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Will the PGA of America try to retain U.S. captain Paul Azinger for 2010, they would be bonkers not to.

September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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Senior Writer, GOLF Magazine
Published: September 21, 2008
Paul Azinger had a lot of Ryder Cup theories, and he wasn’t afraid to share them. The conventional wisdom of pairing a long bomber with a deft putter was [...]

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Americans win their first Ryder Cup since 1999 with a new, younger team

September 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

By
Gary Van Sickle
Senior Writer, Sports IllustratedGary Van Sickle
Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated
Published: September 21, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — This 37th Ryder Cup won’t be remembered for its great golf shots, although they were plentiful and spectacular.
We won’t recall any last-hole heroics — they were numerous, too, just not on Sunday.
We’ll probably even forget just how excruciating the [...]

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Preparing for the 2008 Ryder Cup

September 16th, 2008 · No Comments

The 2008 Ryder Cup starts next Tuesday.
I was reading through some different golf blogs yesterday, when I came across an excellent post about the 2008 Ryder Cup. I recommend you read the post over at EagleParBirdie.
Chris Henry gives a great initial analysis about the 2008 Ryder Cup and some of the players on this [...]

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Singh wins Barclays in dramatic playoff

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

PARAMUS, N.J. (AP) — Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.
The 45-year-old Fijian closed with a 1-under 70 to match Garcia (70) and [...]

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Harrington wins PGA for his second straight major

August 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Padraig Harrington is hot. How hot? He is so hot that he has two straight majors. He is so hot, he joins Tiger Woods, Nick Price and Walter Hagen as the only players to win the final two majors in the same year. He is so hot that he is the first European to win [...]

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Must see Golf Video of long hitter John Daly

July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I was catching up on my reading of some other golf blogs when I came across this one post that made me stop and fall out of my chair.  There was a post with a video interview with PGA pro John Daly.  This video interview brought tears to my eyes.  The great thing about this [...]

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The 2008 Open Championship in underway

July 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Well, it is finaly underway. The 137th Open Championship at the Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England.
The first golfers teed off this morning at 6:30. The weather has not been nice this year. Not even the smallest blue patch in the sky as driving wind and rain make the conditions tough [...]

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Will the rest of the 2008 PGA season be exciting without Tiger?

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Did anyone watch the Buick Open the past weekend? I did not! Why you ask, because I wasn’t expecting too much without Tiger being in the mix.
I did watch some highlights and saw that Kenny Perry won but it was not the same.
Don’t get me wrong I love golf and I love watching golf.  I [...]

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