Butch Harmon can't go anywhere these days without someone asking him about Hank Haney's current best-selling book, "The Big Miss," about Haney's six years working with Tiger Woods. Up until now, Harmon has kept his thoughts to himself.

Haney's book contains some revelations about one of the world's most celebrated athletes—like Woods's obsession with the military, even training with the Navy SEALs.

Haney also sparked a debate about the confidentiality of the coaching relationship. Haney was raked over the coals by some for breaching it. Others shrugged: Coaches write books all the time, and absent a nondisclosure agreement, it's called freedom of speech.  READ MORE

On the grounds of The Olympic Club in 1981, wherever Nathaniel Crosby walked, he heard the whispers.

“That’s Crosby’s kid,” they said. “That’s Bing’s son.”

Indeed, Nathaniel, then 19, until August of that year was best known as the son of the late Bing Crosby, one of America’s favorite entertainers and a devoted golfer. Bing, who had died four years earlier in 1977, is today fondly remembered as the crooner and movie star who just happened to play a great game of golf.

Crosby seemingly had it all. His recording of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” remains the best-selling record of all time. He won the Academy Award for “Going My Way.” And, boasting a handicap that ranged from scratch to 2, he qualified for the 1940 U.S. Amateur over the West Course of the Winged Foot Golf Club, in Mamaroneck, N.Y.  READ MORE

A land dispute is threatening construction of the golf course for the 2016 Summer Games, when the sport is to be played at the Olympics for the first time since 1904.

City officials might have to find a new site, meaning the project would start from scratch and possibly not be ready on time for test events in 2015.

The city said in response to The Associated Press it just became aware of the situation Thursday and is "evaluating the measures it will take."

It was the first time the city officially recognized there could be an issue involving the land. It had been dismissing the prospect a legal dispute and downplaying problems affecting the course.

A final decision on who owns the golf course land could take months or several years. There are ownership disputes throughout the posh Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, and few are resolved quickly.

American designer Gil Hanse, who will build the course, told the AP on Thursday he had not yet been notified by city officials about the dispute.

"If it was important, they would probably bring it up," Hanse said by phone. "We've been selected to do that particular job and we feel comfortable with the time frame that we have."  READ MORE

Indianapolis golf fans are going all in for this year's BMW Championship.

Organizers say ticket sales for the city's biggest men's golf tournament since the 1991 PGA Championship have already surpassed last year's total and that attendance for the four-day September tournament could approach 150,000. That would make it one of the tour's most attended non-majors this season.

"I think what it does is it shows how supportive Indianapolis can be when you have special events coming to town for our event or maybe another major somewhere down the road," said Vince Pellegrino, the Western Golf Association's vice president of tournaments. "It's certainly been impressive."  READ MORE