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PGA Tour 2010 Kicks Off In Familiar Fashion

It may be a new year, but so far 2010 looks exactly the same as 2009. Australia’s Geoff Ogilvy fired a stellar final-round -6, 67 to hold off a hard-charging Rory Sabbatini and successfully defend the SBS Championship in Hawaii, Sunday. Although it was not in the same dominating fashion as last season when Ogilvy […]

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What Golf Needs in 2010…

I’ve refrained from writing about Tiger Woods over the last month for a couple reasons. First, I’m genuinely disappointed with the whole mess and don’t feel ready to share my thoughts until I can see it less emotionally. And second, I don’t think anyone really knows the true story…and won’t until either Tiger or Elin […]

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Year-End Awards Highlight Stars On All Tours.

The Hollywood Foreign Press announced their nominations for the Golden Globe Awards this week and the Academy of Arts and Sciences will be doing the same in a month or so. And while December is a hot month for movies, it is a decidedly slow one for golf. That being said it’s a great opportunity […]

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School’s Out

They call it the toughest week in all of golf, which is actually an understatement – It actually runs about a week and a half end to end. After two preliminary stages, six final stage rounds and a total of 252 holes, 25 players earned their PGA Tour playing rights for 2010 on Monday at Bear’s […]

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Furyk Claims Chevron World Challenge

Both players in contention for victory at the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club wore red during the final round. And while that look was made famous by Tiger Woods, the tournament host was nowhere in sight when it came to presenting a red-and-black clad Jim Furyk with the winner’s trophy Sunday. It took […]

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The Most Important 48 Shots in Golf…

Okay — so you want to be a scratch golfer. I for one believe you can reach that goal — if of course, you have the requisite time and talent. And if you have access to the correct information through instruction or books/DVDs. And if…and this is a big IF…you learn that great play, which […]

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Fighting Green wants Tour return after losing leg in accident

In 1990, Ken Green was the star attraction at the Hong Kong Open golf tournament, which I covered as a reporter for the South China Morning Post newspaper. From a strictly media-to-player point of view, I found Green slightly cocky and arrogant. He could afford to be. After all, he was the main drawcard, having […]

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Mickelson and Woods capture Tour Champs and FedEx Cup honours

The biggest stars of the PGA Tour were its biggest winners over the weekend. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson shared the honours after The Tour Championship in East Lake – Woods winning the FedEx Cup and Mickelson coming up trumps in the tournament itself. Woods finished second to Mickelson in the tournament – three shots […]

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Golf still surviving despite sponsor woes

The global economic woes continue to bear down on golf but the sport appears to be riding out the storm better than most industries. Certainly, golf has not been immune to the credit crunch with major automaker General Motors pulling out its key brand Buick from two big events. The company also ended an endorsement […]

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Woods keen to wrap up FedEx Series title

He may not have won a major this season but Tiger Woods is still determined to go after the next best thing – victory at the Tour Championship and wrapping up the FedEx Cup series play-offs. World number one Woods heads the FedEx Cup rankings ahead of the final tournament of the play-offs in Atlanta, […]

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Spaniard closes with 60 to win Austrian Open

Spain’s Rafael Cabrera Bello produced one of the most sizzling final rounds in European Tour history to win the Austrian Open near Vienna. Cabrera Bello, eight shots behind the leaders after the third round, fired an 11-under-par 60 to storm up the leaderboard and edge England’s Benn Barham by a single stroke. The first-time Tour […]

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Presidents Cup Captain’s Picks A Mixed Bag

U.S President’s Cup captain, the affable Fred Couples, made two predictable selections as his captains’ picks for the up coming teams event to be held at San Francisco’s Harding Park Golf Course Oct 8-11. Couples went with reigning U.S Open Champion Lucas Glover and Ryder Cup hero Hunter Mahan. Both players barely missed out on the […]

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Woods hails one of his best seasons ever

His best may have come too late for the season’s majors but there is always next year. Tiger Woods declared boldly that he his back to his best after a storming victory at the BMW Championship that returned him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings. Woods, who left the PGA Tour last year […]

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Arnold Palmer turns 80 – stars offer praise and best wishes

Almost 50 years ago, Arnold Palmer undertook a journey that would change the face of professional golf. He blazed a trail that would open up untold opportunities for professional golfers to make the kind of millions that they earn in modern times. In doing so, he became golf’s first megastar. This week, Palmer celebrated his […]

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Stricker and Woods in FedEx Cup and Player of the Year battle

Steve Stricker’s victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship means he is now the leading challenger to Tiger Woods’ number one world ranking. Stricker moved past Phil Mickelson to occupy number two in the world and, though he is still some way off Woods, he at least can boast of FedEx Cup bragging rights … at […]

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