71. Paul Azinger back to being a rookie on the Champions Tour
April 26, 2012
Golf is the only sport where you get two chances to be a young phenom. First, you bust onto the scene as a teenager and blast the ball all over the course. Then the game grinds you down until you’re just another one of the pack. But once you get to within sight of 50, you start to rejoice, because t...
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72. Presenting the winners of the Devil Ball/AT&T free tickets!
April 26, 2012
Those of you with memories extending back five days will recall that we offered up a couple tickets, courtesy of AT&T, to this weekend’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. We asked for your choice of the best entry music for golfers, and we got some fine selections. We’ve chosen your winners, and here they a...
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73. Jim Thorpe suspended from the PGA Tour ... via email
April 26, 2012
Jim Thorpe, already facing prison as a result of tax evasion charges, has received news that he’s been suspended from the PGA Tour. And get this — he was suspended via email.
Thorpe had planned to play this weekend, but that is now not possible. He faces a year in prison, two years of superv...
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74. Jones double-bogey cost her the lead
April 12, 2012
??????? Looking for her third victory here in seven years, Jones took aone-stroke lead three times in before falling three behind at No.14. She sank a 25-foot birdie putt on the next hole only for Saikito drop an even longer putt for a clutch par. Jones came up short of the 16th ...
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75. Montgomerie eager for Ryder Cup to begin
April 09, 2012
With just nine days to go until The 2010 Ryder Cup, European Captain Colin Montgomerie admits he cannot wait for the action to begin and feels his team is in great shape ahead of taking on the United States.
The Scot is at the Vivendi Cup in Paris where he is tournament ambassador and he too...
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76. Harrington determined to prove a point
April 09, 2012
Padraig Harrington aims to put an even bigger smile on Colin Montgomerie’s face as Europe head into The Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor next week.
Montgomerie has seen nearly half of his team – Ross Fisher, Martin Kaymer (twice), Peter Hanson, Edoardo Molinari and Miguel Angel Jiménez – win titles...
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77. McDowell targeting Race to Dubai
April 09, 2012
Graeme McDowell is delighted to be back in competitive action after an extended break and will be in hot pursuit of The Race to Dubai title after The 2010 Ryder Cup.
The Northern Irishman played in the Austrian GolfOpen presented by Botarin after taking a month off to rest, and showed little...
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78. HSBC to sponsor Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
April 09, 2012
Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) and HSBC, the world’s local bank, have entered into a five-year partnership which sees the bank become title sponsor of Abu Dhabi’s flagship European Tour event – the first international title sponsorship of an Abu Dhabi sporting event.
The partnership mean...
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79. Masters live on BBC and Sky in 2011
April 09, 2012
The European Tour’s two main broadcast partners in the UK – BBC Sport and Sky Sports – will both transmit live coverage of the Masters Tournament from Augusta National in 2011. Billy Payne, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, today announced additions to the tourna...
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80. Reversal bad news for U.S. recreational golfers
April 09, 2012
In a surprising reversal Tuesday, golf’s two governing bodies scrapped plans to allow recreational players in the United States to use so-called hot drivers, designed to hit the ball farther.
The modified policy means Americans cannot use the thin-faceddrivers in club tournaments or to post ...
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