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Justin Leonard at the 2008 U.S. Open. (Gordons/Flickr)IT BEGAN IN EARNEST this week a year ago at the Valero Texas Open. The road back from No. 126 in the world got a whole lot smoother and straighter for Justin Leonard after his Texas Open win. It was…

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Dustin JohnsonCALL ME DERELICT in my Armchair duties, but I didn’t watch the Turning Stone Resort Championship. OK, I saw a few highlights and a tiny bit of Golf Channel replay coverage. That’s it.I did know that Jeff Overton was leading after two …

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(James Marvin Phelps/Flickr)JOHN DALY HAS EARNED $56,017 on the PGA Tour this year, making just five cuts in 16 events. The troubled 42-year-old is running out of options. So, according to an AP story, he’s considering the European Tour.“I know in …

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MY IDEA OF GOLF FITNESS is to walk and carry my clubs. Ted Vickey, on the other hand, has 101 fitness tips. And apparently you don’t have to be Tiger Woods or Vijay Singh to benefit from them.“I’ve recently published my new book, 101 Fitness Tips f…

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Anthony KimMARK O’MEARA HAS DONE IT AGAIN. First, as Tiger Woods described in a short clip, O’Meara mentored Woods early in his career. Tiger said O’Meara is like a big brother.O’Meara has done essentially the same thing for tour prodigy Anthon…

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(ABC Sports)LAST NIGHT I TALKED TO BOB ROSBURG, or “Rossi,” a former PGA Tour player and ABC broadcaster. Rosburg won six times on tour, including the 1959 PGA Championship, but he’s probably best known for his 33 years as an on-course commentato…

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(Incognita Nom de Plume/Flickr)IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOLF. It has everything to do with compassion for those devastated by Hurricane Katrina.When the Golf Industry Show participants assemble this winter in New Orleans, they’ll arrive a few days e…

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FEDEX CUP, MEET THE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP. TOUR Championship, meet the FedEx Cup. You two need each other. Badly. Otherwise we’re going to have to change Yogi Berra’s famous saying from “It ain’t over till it’s over” to “It’s over before it…

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(clippedpixel/Flickr)LORENA OCHOA PREVAILED in a sudden-death playoff against Candie Kung and Cristie Kerr to capture the Navistar LPGA Classic, Ochoa’s seventh win of the season and 24th career LPGA title. It was Lorena’s first win in seven starts…

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I STUMBLED ACROSS THIS VIDEO yesterday when I was searching for something else. The 1977 Open Championship at Turnberry ? known as the “Duel in the Sun” ? was one of the greatest head-to-head battles in major championship history.Tom Watson and…

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(It’s over. Camilo Villegas won. See below for scores of the current tournament.)?The Armchair GolferRelated:2008 TOUR Championship TV Schedule

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1958 U.S. OPEN CHAMPION TOMMY BOLT DIED IN AUGUST. The colorful 15-time PGA Tour winner was 92. Not long before, in May, I called Tommy at his home in Cherokee Village, Ark. His health and memory were failing, but we had an enjoyable 10-minute conversa…

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Vijay SinghNINETEEN HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the TOUR Championship this week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga. It’s the last of four events of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Tune in to the Golf Channel on Thursday and Friday, and NBC on S…

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Kenny PerryYOU DECIDED TO PASS UP A PROMOTION. You went back to school ? or maybe you dropped out. You moved to (fill in the blank). You married him (or her). You took up hang gliding.Whatever you’ve done or haven’t done, if you’ve lived any nu…

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Justin Rose and Nick Faldo at the 2007 Open.(Steven Newton/Flickr)NICK FALDO LOST THE RYDER CUP. Nick Faldo. Europe’s captain. Great player, lousy coach. Really, really horrendous. Atrocious. Bad, very bad. You get the drift.I’m pretty darn certain…

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I BLAME THIS ON WATCHING 11 hours of Ryder Cup coverage, which put me in a state of golf delirium. There. That’s my disclaimer for these silly team nicknames I came up with.Mac and The MechanicGraeme McDowell and Miguel Angel JimenezWild ThingsPhil M…

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Captain’s pick Ian Poulter(Steven Newton/Flickr)IT’S RARE WHEN A MAJOR SPORTING EVENT lives up to the hype, but the 37th Ryder Cup has achieved that seemingly impossible standard ? and it’s only Saturday night.I have a Ryder Cup hangover. I watch…

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THE EUROPEAN RYDER CUP TEAM, playing without Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, made up a point on the United States in Saturday’s morning foursomes matches. The score after the third session was United States 7, Europe 5. It takes 14 1/2 points to win …

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Sergio Garcia (Steven Newton/Flickr)HAS NICK FALDO LOST HIS HEAD? That’s what at least one British writer wondered out loud on the Golf Channel after Faldo left Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood off the lineup card for Saturday’s opening matches.Times…

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THE TALKING IS OVER. The Ryder Cup is underway on a beautiful morning in Louisville. All four foursomes matches are deep into the opening round.The Europeans got off to a good start. The Americans looked shaky. Big-time butterflies. So much for being l…

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ON WEDNESDAY AT VALHALLA I CHATTED UP some European fans from the UK. Judging from their accents, they were English.They take their Ryder Cup seriously. One fellow has been to every Ryder Cup since Valderama in 1997 (six in a row). He has been a part o…

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OK, HERE’S SOMETHING I CAN’T REMEMBER seeing at a professional golf tournament: a bridge between the practice range and putting green.That’s right, the PGA of America constructed a green bridge-like overpass so the 24 U.S. and European Ryder Cup …

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J.B. HolmesJ.B. HOLMES IS THE CROWD FAVORITE at Valhalla this week. At least that’s my snap judgment after attending a Ryder Cup practice session on Wednesday. Chants of “J.B.!” filled the air from the time the Kentucky bomber stepped onto the pr…

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So much for the no autograph policy.IT WAS PITCH BLACK when Doug and I left the house for the Ryder Cup. We merged onto I-65 and traveled across the Kennedy Bridge into downtown Louisville. About 10 minutes later we rolled into the Kentucky Exposition …

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Hole No. 6 at Helfrich Golf Course.I RECENTLY BROKE A 17-YEAR SILENCE with a childhood friend. I invited him to the Ryder Cup. I had an extra ticket and knew Doug lived just a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Louisville.My family moved from my childhood …

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A WIND STORM SWEPT THROUGH LOUISVILLE this afternoon and blew down trees and a TV tower at Valhalla Golf Club, site of this week’s Ryder Cup matches. It’s not expected to affect the event, though.“We got tree limbs, but we’ll take care of it,??…

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(Annais/Flickr)(As a service to readers, following are golf events, products, services and more. Endorsement is not implied.)Tony Ciabattoni is building a public golf facility for kids in Columbia, South America. To learn more, visit therighttoplay.com…

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SOMEWHERE U.S. RYDER CUP CAPTAIN Paul Azinger must have a checklist. Four captain’s picks. Check. Favorable Valhalla setup. Check. Lucky coin (or some other good luck charm). Check.And at least one more thing: order of play. Zinger has changed it. In…

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Valhalla’s layout and routing, as shown on its scorecard.(Dan Perry/Flickr)VALHALLA GOLF CLUB IS A 7,496-YARD, par-71 championship layout designed by Jack Nicklaus. Valhalla is the No. 1-ranked golf course in Kentucky and a perennial top 100 course in …

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THIRTY HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Following is United States and international television coverage, according to the 2008 Spectator Guide and RyderCup.com.2008 Ryder Cup TV S…

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IF THE AMERICANS DON’T WIN the 2008 Ryder Cup, it won’t be because U.S. Captain Paul Azinger didn’t do everything within his power to give his side every possible advantage. That includes the setup of Valhalla Golf Club, the Ryder Cup venue in Lo…

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Camilo VillegasTWO THINGS WE NOW KNOW. One, Vijay Singh is your FedEx Cup winner. Veej just has to wait three weeks to bank the $10 million. Two, we know when Camilo Villegas, the 26-year-old Columbian heartthrob, will claim his first PGA Tour title. T…

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SO WHAT DO YOU THINK? About a week has passed since Paul Azinger announced his four captain’s picks for the 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team. They are Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, J.B. Holmes and Chad Campbell.All Ryder Cup rookies, I think Stricker, Mahan …

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CHICK EVANS WAS A GOLF GREAT of the early 20th century. A lifelong amateur, Evans was the first player to win the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Open in the same year, 1916. Evans went on to play in 50 consecutive U.S. Amateurs and started a college scholarship…

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Sergio Garcia (Reed Jones/Flickr)“IF YOU SEE SERGIO, tell him he’s cute,” said my 12-year-old daughter before I departed for the BMW Championship. “I’m pretty sure he knows that,” I told her.I just saw Sergio. He was in the left-hand rough …

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Final results:1 Camilo Villegas (-15)2 Dudley Hart (-13)T3 Anthony Kim (-12)T3. Jim Furyk (-12)T5 Stephen Ames (-11)T5 K.J. Choi (-11)T5 D.J. Trahan (-11) Tournament comments are welcome.?The Armchair GolferRelated:2008 BMW Champions…

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THE REMNANTS OF GUSTAV ARE GONE, but they sure made a mess of Bellerive Country Club and the surrounding area yesterday.“The public and volunteer parking area at Hunter Farms off Ladue Road is impassable,” a statement said, “and now must be close…

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Hunter Mahan has Presidents Cup experience.(Reel Memories/Flickr)AFTER THE FIRST ROUND of the 2008 BMW Championship was officially suspended this morning, Hunter Mahan made an appearance in the media center. Many of the questions centered on his Ryder …

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Hunter Mahan has Presidents Cup experience.(Reel Memories/Flickr)AFTER THE FIRST ROUND of the 2008 BMW Championship was officially suspended this morning, Hunter Mahan made an appearance in the media center. Many of the questions centered on his Ryder …

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Hunter Mahan has Presidents Cup experience.(Reel Memories/Flickr)AFTER THE FIRST ROUND of the 2008 BMW Championship was officially suspended this morning, Hunter Mahan made an appearance in the media center. Many of the questions centered on his Ryder …

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Hunter Mahan has Presidents Cup experience.(Reel Memories/Flickr)AFTER THE FIRST ROUND of the 2008 BMW Championship was officially postponed this morning, Hunter Mahan made an appearance in the media center. Many of the questions centered on his Ryder …

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AS I SIT IN THE MEDIA CENTER at the 2008 BMW Championship, the remnants of Gustav pound overhead. Will the heavy duty canvas hold? I think so.But Padraig Harrington, Jerry Kelly and Scott Verplank will not be hitting the opening shots of this third leg…

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FIFTEEN-PLUS HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the BMW Championship this week at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. It’s the third of four events of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Tune in to the Golf Channel on Thursday and Friday and NBC o…

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“HOW ARE YOU DOING, TOMMY?” I asked in late May.I called Tommy Bolt at his home in Arkansas and was told he was in a local nursing home. We had a brief conversation, and Tommy asked me to call back in a couple of weeks. He didn’t feel like talkin…

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VIJAY SINGH IS ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY your 2008 FedEx Cup leader. Here are the 2008 FedEx Cup Standings through the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second of four playoffs events.1. Vijay Singh 120,5002. Sergio Garcia 108,2753. Mike Weir 106,9654. Just…

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(Gordons/Flickr)TWO WINS IN A ROW and three wins in the last month. Yes, indeed. “Vijay” does mean victory.Singh carded a blistering 63 in yesterday’s final round to run away with the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts. And he op…

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IS IT JUST ME, an admitted golf junkie, or are the FedEx Cup Playoffs better than anyone could expect san