Author: Milo Bryant

Whether the U.S. Senior Open was a success depends on who’s doing the talking and what’s being talked about. We’ll never realize the full impact of the tournament, which was played at The Broadmoor’s East Course, because there’s no telling how many people will visit the city 5, 10, 15 years from now because of…

We were never supposed to reach this day. A day where Rod Smith holds a news conference to announce his retirement? C’mon. Wasn’t supposed to happen – not, that is, if you listen to Smith for any length of time. So, let us go back with Smith a little way. Let us gain a little…

Five years has to be the over/under on the remaining life of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. And that’s giving generous odds to the nation’s second oldest motor sports event. “It would be absolutely horrible if they didn’t have the Hill Climb,” driver Rob Reinertson said. “I mean, you just can’t – you just can’t…

More than a decade has passed since Judy Bell resided as president of the U.S. Golf Association. Bell was the first – and remains the only – woman to lead the organization. “She was a trailblazer in any sport,” said Allen Doyle, a Champions Tour pro scheduled to play in the U.S. Senior Open July…

Rodeo cowboys and cowgirls get injured. That’s one of sport’s purest truisms. It’s not a matter of if. It’s a matter of how many times and how long the injuries will keep the cowboy from competing at his top level. All sports have injuries, though. So, what’s the big deal, right? The big deal here…

Mark O’Meara doesn’t hesitate to share his feelings about the hierarchy in golf. “My next five tournaments are majors – whatever that means,” O’Meara said after a round at last month’s U.S. Open. “I’ll play the British. I’ll play the Senior British. Then I’ll play the U.S. Senior Open at Colorado Springs.”Then I’ll play this…

There will be much talk throughout the next few days about Tigers Woods missing the rest of the golf season. Critics will both praise and slam Woods for competing in the 108th U. S. Open well before his left knee was healed. It’s a critic’s right to do both. However, if that criticism lacks at…

SAN DIEGO • Rocco Mediate outplayed Tiger Woods on Sunday. But it was Woods with the biggest shot of the day. And because Woods plays under pressure better than any athlete ever, Mediate must do the seemingly unthinkable – outplay Woods on back-to-back days. Outplay Woods today and the 45-year-old will win the 108th U.S.…