn’t trade this for $10 million dollars,” Kim told reporters afterwards. Sounds like another knock at Tim Finchem’s Cup to me. Kim really is trying to win favor among his peers. Remember for complete live coverage from Louisville, read Brandon Tucker’s daily stories on the front of WorldGolf.com and check out BTuck’s blog. Sure, the Tuck man may have picked Europe to win - even after Friday and ...

Paul Azinger goes Mike Krzyzewski, congratulates himself a little too much for Ryder Cup win
Published 15 days ago at Chris Baldwin
Paul Azinger didn’t win back the Ryder Cup for America. Azinger wasn’t the one out there making those putts - and it’s about time he remembers that. Coaches get way too much credit in all sports (except Mike Martz, that guy is a real offensive genius - just see the Detroit Lions without him). It’s part of the deal, with most sportswriters being unduly obsessed and impressed with coaches. The problem comes in when a coach tries to give himself even more credit. And ...