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PGA
Congrats to Stuart Appleby for winning the Shell Houston Open in wire-to-wire fashion. This is Applebe’s first multiple-win season and he’s definitely good enough to make some noise at the remaining major’s.So it appears at first glance that Tiger might not be a factor in the U.S. Open this year because of his decision to take some extended time off to be with his ailing Father. However, I wouldn’t rule him a non-factor because he could use this as a motivator and suprise everyone by making some serious noise.
LPGA
Annika chokes!? Hard to belive, but Annika Sorenstam spit the bit coming …read more

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Being the golf nut that I am, I watch the Golf Channel quite regularly.  At a minimum I’ll watch Golf Central every night to catch up on the day’s events.  However, I also watch the Big Break (V), The Grey Goose 19th Hole, and usually Live From and the Post Game show each Sunday.  The Golf Channel is also broadcasting select LPGA events and is the network broadcasting all of the Champions and Nationwide tour events as well.
Big Break V
Becky Lucida was eliminated (again) from competition after playing her way back on the show. They’re down to the final four …read more

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PGA
Aaron Baddeley finally got his first win at Harbour Town, after breaking on the PGA scene in 2000 as teenager. The expectations for Baddeley were extremely high as he won the Austrailian Open as a 19 year-old. The grump Jim Furyk finished second in what was a great back nine to watch.
LPGA
Lorena Ochoa also got the monkey off her back by winning in Las Vegas this past weekend. She had the tournament in hand as she led wire-to-wire. Hopefully, Dottie Pepper will give her some credit as I think she unfairly criticizes Ochoa for not having the killer instict sometimes.

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LPGA
Lorena Ochoa has put together two solid rounds of golf again and leads the LPGA’s Takefuji Classic in Las Vegas heading into Saturday’s final round. Ochoa has had some problems closing the deal in the last couple of years and I hope she finally puts a strong round together. She was absolutely covering the pins in Friday’s second round and looks very confident.
This event is being played at the Las Vegas Country Club, but quite frankly it looks like the local muni in anycity, USA. If I was LPGA comish Carolyn Bivens, I’d be extremely …read more

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David Toms was asked during a media conference call what kind of change he would make at Augusta, if he had the opportunity to have an audience with Augusta chairman Hootie Johnson.  Read on:
TOMS: “….so many rules.”
Q: “What do you mean by that?”
TOMS: Well, to me it’s still a place where the players walk around on eggshells, and you know, not knowing if they are in the right place; they are worried about their cell phones being on; having to stop by the little place, the hut on the way in, to scan your ticket; to making sure you only …read more

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Not surprisingly, the television ratings for this year’s Masters were down 13% from 2005’s Woods-DiMarco showdown. I think the greens intimidated everyone to the point of the players afraid of running putts too far past the hole and leaving a tricky putt coming back. Even the treacherous 16th hole Sunday pin location didn’t have any drama on Sunday. Usually, the 16th is good for at least a few shots above the hole that come curling back down for potential holes-in-one.
Also, for all the noise made about Augusta’s lengthened holes, I personally don’t think it was a factor …read more

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Phil Mickelson sleepwalked to his second Masters victory yesterday at Augusta National. This had to be one of the most boring Masters final rounds in recent memory as no one could mount any kind of charge to put the heat on Phil. If Fred Couples or Tiger Woods would have had average putting days, they would have at least made it interesting, but both putted like the flat stick was a club they’d never seen before.
Now we get to hear weeks of analysis from our friends at the Golf Channel touting the possibility of the “Phil Slam”. …read more

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Phil Mickelson shot a 2-under 70 in Saturday’s rain-delayed third round and leads Chad Campbell and Fred Couples by one shot. Woods, Singh, and Goosen are two shots back, and Ernie Els sits 4 back. Look for the back nine on Sunday to be a shootout and I’m not convinced all of the “Big Five” will be in the mix.I don’t think Chad Campbell will be a factor, but Stephen Ames might carry his Players Championship momentum into Sunday afternoon and suprise everyone. Anyone within 5 shots has a reaisitic shot at winning and if the course conditions dry …read more

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Chad Campbell shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take the lead at the Masters. Don’t look back though because the top 5 in the world are all within 5 shots of the lead. Vijay Singh shot a two-over 74 but is still only two back at 3-under par. Ben Crenshaw followed his amazing 1-under on Thursday with an even par round Friday and still finds himself on the leaderboard only 5 back of Campbell. The top 10 includes 7 international players, which emphasizes the fact the international players are every bit as good as their …read more

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The Fijian,Vijay Singh leads after Thursday’s first round at Augusta.  His 5-under 67
leads Rocco Mediate (say again?) by one shot and Arron Oberholser by 2 shots.  Retief Goosen and Phil Mickelson are three shots back, Ernie Els is 4 back, and Tiger Woods is lurking 5 shots back of Singh.
Augusta National played dry and fast on Thusday with most of the field comparing its conditions to U.S. Open type conditions.  The wind is supposed to blow harder on Friday and if so, look for approach shots to start rolling through the greens.  These kind of conditions favor Goosen because his …read more

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