July 31st, 2008
It seems to be the season of the older golfer. Two weeks ago we saw 53-year-old Greg Norman contend for Britain’s Open Championship. This week it is 48-year-old Juli Inkster leading the field at the British Women’s Open Tournament in Sunningdale, England. She carded a record-tying 7 under 65 for the first round, with an […]
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July 30th, 2008
It’s “bloggy giveaway” week and here at “Green Posse” we’re offering a copy of Carl Hiaasen’s new humorous look at golf, “The Downhill Lie: a Hacker’s Return to a Ruinous Sport.” Hiaasen is best known for his satirical and funny mystery novels set in south Florida. He also writes a regular column for the […]
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July 29th, 2008
Image details: 137th Open Championship - Round Two served by picapp.com
Greg Norman’s having quite a month of July! He got married; led the British Open into the final round and finished a very respectable third; and finished fifth in the British Senior Open last week. So much is the interest surrounding the 53-year-old, two-time […]
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July 28th, 2008
Just a week after his spectacular fifth place finish in the British Open, 20-year-old amateur, Chris Wood is joining the ranks of the pro golfers. The 6′ 5″ native of Bristol, England announced his intentions his morning. Wood won the Welsh National Amateur Championship earlier this year. He has already been invited to play in […]
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July 26th, 2008
This weekend’s golf events include the Canadian Open and the Senior British Open. Below is the entire schedule:(all times are ET).
Saturday, July 268am - 11am - European Tour - Inteo Russian Open Championship in Moscow - Golf Channel1pm - 4pm - LPGA - Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France - Golf Channel 1pm […]
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July 25th, 2008
The top 75 golfers in the world are heading to my part of the country next week, to Akron for the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. The four-day tournament will be held at Firestone Country Club from July 28 to August 3. Barring rain, I hope to bring you lots of photos from the practice rounds.
This is […]
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July 25th, 2008
Infiniti is giving away a new 2009 Infiniti FX35 AWD vehicle, but it’s the two first prizes in this sweepstakes that are perhaps of more interest to golf fans. The company is drawing for two trips to attend a golf championship (you get a choice of locations), including airfare, hotel accommodations, tickets to the golf […]
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July 23rd, 2008
Blog Talk Radio and Golf Magazine have gotten together to create Golf.com Radio, an interactive twice-weekly Internet radio broadcast, each 11am (Eastern) Monday and Friday. The 60-minute show is hosted by Golf Magazine veterans, Tommy Dee and Jessica Marksbury. Listeners can also call in an join the discussion. Not available on Monday and Friday […]
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July 23rd, 2008
Michelle Wie may be having trouble over at the LPGA Tour. She was disqualified in last week’s State Farm Classic and without a top-three finish in August’s CN Canadian Women’s Open, she is likely heading back to qualifying school. However, none of that is stopping the 18-year-old from testing her skills against the gentlemen of […]
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July 21st, 2008
Irishman, Padraig Harrington (pictured above with his family) quietly won Britain’s Open Championship yesterday, his second Open victory in a row and his first win since he was awarded the Claret Cup in 2007. While the world was fascinated by 53-year-old (and two-time Open winner) Greg Norman’s place at the top of the leaderboard, […]
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