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As February is Black History Month, it’s fitting to talk about Charles Sifford, the first African-American to play on the PGA tour. Sifford was born in rural North Carolina in 1922. He started in golf as a caddie in the 1930s, making 60 cents/day. Of course, caddies get to play in their free time and by age 13, Sifford was frequently shooting par.
Charles Sifford won the National Negro Open five times in a row (1952-1956), while repeatedly being denied a PGA …read more

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It’s not unusual to see articles about the sexy girls of the LPGA, like Natalie Gublis and Michelle Wie. However, little is written about the guys on the PGA Tour. Those who stereotype might say that male golfers are all boring, white guys with beer bellies. I don’t think that’s a fair representation. In my opinion, there are plenty of hot guys on the tour, including my picks (in alphabetical order) for the top eight:
Stuart Appleby

Stewart Cink is tall (6′4″) and a solid golfer, with 4 PGA wins since joining the tour in 1995. He …read more

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I love these stories. Probably because I’m a lot closer in age to Steve Lowery than to Tiger Woods. Lowery, at 47, just moved up 189 spots in the world golf rankings this week, from 305 to 116, with his playoff win over Vijay Singh at the AT&T Pro-Am National Tournament in Pebble Beach.
Just who is Steve Lowery? The University of Alabama graduate is no stranger to the PGA circuit. This is his 25th year on the tour. Wins, however, have alluded him in the last few years. His last win before …read more

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I’m not sure it would even make a believable golf movie. Kevin Streelman, a PGA Tour rookie, had just four minutes to prepare for the Buick Invitational tournament when as an alternate he was moved into the action after Matthew Goggin withdrew. The Buick Invitational is just the third PGA event for the 29-year-old Streelman.
Streelman didn’t let a little thing like youth or last minute nerves stop him, however. After two rounds, he is second in the tournament at -8, behind Tiger Woods’ -12. That means he will be playing in the final pairing with Woods, someone he was …read more

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Another young golfer to watch this season is Steve Marino. The 27-year-old, University of Virginia graduate finished fourth in last week’s Sony Open and had four top-10 finishes in 2007, ending the season at #63 in the FedEx Cup standings. A native of Oklahoma, Marino is a product of the Nationwide Tour (2005-2006) and was the 1999 Virginia State Amateur Golfer of the Year.

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K. J. Choi didn’t have his best round yesterday, but his play during the week helped make up for his 1+ fourth round to beat challenger Rory Sabbatini by three strokes and capture the 2008 Sony Open title, his seventh PGA career win. The swirling winds contributed to the relatively high scores on Sunday.
Choi, 39, is something of a national hero in his native South Korea. The son of a seafood and algae farmer, he grew up with a passion for golf from reading books by Jack Nicklaus, but lived 60 miles from the nearest 18-hole course. Still, the passion …read more

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Brandt Snedeker is starting his second year on the PGA tour and already coming to the attention of broadcasters and golf fans. The 26-year-old, Vanderbilt University graduate is in the hunt in the Mercedes-Benz Championship this week in Maui.
Last year, his first on the tour, he made the cut in 23 or 29 events, won the Wyndham Championship, and finished in the top 10 in five other tournaments. He ended the season at number 20 in the FedEx Cup standings–not bad at all for his rookie season.
Snedeker comes from a golfing family. His grandmother managed a course …read more

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