There are plenty of reasons for watching the FedEx St. Jude Classic, which opened Thursday in Memphis. It’s a prelude to next week’s U.S. Open, which is why some key players are entered. Among them are Daniel Berger

I am guilty of writing primarily about professional men’s golf, so let me take this time to highlight the Ladies Professional Golf Association, specifically the talent competing in this week’s U.S. Women’s Open.

THE SPIDER’S WEBB: Even though he double-bogeyed the final hole and shot a one-over par 73, the four-shot victory by Webb Simpson (Titleist Pro V1) was a tour de force. He had such a comfortable lead going into the final with a seven-stroke lead, that he could afford to make a mistake at the end. The fact that he kept the ball in play for the most part was paramount.

The organizers of the Players Championship deserve credit for creating the idea of super group pairings for the first 36 holes of the tournaments.

There is an old saying in golf: you drive for show and put for dough.

If one of the best golfers in the world can hit a bunch of balls into the water on the same hole, well, that just proves this is not an easy game.

Can a colored golf ball produce better results than a conventional white ball? That is really hard to know because you would need a huge sample size, but Bubba Watson is providing anecdotal evidence that white might be better.

The 2018 Masters is shaping up as one of the most exciting editions in years in the battle for the green jacket because of so quality competitors – arguably the best in more than 10 years.