Ellen Port, a five-time USGA Champion will captain the 2014 Curtis Cup Team in the 38th playing of the Matches. "Ellen is one of the great USGA amateur champions of the modern era," said Dot Paluck, chairman of the USGA Women's Committee. "She has well represented the United States in past Curtis Cup Matches, and we are proud to have her as captain of the 2014 Team."

Scott Langley and Russell Henley put on display of golf at this week's Sony Open in Hawaii. Langley posted the tournament's low round on Thursday with an 8-under, 62. Henley recorded the tournaments low 72 hole total and the 2nd lowest 72 hole total in PGA Tour history on his way to winning the 2013 Sony Open.

The 2012 golf season, like many before, offered up its share of excitement, disappointment and surprise. In reflecting on the year, several memorable moments have defined golf for me in 2012.

Tom Watson was announced this morning as the 2014 United States Ryder Cup Captain on the Today Show. PGA of America President, Ted Bishop, made the announcement in front of a national audience alongside Matt Lauer and the 2014 Ryder Cup Captain.

My oldest son who is 7 years old this year, participated in an organized Junior Golf program for the very first time. In preparing for his golf season, I assembled a decent youth set of golf clubs for him. As I was assembling this set of clubs, it dawned on me that my son will likely never learn to hit a 2-iron in his life. The proliferation of hybrids and lofted fairway metals has all but eliminated the need to learn to hit a long iron.