Tiger Woods will be sitting out the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Country Club in Dublin, Ohio this week. He is still recovering from his arthroscopic knee surgery on April 15. His next likely appearance will be in the US Open at Torrey Pines, which starts on June 9.
Said Muirfield tournament director, Dan Sullivan, “We were excited to have Tiger play this year, but understand he still has some recuperating to do.”
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A full schedule of golf events are planned for this weekend. Below is the television coverage (all times are ET).
Saturday, April 19l1pm – 3pm – LPGA – Ginn Open in Reunion, Florida – CBS3pm – 6pm – PGA – Verizon Heritage Classic in Hilton Head, SC – CBS4pm – 6pm – Champions Tour – Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in Tampa Bay, Florida – NBC
Sunday, April 20930am – 1230pm – European Tour – Volvo China Open in Beijing, China – Golf Channel1pm – 3pm – LPGA – Ginn Open in Reunion, Florida – CBS
3pm – 6pm – PGA – Verizon …read more

A full schedule of golf events are planned for this weekend. Below is the television coverage (all times are ET).
Saturday, April 510am – 1pm – European Tour – Estoril Open in Portugal – Golf Channel1pm – 4pm – Champions Tour – Cap Cana Championship in the Dominican Republic – Golf Channel3pm – 6pm – PGA – Shell Houston Open – NBC630pm – 830pm – LPGA – Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage California – ESPN2
Sunday, April 610am – 1pm – European Tour – Estoril Open in Portugal – Golf Channel1pm – 4pm – Champions Tour – Cap Cana Championship …read more

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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

After a ten-week hiatus from competition and amidst a flurry of controversy stemming from the Golf Channel’s Kelly Tilghman’s stupid remark, Tiger Woods showed the world at Torrey Pines this week why he’s the best in the game. Woods easily won the Buick Invitational there for the 6th time (and 4th in a row) with a -19, 8 shots better than second place finisher, Ryuji Imada of Japan (who shot a very respectable – 2 on Sunday).
Perhaps the best quote of the weekend came from veteran PGA Tour member, Fred Couples, who (referring to the Tilghman bruhaha) said “Honestly …read more

Somehow it seems that everytime I try to watch golf, there’s John Daly on the tube explaining how he was wronged by the golf powers that be. Two weeks ago, he was upset about the PGA’s new cut rule that left him in the money, but off of television for the fourth and fifth rounds of the Sony Open. (Me thinks that Mr. Daly fails to open his mail from the PGA.)
Last week, he was giving a performance on the course worthy of any NBA all-star that’s trying to draw a foul. Reportedly in pain, Daly was treated at …read more

The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic begins today in Palm Springs, one of the few five-round tournaments on the PGA circuit. The tournament, begun in 1960, is played on four courses and pairs celebrity amateurs with the pros for the first four rounds. Hosting duties are now the responsibility of comedian George Lopez.
Among the celebrity players are:

Alice Cooper, rock musician
Taylor Hicks, American Idol winner
Derek Anderson, QB for the Cleveland Browns
Joe Kernen, broadcaster journalist for CNBC
Don Cheadle, actor
Ming Tsai, award-winning chef
Cheech Marin, comedian
The tournament tees off at 830am PST. All five rounds are being broadcast on the Golf Channel. Their programming starts …read more

The Associated Press is reporting that Seve Ballesteros has announced his retirement. His reason? Simple: “I don’t have the desire.”
It’s hard to fault a guy for that. Congratulations to Ballesteros on a fine career, and best of luck in whatever the future may hold for him…

What were you doing when you were 16 years old? I was mostly acting like an idiot. Tadd Fujikawa, on the other hand, is becoming a pro golfer.
This quote is classic:
My parents aren’t sure this is the right decision, but I’ve told them I really want to do this. I’d give everything up for it. I’m going to do the best I can. … Right now, they just have to trust me.
Man, if I’d told anyone — let alone the media — that my parents “just have to trust me” when I was 16… But enough about me. Here’s wishing …read more

Six years and 151 events. Call Brian Bateman patient. Call him opportunistic (Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh both missed this year’s Buick Open). But more than anything, call him a winner.
Bateman finished with a birdie on the final hole Sunday at Grand Blanc to take the prize. And what did he have to say afterward?
Every player from Tiger Woods to Brian Bateman has to win their first one.
Here’s the thing. Not everyone has to win their first one. Some guys never do. It’s awesome that Bateman has had the chance to taste victory at the highest level of his profession.
Congrats …read more