Archive for the ‘Golf’ Category
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Tiger Woods still thinks he can grab the title of greatest golfer ever from Jack Nicklaus, even at age 37 and nearly five years removed from his most recent major win (the 2008 U.S. Open). It has also been several years since his 2009 life/career meltdown, so some golf fans ...
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Monday, October 1st, 2012
It was one of the most stunning collapses in the history of golf or any other sport.
The Meltdown at Medinah belongs on the short list of most embarrassing choke jobs in American sports history, as Europe tied the biggest single-day comeback in Ryder Cup history but blew the previous effort ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
It looks like the first two days of the U.S. Open will be even more watchable than usual. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Masters champion Bubba Watson will play in the same group for the opening two rounds of the U.S. Open next weekend in San Francisco.
It will be the ...
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Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Phil Mickelson withdrew from the Memorial last weekend because of mental fatigue after posting a 79 in the opening round. But something else may have contributed to Mickelson's early exit from the tournament: cellphones.
According to four people with knowledge of the situation, Mickelson sent a text message to PGA Tour ...
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
A fantasy sports geek, I've pretty much proven I'll do fantasy anything. Baseball, football, basketball, hockey, NASCAR, and yes, even soccer, both English Premier League and MLS.
It’s an infectious disease.
This year, I was invited to participate in a weekly golf pool where you pick one golfer a week with standings ...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
Bubba Watson won the Masters this past weekend and he caught the attention of most observes for his play and the fact that he was using a pink driver. That limited edition Ping club is used by Watson to raise money for various charities.
Ping - which is based in Phoenix ...
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
The ball that was a part of what will surely be one of the most memorable shots in Masters history has been returned. Louis Oosthuizen double-eagled the par-5 2nd hole at Augusta National on Sunday, then pulled the ball from the cup and flipped it underhand into the crowd.
It was ...
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