September 30th, 2006
Less than a week after the Ryder Cup debacle by the Americans, Tiger Woods has another stroke play event by the throat. This time it’s the WGC American Express Championship, in Chandlers Cross, England. Woods has eagled the 18th hole three consecutive days and has a 6-shot lead heading into the final round.
If […]
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September 29th, 2006
Phil Mickelson’s camp announced today that lefty has hung up the cleats for the season, and probably not a minute too soon for Phil. That means he won’t play in the PGA Grand Slam in November in Hawaii, which traditionally hosts the 4 major winners for a silly-season event right before Thanksgiving.
What a swing […]
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September 28th, 2006
The Golf Channel’s Big Break VI had its premiere this week and the show has a different twist this time around. There are a total of 19 contestants, 8 women vying for a sponsor’s exemption on the LPGA, and 9 senior players, vying for a sponsor’s exemption on the Champions Tour. This contest […]
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September 27th, 2006
Byron Nelson passed away Tuesday at the age of 94, and the world in general will be a mouring a true gentleman, all senses of the word. Nelson was was one of the most respected professional golfers to ever grace the fairways, here and abroad, and he touched everyone he came in contact with.
Nelson […]
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September 26th, 2006
Another year of the Golf Channel’s spirited analysis and tournament brodcasts have come and gone, and it’s time to look back at how they’ve performed.
First off, the Sprint Desk lost Kraig Kann, but gained Kelly Tilghman in the process, and it’s been a seamless move as I’m concerned. Both Tilghman and Kann […]
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September 25th, 2006
Tiger Woods made some post-match analysis and comments of the Ryder Cup debacle his observations were similar, if not identical, to what most people feel as well. The European Tour actually owns the World Golf rankings now as these numbers indicate:
There are 10 Europeans in the top 25, and six are under 30 years […]
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September 24th, 2006
Europe put on their game face today and beat the U.S. team in Sunday singles and in the process retained the Ryde Cup by winning 18.5 - 9.5, and it wasn’t even that close. The Americans needed to basically sweep the singles matches in order to have any chance of winning, but this European […]
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September 23rd, 2006
Wow. What else can you say at this point? The Americans got their collective clocks cleaned by the Europeans once again, and once again, the Euros are in great shape heading into the Sunday singles matches. The A-Team of Woods-Furyk was the only winning team in the afternoon Foursomes and it’s a […]
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September 22nd, 2006
Well, it shouldn’t be too surprising, but the Americans find themselves in the hole already after day 1 at the Ryder Cup in Ireland. Without trying to sound too critical, the Americans just don’t seem to be themselves when the Ryder Cup matches start every two years. Woods-Furyk won the opening match […]
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September 21st, 2006
Johnny Miller, golf analyst for NBC, and former PGA stalwart, has riled someone up again. This time it’s the American Ryder Cup team that’s bore the brunt of his latest comments. Miller was quoted in the Idaho Statesman as saying, “This is probably on paper the worst Ryder Cup team we’ve ever fielded”. […]
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