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Golf has returned to television after the holiday weekend. Below is the schedule (all times are ET).
Friday, March 281pm – 3pm – Champions Tour – Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach Resort – – Golf Channel3pm – 6pm – PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans – Golf Channel630pm – 830pm – LPGA – Safeway International in Phoenix – Golf Channel
Saturday, March 291pm – 3pm – Champions Tour – Ginn Championship at Hammock Beach Resort – Golf Channel3pm – 6pm – PGA – Zurich Classic of New Orleans – NBC630pm – 9pm – LPGA – Safeway International at Phoenix – Golf …read more

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Are they crazy in New Orleans or just on golf courses? Noted Cajun chef, and New Orleans native, Paul Prudhomme was doing prep for his part of the celebrity food event at this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans when he thought he’d been stung by a bee. Instead, a .22-caliber rifle bullet fell out of his right sleeve. YOW!
Jefferson Parish authorities said told the Associated Press that it was likely that the chef was hit by a descending bullet fired within 1 1/2 miles of the course. Chef Paul required minimal medical attention and was back cooking within …read more

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Nineteen-year-old, Morgan Pressel is one of the hottest players on the LPGA Tour. She’s only the youngest player to win a major LPGA tournament. This video shares Morgan’s answers to nine quick questions about golf, her life, and her inspirations:

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With all of the talk this weekend about Tiger Woods’ winning streak, it’s a good time to look at who holds a variety of PGA Tour Records.
Most PGA Tour career wins – Sam Snead (82)
Most PGA Tour wins in one year – Byron Nelson (18 in 1945)
Most consecutive years with a PGA Tour win – 17 years – Jack Nicklaus (1962-1978) and Arnold Palmer (1955-1971)
Lowest score for 72 holes in a PGA event – 254 by Tommy Armour III in the Valero Texas Open in 2003
Most Birdies in a 72-hole PGA event – 32 by Mark Calcavecchia in the 2001 …read more

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Geoff Ogilvy held on to a one-stroke lead to win the WGC CA Championship at Doral Country Club this morning. Ogilvy finished with a -17, ahead of Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, and Retief Goosen–all tied at -16, and Tiger Woods at -15. In a tournament peppered with weather delays, including one that ended play yesterday at 720pm, Ogilvy kept his head and his game focused. Tiger struggled on Saturday and Sunday, but made his customary charge for the seven holes played Monday, birdying three of the seven. It wasn’t enough.
Woods …read more

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Marriott’s 34 golf courses throughout the United States and Caribbean are set to become Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries by the end of 2008. Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries promote evironmental stewardship and provide a protected habitat for wildlife.
Marriott-managed golf courses include:

Stone Mountain Golf Course in Stone Mountain, Georgia
Doral Golf Resort and Spa in Miami
Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida
The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando.
Learn more about Marriott’s commitment to green management in this video:

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Happy Easter to all Green Posse reader celebrating today!
(photo © Bjorn Hotting/Dreamstime)

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Australian PGA veteran, Geoff Ogilvy is in an enviable position, or so one would think. He leads the WGC CA Championship at Doral Country Club in Miami by one stroke over Tiger Woods after 36 holes. He’s playing well, with 12 birdies and no bogeys so far in the tournament. Yet the odds are 5-to-1 against his beating Woods. Tiger’s record is that good.
Still it was fun to watch Ogilvy tame the “Blue Monster” at Doral. Here are a few of Friday’s highlights:

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It may be Easter weekend, but there’s still golf to watch on TV this weekend. Below is the schedule (all times are ET).
Friday, March 212pm – 6pm – WGC CA Championship at Doral – Golf Channel830pm – 11pm – Rebroadcast
Saturday, March 222pm – 6pm – WGC CA Championship at Doral – NBC
Sunday, March 233pm – 7pm – WGC CA Championship at Doral – NBC
(The Champions Tour and the LPGA are quiet this weekend.)
(photo © istockphoto)

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The best 50 male golfers in the world have convened at Miami’s Doral Country Club this week for the WGC CA Championship. The tournament, begun in 1999, has been played all over the world, settling in 2007 at Doral and the resort’s “Blue” course, dubbed the “Blue Monster.”
It would seem that it’s Tiger Woods’ tournament to lose. Not only is he undefeated so far this season, but he has won the event six times in eight starts, never finishing out of the top ten.
For a look at the “Blue Monster,” take a peek at this fly-over of the course:

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