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The final major of the year, the PGA Championship, is looming large as a possible showdown between Woods and Mickelson. Tiger will be coming in with lots of confidence, fresh off his Open Championship win at Hoylake in Liverpool. Add to the fact that Woods also won the PGA Championship on this very course (Medinah Country Club) in 1999 and it could be the best major of the year. Oh yeah, Phil Mickelson is the defending championship and he might have something to say about everyone wanting to give it to Tiger.
It wasn’t all that long ago that …read more

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Corey Pavin held off Jerry Kelly to win the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  This was Pavin’s first win in 10 years and I’m glad to see him back in the winner’s circle.  What’s more interesting is that if Pavin can play real solid for the next three weeks, he might have an outside chance at making the Ryder Cup team as a captain’s pick.  He’s an absolute bulldog when it comes to Ryder Cup play and he’d be a great addition to the team if he’s playing well.

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Try as she might, Michelle Wie is still winless.  She shot a 4-under, 68 to finish one shot behind Karrie Webb at the Evians Masters.  She’s definitely making progress towards her first win, but she’s still making those one or two shots in the final round that ultimately cost her the win.
On the 13th hole, she put her tee-shot in the fairway bunker, and then proceeded to hit her second-shot in the greenside bunker.  She couldn’t get up and down from the bunker and made bogey, bringing Webb back into the mix with her.   That was all Webb needed to …read more

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Michelle Wie trails Karrie Web by one shot heading into the final round at the Evian Masters in Evian, France. A lot has been written about Wie, and not all of it good, since she withdrew due to heat exhaustion a couple of weeks ago in a men’s tournament. I’ve said more than once that I personally believe she needs to win on the LPGA before trying to conquer the men’s tour. And for many reasons, not the least being the LPGA needs her participation during it’s phenomenal growth right now.
There’s no doubt that Wie has tremendous …read more

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The last couple of weeks has seen a lot shuffling of players in and out of the Ryder Cup top 10. As indicated in the table below, the bottom half of the American team is made up of Ryder Cup rookies and probably more importantly, first-time winners on the PGA tour. Chris DiMarco took a lot of pressure off of captain Tom Lehman by playing his way back in the top-10 because Lehman can now be more flexible with his two captain’s picks.
You have to believe that at least one of those picks will go to Davis Love …read more

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Lorena Ochoa shot a 6-under 66 at the Evian Masters in Evian, France and is tied with Shani Waugh and Mi Hyun Kim for the top spot. Paula Creamer is 4 back, and Michelle Wie is three back after making eagle at the 18th after making bogey at 17.

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I’ve been watching the replay of the Open Championship and it could have been much closer had Chris DiMarco made a couple more putts coming in. He played outstanding golf, especially given the emotional burden he’s carrying right now with his Mother passing away in early July. You can bet he’s a lock for the Ryder Cup team, whether he makes it on points, or ends up a Captain’s pick.
Though nothing has been written or spoken about it, I wonder if Tiger had any death threats made against him while at Hoylake. There were three or four …read more

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Wow. I was wrong. Boy was I wrong. I didn’t think Tiger could close the deal today, simply because I thought the emotional strain from losing his father would affect his game. Well, it affected his game indeed. To the tune of his third Open Championship, and 2nd in a row. Woods shot a 5-under 67 and slammed the door on Sergio, Ernie, and Chris DiMarco and anyone else that dared challenged him today. It was very touching and emotional when he broke down on the 18th green after holing his par putt …read more

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Tiger Woods shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday and holds a one-shot lead over Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, and Sergio Garcia heading into Sunday’s final round.  This could be the Open Championship that everyone has been waiting for, and how appropriate it would be, on a course that hasn’t been in the rota since 1967.
All the smart money is on Woods as he’s never (yes never) lost a major championship when he’s held the 36-hold lead.  However, there are 5 players in the top 10 world ranking within 4 shots of Woods and he’s definitely going to be feeling the …read more

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Tiger Woods shot a stellar 7-under 65 and leads the Open Championship by 1 over Ernie Els. Woods is hitting his iron shots about as pure as anyone can hit them, as evident by his eagle coming from 238 yards on the 14th hole.  The fact that Woods is not hitting his driver has vaulted him to the top of leaderboard as he’s kept the ball in play on most of the holes.  His miscues have been relatively minor and he’s been able to recover with birdies (or eagles) that kept him in or near the lead all day.
Ernie Els …read more

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