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He may be sidelined with that knee injury, but that didn’t stop BusinessWeek magazine for honoring Tiger Woods with its top slot in the second annual “Power 100″ list of the Most Powerful People in Sports. In fact, he is the only currently-active athlete in the top 14 and the only golfer on the list. Others in the top spots include NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell; ESPN’s George Bodenheimer; Nike’s Phil Knight; and Dick Ebersol, the Chairman of NBC Sports.
Other athletes on the list include Lance Armstrong (#15), LeBron James (#17), Peyton Manning (#29), and Kobe Bryant (#28). PGA Tour …read more

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The LPGA announced on Friday that it had reconsidered a portion of its proposed requirement that two members demonstrate English proficiency within two years of joining the tour or face suspension. The meat of the proposal hasn’t really changed, but the tour vows to find other ways to communicate with its members without the threat of suspension. Said LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens in a statement on Friday:
“The LPGA has received valuable feedback from a variety of constituents regarding the recently announced penalties attached to our effective communications policy. We have decided to rescind those penalty provisions.
After hearing the concerns, we …read more

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Thomas Henry “Tommy” Bolt, a 2002 World Golf Hall of Fame inductee, passed away at his home in Batesville, Akansas on Saturday, August 30. He was 92. Bolt is best known for his 1958 US Open win and his explosive on-the-course temper. He was frequently known to throw clubs and use abusive language.
There was no denying that he could play golf, however. Bolt had one of the best swings of his era and ranked up 15 PGA Tour wins, despite not joining the Tour until he was in his 30s. Think what he could have accomplished in …read more

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Tiger Woods had exciting news to share on his Web site Tuesday afternoon. It seems that he and his wife, Elin are expecting their second child in late winter. In his Web site newsletter, Woods said:
“This has been a year of contrasts. I had a solid start to the season, won the US Open in an exciting playoff, and then unfortunately had to shut it down after successful knee surgery.
And now, I have some wonderful news to report.
Sam is going to be a big sister.
Elin and I are proud to announce that we are expecting our second child …read more

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Three-time major champion, Padraig Harrington says that Dublin is just to far to go home between tournaments in the United States. So, he’s buying property in upstate South Carolina. According to “The State” newspaper, he and his wife and 5-year-old son have been house-hunting in some of the area’s new developments. Harrington won’t be the only prominent golfer to spend at least part of the year in South Carolina. South Africa’s Gary Player makes the Palmetto State his home during the golf season.

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Michael Phelps, winner of eight Gold Medals at the Beijing Games and the hottest sports story of the month, has been compared repeatedly to Tiger Woods in the past few days. Certainly there are similarities:

Both have risen to unprecedented acheivement in their sports
Both are unusally tough mentally
Both adher to a regimented, seemingly crazy, work-out routine.

Still, one major difference–at least to me–appears. Phelps has yet to pass the test of sustained greatness as Tiger Woods has. But that’s just my opinion. Seemingly, everyone on the Web has an opinion on this issue. Below are just a few:World Golf …read more

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Michelle Wie, playing on a sponsor’s exemption at the PGA Reno-Tahoe Legends Open, failed to make the cut in this her 8th attempt in a PGA tournament. Wie finished the first round in contention with a +1 73, but ended the second round at +9, aided by a double bogey and a quintuple bogey. Wie told the Associated Press that she didn’t know if she’d make another attempt at a PGA event.
No woman has made the cut in a PGA tournament since “Babe” Zacharias played the 1945 Tuscon Open.

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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 British Open champion that the PGA offered him an exemption to play in next month’s PGA Championship. This to a man that played no professional golf in the month of May and only a few tournaments before that.
However, Norman declined, citing previous personal and …read more

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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 the British Masters, which will be held at The Belfry September 24 -28. I’m sure we’ll see more from this talented young golfer.
(photo © Newscom)

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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 tournament, and $500 spending money.
To enter, visit the Infiniti Web site. The sweepstakes is open to those 18 and older who reside in the 48 contiguous United States (no Hawaii or Alaska).

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