Mike O'Malley

Longtime executive editor at Golf Digest; Dan Jenkins' unindicted co-conspirator on Twitter; University of Iowa sports fan.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

Canceling a newspaper subscription helps politicians who don’t want oversight, does nothing to hurt the billionaires who own the newspapers and make decisions with which you may disagree, and will result in fewer journalists trying to hold the powerful to account.

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

New Yorker EIC David Remnick, who started his career at the Washington Post and worked there for a decade, emails me his thoughts on today’s non-endorsement decision

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Column by Sally Jenkins: After turning himself into an athlete, Kris Kristofferson needed you to feel the power of a punch. https://t.co/aqdKcM4hwO

[Mike O'Malley @GD_MikeO]

@AlexMyers3 Two notable candidates come to mind: Rory's 63-80 in the first two rounds of the 2010 Open at St. Andrews, and Curtis Strange's 80-65 in the first two rounds of the 1985 Masters. (Curtis lost by two strokes after finding water at 13 and 15 on Sunday.)

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Iowa's Kaleb Johnson, who already had runs of 64, 54, 39, 37, 33, 27 and 26 yards in the first three games, adds a 23-yarder in the first quarter against Minnesota before scoring his seventh TD of the season from a yard out on the next snap.

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Today’s botched attempts at getting fans to the Solheim Cup—or *not* getting them there—reminds us that golf associations have a long history of bungling the art of bus transportation. This from @DanJenkinsGD on the 1993 U.S. Open at Baltusrol:

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Watching Tua tonight, I’m reminded of a high school buddy who played decades ago at what is now considered the FCS level of college football. After his third concussion, he was called in and told he was done. “For the season?” he said. “No,” he was told. “With football."

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Nicely done: https://t.co/qbHpkrxmB9

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Let me just add that @MikeStachura had an outstanding Olympics as well. Nice work, Mike:

https://t.co/lxSej3Wshx

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Lydia Ko’s My Shot with ⁦@GolfDigest’s ⁦@GuyYocom⁩ when she was just 16, before winning the Olympic gold medal today at 27: https://t.co/CPP7easBy0

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Per botched calls in Olympic track and field, we take you back to 1988: THE SEOUL GAMES : WRONG NUMBER : NBC's Jones Looks Too Late to Notice No-Sock Look in Race Miscall, a Sorry Feat Indeed - Los Angeles Times https://t.co/3iztkbqf5a

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Joe Kovacs, golfer, wins his third consecutive silver medal in the Olympic shot put (2016 photo for @GolfDigest by Donald Miralle):

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If you’re a baseball fan, check out Cardines Field in Newport, R.I. Built in 1908–four years before Fenway Park—it’s 323 and 280 down the lines. A guy told us that ocean breezes, heavy air and 28-foot fences keep balls in the park. Big place for college summer leagues. Love it.

[Mike O'Malley @GD_MikeO]

Loved Helmstetter's line to @GuyYocom (@GolfDigest, July 2003): "I'd rather you steal my house than steal my ideas."

[Mike Stachura @MikeStachura]

Golf loses one of its greatest visionaries in Callaway's Dick Helmstetter. "He loved to collaborate, and his curiosity was infectious." https://t.co/Wsw0WvzYgi

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The duration of the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies today reminds me of what Dan Jenkins said of the Ryder Cup opening ceremony in 1993: "The way to tell the Spanish national anthem is, it never ends."

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Lewis Lapham’s great-grandfather was a founder of Texaco, his grandfather co-founded Cypress Point, and his father, as Lewis wrote in @GolfDigest (June 2010), hit shots for Alister MacKenzie as the architect designed Cypress. A New York Times obit concludes with this golf memory:

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"Cormac McCarthy as Editor." Of interest to writers, editors and readers: https://t.co/51AcHZB6GQ

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Xander Schauffele’s 30 major finishes:

1
1
T2
T2
T3
T3
5
T5
T6
T7
T7
8
T10
T10
T10
T13
T14
T15
T16
T17
T17
T18
T20
T26
T35
T41
T50
MC
MC
MC

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Billy Horschel's My Shot on golf and life lessons, with @GuyYocom from @GolfDigest, March 2016: https://t.co/Hi5DAgMpcO

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Shane Lowry's ruling at the 11th brought to mind this situation in a playoff between Phil Mickelson and Frank Lickliter at Torrey Pines in 2001: https://t.co/TeNPwqd9xw