251. MARATHON NOW A SPRINT
March 22, 2012
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – The U.S. Golf Association managed to play roughly eight hours of uninterrupted golf at a tournament that has had all the cohesiveness of a college frat party and accomplished, well, nothing. A towheaded kid from California with a long swing and John Daly’s pants still leads....
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252. LEGENDS HAVE IT
March 22, 2012
DUBLIN, Ohio – Nearly an hour after the cameras and microphones had been switched off Jack Nicklaus was still perched against a wall in the Memorial press center answering questions. Every question, no matter how inane, deserved an answer. It’s a circle of life thing – kids need heroes, late ni...
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253. A CHRISTMAS CAROL
March 22, 2012
MINNEOLA, Fla. – Thursday’s green-grass “Christmas Carol” unfolded on two continents and featured a vastly divergent cast, but the elements were unmistakable. As if on cue, potential past, present and future marched across golf’s stage, each tale unique yet vaguely familiar. Unlike the Hollywoo...
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254. OPEN FORMULA
March 22, 2012
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – They sleep in cars and shell out working class wages to land a tee time at Bethpage State Park ’s Black Course. If the forecast holds and this U.S. Open is played at Bethpage Splash this week there are going to be more than a few among the 156 players assembled in the Long Island...
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255. LOOKING FOR WHOLESALE GOLF EQUIPMENT ONLINE
March 22, 2012
Nowadays, when you want to buy best golf equipment and accessories, of course online golf stores can be the most perfect solution. Online golf business has come a long way in the recent years. Those stores featuring the best in clubs, equipment, shoes and balls are transforming the way average golfe...
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256. FANTASY ISLAND THE MEMORIAL
March 22, 2012
One of the PGA Tour’s perennially toughest layouts has been softened this year, with rough heights reduced and an end to the furrowed bunker experiment. How this impacts the leaderboard remains to be seen, but expect to see a few more bombers among the upper crust as well as a few more birdies. ...
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257. Fantasy Island Buick Open
March 22, 2012
Tough week to pick a winner on Tour considering that when the last putt drops Sunday at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club it will likely be the circuit’s last at the Joe Lee design. According to various reports, the tournament that dates to 1958 has become a victim of the lagging American auto m...
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258. Cut Line From John Daly to Michael Vick
March 22, 2012
CHASKA, Minn. – No word on whether there will be a cut at the 2016 Olympic Games, but golf at least made it to the weekend in its gold-medal quest, which is more than John Daly can say after he made a short week of it at Hazeltine National. Also around for the last two major championship rounds ...
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259. Hazeltine long but doesnt discount short hitter
March 22, 2012
Kerry Haigh is a measured man by passport. Born in Doncaster, England, taught the ways of the ancient game as an accomplished junior who competed against the likes of Nick Faldo, Haigh is not prone to hyperbole. So when he was asked his thoughts on Hazeltine National, site of this week’s PGA Cha...
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260. Linked In
March 22, 2012
For those pining for an alternative ending, Stewart Cink is still the Open champion and Tom Watson remains a wildly popular also-ran. And last week’s championship is still an instant classic – regardless of outcome. No amount of second-guessing or hand-wringing will ever change that. Made Cut ...
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Author: Abigail sam
