Hall inductee Denny Shutewon three majors in the 1930s.WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, here are the six people who were inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday, November 10.Craig Wood(PGA Tour Ballot)Wood was the first player to win the Masters and …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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“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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Ian Poulter (Steven Newton/Flickr)NOW, BOYS. Ian Poulter and Colin Montgomerie are sniping in the press about Nick Faldo’s two captain’s picks for the 2008 European Ryder Cup team. Monty said that Poulter has a “hotline” to Captain Nick.“Ther…

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I THOUGHT DANIEL WEXLER would be a great source to turn to for commentary on the 2008 Ryder Cup and a couple of other topics. This from his bio:“Daniel Wexler is one of America’s leading golf historians and writers, having authored five prominent boo…

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Andy Sutton (CaddyBytes.com)ENGLISHMAN ANDY SUTTON IS THE CADDIE for Ben Curtis, PGA Tour player and member of the 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team. But Sutton won’t be pulling for his boss or the Americans in the 2008 Ryder Cup matches next month in Louisvi…

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MY 2008 RYDER CUP TICKETS arrived in the mail this week. I was excited to get them, especially after my Masters tickets were mistakenly returned to Augusta this past spring. That could have been a disaster.I’m sitting at my desk leafing through the o…

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OK, I ADMIT TO BEING FACETIOUS in my headline, but there are many ways Paul Azinger could go with his four captain’s picks for the 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team. It’s been widely reported that Zinger is willing to think outside the tee box when it comes…

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CARL PETTERSSON WON THE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP with a 21-under total of 259. Pettersson torched the par-70 Sedgefield Country Club in the first three rounds, shooting 64-61-66. On Sunday, Carl coasted home with a 68 and a two-shot victory over Scott McCa…

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(Mike Davis/Flickr)I JUST RECEIVED MY TIGER WOODS newsletter. Following are excerpts:Things are lot better since I last wrote to you. I’m a lot more mobile, which is really nice. I can’t catch Sam yet, but I’m getting close. The big thing is I’ve start…

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Ben Curtis (Mike Davis/Flickr)WE NOW KNOW EIGHT of the 12 members of the 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team. The PGA Championship was the cutoff for earning a spot on the team via the points system. The remaining four team members will be captain’s picks.Here …

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J.B. Holmes (Gordons/Flickr)WHEN I PLAYED ON my high school golf team, I was in high school. J.B. Holmes played on the Taylor County (Ky.) High School golf team when he was in third grade.Are you kidding me? A nine-year-old!Holmes played No. 1 as a fif…

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WHILE THE 2008 RYDER CUP BUZZ has been growing, I’ve been burning up the keyboard to bring you something new from ARMCHAIR GOLF: a free 27-page report on the 2008 Ryder Cup.This is the first of what I hope will be many special reports. Just sign up a…

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