Tip o’ the visor to PGA champion Y.E. Yang

The final round of the PGA championship was a thriller today as Y.E. Yang of South Korea out-dueled Tiger Woods to win by three strokes. While Woods couldn’t get his putts to drop, Yang was steady and struck a couple of brilliant shots. He chipped in for an eagle on the 14th hole at Hazeltine […]

Emerging cap style at the U.S. Open

If Ricky Barnes can hang on to win the U.S. Open, it’s a good bet his unusual golf cap will gain some sales. Even if he fades on Monday — assuming the weather holds up at Bethpage Black — he’ll have gained some fans, as will his Wilson Staff cap. I strained while watching him […]

The 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black

Mother Nature isn’t being cooperative, but the U.S. Open Golf tournament is under way at the fabled Bethpage Black course. While conditions have been stormy out on Long Island, here in California they are sunny, ideal for snapping a shot of my U.S. Golf Association 2009 cap. The annual event always stirs up memories of […]

How to survive over the centuries, media division

Over the course of many years as a bureau chief with The Associated Press, I stamped the AP logo on a wide range of coffee mugs, fanny packs, water bottles, golf balls and other trinkets for the staff and newspaper editors. I’m a sucker for advertising specialty products, and I was always on the lookout […]

New caps for 2009 U.S. Open golf at Bethpage Black

The United States Golf Association has unveiled its official caps for the 2009 U.S. Open, which will be played at that great public golf course on Long Island, Bethpage Black. I’ll wait a while for mine, which will come when I renew my USGA membership next year.

A salute to amateur golfers (and their caps)

The U.S. Amateur golf tournament will be played next week at Pinehurst Resort and Country Club. I am not entered. Not that I wouldn’t play given the chance. It’s just that after roughly 40 years of golf, I am grudgingly coming to the realization that there will be no tour, no green jacket, no claret […]

Hello, world!

I’m kicking off a blog about ballcaps, concentrating primarily on baseball and golf with a dash of hockey, but unafraid to venture into other hatiana.