James Colgan
@jamescolgan26
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Writer @GOLF_com | Best to Bring Home to Mom & Dad ‘15 | Syracuse ‘19 | Huge fan of the underdog.
New Hyde Park, NY
Joined January 2013
A year ago, I won the lottery to play Augusta National. It was the craziest, least believable break of my life. It was also, strangely, one of the loneliest. But then I arrived at Magnolia Lane on Masters Monday, and realized I had it all wrong
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RT @jamescolgan26: After a day inside the madhouse at Portrush and “nearly crapped pants,” I tracked down Rory McIlroy’s playing partner, J….
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After a day inside the madhouse at Portrush and “nearly crapped pants,” I tracked down Rory McIlroy’s playing partner, Jordan Smith, and learned about what it’s like to be ‘the other guy’ in a historic pairing
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our boy @chambleebrandel got called in to edit this email.
NFLPA lead security officer Craig Jones responded to the email announcing Lloyd Howell's resignation with a pointed message to all staff targeting JC Tretter: "He is the progenitor of this whole tawdry episode of poseurs."
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beginning to believe that rory mcilroy has never played a normal round of golf
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RT @jamescolgan26: After Rory McIlroy won the Masters, I decided I wanted to find out how athletes overcome their worst moments. That jour….
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My story on Rory McIlroy and the psychology of choking with Dartmouth President Dr. Sian Beilock
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After Rory McIlroy won the Masters, I decided I wanted to find out how athletes overcome their worst moments. That journey led me to an Ivy League president and expert on the psychology of choking — and some surprising hacks for your mental game
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In all seriousness if you need 20 mins of slow-mo replays to decide if an infraction has occurred you probably shouldn’t be enforcing the penalty.
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If I lost two shots in a major for this infraction you’d need to hire a new HR department just to handle my hot mic comments.
BREAKING. Shane Lowry was assessed a two-stroke penalty for this incident on the 12th hole. According to @ToddLewisGC The R&A spent nearly 20 minutes reviewing the video with Lowry, Scheffler and Morikawa after the round.
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I wrote about pro golf’s newest Open guru, Matthew Jordan, and his secret to golf in the linksland
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A Harman/Spaun Ryder Cup pairing could have decades-long ramifications for American short kings.
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rough approximation of how it feels to enter a shower stall anywhere in the UK
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what your caddie means when he asks for a "little wedge shot"
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Fun story on Filip Jakubcik, the 21-y/o am who made ace during an Open practice round. He's the first Czech player ever in the Open field, and that was his first ace since age 11!. "My first ace in 10 years was at the Open. Basically my first-ever tournament ace. It's unreal.".
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Padraig Harrington says he battled some unexpected tears when the Open crowds cheered him all the way onto the first tee for the opening shot on Thursday. "Usually [happens] when I'm watching a movie on an airplane . I expected the nerves, I didn't expect that."
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This guy just invited me into a back-room baccarat game for $64,000 per hand
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