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MONTREAL — If Geoff Ogilvy continues to play the way he has this season he still could be the hottest player on the PGA Tour when he comes to Quebec for next month’s Telus World Skins Game. The 31-year-old Australian, a two-time winner on the Tour in 2009 and leader in the FedExCup standings, will join Mike ...
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FARMINGDALE - Tiger Woods is eagerly anticipating his return to Bethpage Black for next month’s U.S. Open, a venue where he will be defending the U.S. Open title in familiar and successful surroundings. Woods won the tournament when it was first staged at the sprawling public course in 2002 and returns to Long Island as the champion after a thrilling 19-hole playoff triumph over Rocco Mediate ...
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Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - The biggest win of his still-young career solidly within reach, Sean O'Hair could only manage a couple of bogeys. Uh-oh. But just when it looked like he might surrender to one more tough loss, another player faltered to save him. Luckily for O'Hair, Lucas Glover is not Tiger Woods. O'Hair shot a ...
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Seoul, South Korea (Sports Network) - Grace Park underwent successful arthroscopic hip surgery this week and will miss up to four months of action on the LPGA Tour. "It was a very difficult decision to have the surgery and miss time, but this was the only way to get back to being healthy and strong," Park said in a statement. "Doctors have given me a very ...
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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - Tiger Woods found his putting touch to post his lowest score in more than a year and take a two-stroke lead after the opening round at the $6.5 million Quail Hollow Championship on Thursday. Woods, in his first start since a disappointing tie for sixth at the Masters, stormed home with six birdies ...
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New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Jerry Kelly managed just a one-under 71 Sunday, but it was enough to give him the win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Kelly, who was winless in his last 200 starts, finished at 14-under-par 274. This was his third PGA Tour title. "You know, I stayed fairly comfortable ...
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Early in his career, Tiger Woods employed Butch Harmon and Mike "Fluff" Cowan as his swing coach and caddie, respectively. Harmon first started working with Woods when Tiger was romping through the amateur ranks in the early 1990s. They officially split as player and coach in the summer of 2002, but in Woods' own words, he hadn't really worked with Harmon ...
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - We'll call it a T.E.E. Party. The Total Elimination of Entertainers from professional golf tournaments. This new movement of ours will involve picket signs, slogans, phone calls to congressmen, op-ed pieces, sponsorship by golf pundits, original protest songs, a couple of well-paid lobbyists and, of course, portable toilets. It deserves our best effort. And we deserve a place to relieve ourselves. ...
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Brian Gay fired a final-round 64 yesterday to complete a record-setting victory in the Verizon Heritage Classic. Gay's total of 20-under 264 broke the tournament scoring record of 19-under set by Loren Roberts in 1996. Gay won by a whopping 10 strokes, also a record at Harbour Town Golf Links. "Just another unbelievable day," Gay said. England's Luke Donald carded ...
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LONDON - World number one Tiger Woods is one of 18 of the world's leading golfers to back the International Golf Federation's (IGF) bid to have the sport included in the 2016 Olympic Games. Woods has written personally and sent a 32-page brochure outlining the bid to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member for the United States. Ireland's Padraic Harrington, winner of two majors last year, Fiji's ...
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