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Q&A: Bob Harig of ESPN.com

A FORMER SPORTSWRITER for the St. Petersburg Times, Bob Harig covers the PGA Tour and pro golf for ESPN.com. I met Bob at the BMW Championship in St. Louis, the third of four FedEx Cup playoff events. Last week we talked by phone about various PGA Tour…

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Catching Up with Bob Harig of ESPN.com

BOB HARIG COVERS GOLF for ESPN.com. I met him in the media center lunch room at the BMW Championship in August. It was fun talking to a national golf writer who follows the PGA Tour from city to city. And as a bonus, Bob is a nice guy, approachable and…

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Finchem on Fixing the FedEx Cup

Tim FinchemTHE FIRST TWO YEARS of the FedEx Cup have been a bit like the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. “This porridge is too hot. This porridge is too cold.”And now PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem is searching for “this porridge is j…

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Ratings at Tour Championship sing the same tune

After a glimmer of hope at the Ryder Cup, ratings tanked yet again last week, with a highly entertaining Tour Championship, and a disappointing end to the FedEx Cup. Thomas Bonk files in his weekly report:With no drama (Vijay Singh…

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Singh Takes the FedEx Cup

In a season without Tiger Woods, many other players have had a chance to shine and few have shone quite as brightly as Vijay Singh this year. Over the weekend, he clinched the coveted FedEx cup, as well as a very nice $10 million bonus. Not bad wages for a weekend of work, but Singh [...]

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Singh Takes the FedEx Cup

In a season without Tiger Woods, many other players have had a chance to shine and few have shone quite as brightly as Vijay Singh this year. Over the weekend, he clinched the coveted FedEx cup, as well as a very nice $10 million bonus. Not bad wages for a weekend of work, but Singh [...]

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FedEx Cup Doesn’t Deliver

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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Vijay awarded FedEx Cup while leaders are on 15, 16

I find it quite telling that the FedEx Cup was awarded to Vijay Singh while the leaders were still out on the course. The presentation was pretty brief and low key, with NBC’s Jimmy Roberts conducting a two minute interview…

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“If we really had a tournament with the top 30 players, I’m not here”

I have been saving this Bubba Watson quote from the Atlanta Journal Constitution for the right moment, and this seems to be as good a time as ever. My theory is that if you have a player like Bubba who…

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“If we really had a tournament with the top 30 players, I’m not here”

I have been saving this Bubba Watson quote from the Atlanta Journal Constitution for the right moment, and this seems to be as good a time as ever. My theory is that if you have a player like Bubba who…

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“If we really had a tournament with the top 30 players, I’m not here”

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Tour championship great! FedEx Cup not so…

Wow, so although the FedEx Cup race was dull as can be for the second straight year, the actual Tour Championship was thrilling. Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim, and Camilo Villegas battled until the last putt fell, with Villegas…

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Tour championship great! FedEx Cup not so…

Wow, so although the FedEx Cup race was dull as can be for the second straight year, the actual Tour Championship was thrilling. Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim, and Camilo Villegas battled until the last putt fell, with Villegas…

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Tour championship great! FedEx Cup not so…

Wow, so although the FedEx Cup race was dull as can be for the second straight year, the actual Tour Championship was thrilling. Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim, and Camilo Villegas battled until the last putt fell, with Villegas…

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Tour championship great! FedEx Cup not so…

Wow, so although the FedEx Cup race was dull as can be for the second straight year, the actual Tour Championship was thrilling. Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim, and Camilo Villegas battled until the last putt fell, with Villegas…

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Tour Championship shaping up to be interesting

Who would have thought five days ago that Sunday at the Tour Championship would be even mildly entertaining? I certainly didn’t. But with Sergio Garcia in the lead, and the likes of Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson within striking distance,…

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Ryder Redux at THE TOUR Championship - Kim, Garcia Tangled.

var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,156,136790,”http://pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()It’s Groundhog Day all over again. Less than a week after Anthony Kim drilled Sergio Garcia in their Ryder Cup singles match, they will again be paired in the 3rd…

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“It’s as if the pro golf scene here is dropping into a black hole”

With the LPGA no longer in town, and the AT&T Classic at Sugarloaf gone, Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Journal Constitution argues that there isn’t much in the way of golf in Atlanta…The Tour Championship? It looked great on paper….

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2008 TOUR Championship TV Schedule and Notes

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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Football > FedEx Cup

In a much more decisive victory, this year’s college football and NFL ratings crushed the FedEx Cup. Last year, the difference was marginal. This year, as Thomas Bonk reports…The third round Saturday of the BMW Championship had a 1.1 overnight…

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Vijay Trips Over $10,000,000.00, Hurts Feeling.

As if finishing T44 in the BMW Championship wasn’t catastrophic enough, Vijay Singh has to figure out what to do with the 10 million dollars in FedExCup prize money he earned on Sunday. Nine million in cash and one million in annuity should have been the salve to cushion the blow of not winning his…

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“Transitory movement”

Scribes, take note. I think we have finally found a phrase that could replace the word ‘volatility’ when describing the FedEx Cup playoffs. I can’t take credit for it, as Brandel Chamblee referenced it on Sunday night’s edition of Golf…

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Villegas finally wins, race for FedEx Cup ends

What was supposed to be a rejuvenated FedEx Cup points system ended up being, what some might call, a failure. Although Camilo Villegas’ wire-to-wire breakthrough win at the BMW Championship should be recognized, it has been overshadowed by the fact…

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2008 BMW Championship: Victory for Villegas

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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2008 BMW Championship: ‘Tell Sergio He’s Cute’

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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2008 BMW Championship: Hunter Mahan Talks Ryder Cup

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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2008 BMW Championship: Hunter Mahan Talks Ryder Cup

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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2008 BMW Championship: Hunter Mahan Talks Ryder Cup

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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2008 BMW Championship: Hunter Mahan Talks Ryder Cup

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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1st Round Results - 2008 BMW Championship - FedExCup

Paddy went home. Tournament resumes tomorrow Thursday, 9/5/2008, Gustav providing. 18 tomorrow, 36 on Saturday.

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2008 BMW Championship: Gustav Is Early Leader

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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The reality of the FedEx Cup

Since it’s only the second year of the playoffs, we can give the PGA Tour a break. But Yahoo’s Brian Murphy captures the “lack of interest” factor with this comical bit:Hey, did you hear the incredible news? Johnson Wagner’s tie-15th…

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2008 BMW Championship TV Schedule

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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Scenarios: How can they clinch the FedExCup?

Assuming he finishes — i.e., doesn’t have a disqualification (DQ) or withdrawal (WD), or doesn’t play (DNP) — he needs to have a 10,501 point lead over second place to guarantee he’ll win the FedExCup. As of now, his lead over Sergio Garcia in second is 12,225, so the only way Singh can control whether [...]

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2008 FedEx Cup Standings Through Deutsche Bank Championship

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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Vijay Singh: The Power of Positive Putting

(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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Singh Cashes In At Deutsche Bank.

When was the last time he lived in Fiji? There must be some sort of common law, based on the amount of time he’s lived here, that would allow him American citizenship, at least for one Ryder Cup.

Singh shot a blistering 63 and finished the tourney at -22 to threaten throwing the FedExCup,…

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Singh wins Deutsche Bank, backs up ‘best putter in the world’ label

For the second straight week, Vijay Singh went low on a Sunday, capturing the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs. It’s pretty sad, but this Doug Ferguson lede says it all…Another victory for Vijay Singh is turning the FedEx…

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FedEx Cup Is Better Than Warm Bucket of Spit

IS IT JUST ME, an admitted golf junkie, or are the FedEx Cup Playoffs better than anyone could expect sans Tiger Woods?In this political season, I’m reminded of what John Nance Garner, No. 2 to FDR, said about the vice presidency: it “wasn’t wort…

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Don’t Cry For Me Ian Poulter.

“It’s been a very long week, and I think a lot of misspent energy has been taken up by obvious press – media, players, everybody. It’s just so mentally draining to be in this position, to listen, to read, to hear all the B.S. this week. I’m spent. I’m exhausted. I didn’t want to finish the last two…

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2008 Deutsche Bank Championship Live Leaderboard

Final results:1 Vijay Singh (-22)2 Mike Weir (-17)T3 Ernie Els (-14)T3 Camilo Villegas (-14)T5 Tim Herron (-13)T5 Sergo Garcia (-13)Tournament comments are welcome.?The Armchair GolferRelated:2008 Deutsche Bank Championship TV Schedule2008 FedEx Cup …

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2008 FedEx Cup Standings

Vijay Singh is currently BMOT (Big Man on Tour).HERE ARE THE 2008 FEDEX CUP STANDINGS through The Barclays, the first event of the playoffs:1. Vijay Singh 109,5002. Sergio Garcia 104,3753. Kevin Sutherland 101,9504. Phil Mickelson 101,8565. Justin Leon…

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2008 Deutsche Bank Championship TV Schedule and Notes

Phil Mickelson is defending champ.THIRTEEN HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the Deutsche Bank Championship this week at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts. It’s the second of four events of the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Tune in to the Golf Channel o…

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Possible FedEx Cup Loophole

The joke on the driving range at TPC Boston on Tuesday concerned the new week-to-week volatility in the FedEx Cup playoffs. Scuttlebutt said that a player could advance all the way to the 30-man Tour Championship and still fail to finish in the top 125 on the money list, thus losing his Tour card.
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Match play for FedEx Cup?

According to Jeff Babineau in Golfweek’s Tour Blog, Brett Quigley offered up an interesting playoff proposal for next year’s FedEx Cup. Essentially, match play…My suggestion would be to have a Top 64 and have a match play tournament. If they…

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Notre Dame football and FedEx Cup collide

And I thought one of the purposes of creating the FedEx Cup playoffs was to be able to compete with football, not get sidelined. Jon Show sheds some light on the subject, and it doesn’t look good for the Tour…Scheduling…

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Ratings slump continues

Just as we got used to a world record being broken at every Olympic swimming event, we have come to expect a ratings drop each week on Tour. As Thomas Bonk of the LA Times reports in his weekly round-up:The…

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Singh Snatches Barclays from Garcia

Vijay Singh is on a late-season run. (Mike Davis/Flickr)FINALLY. ON THE FIRST HOLE of a three-way sudden-death playoff at The Barclays, Sergio Garcia holed an improbable birdie putt from long range.It was the kind of dramatic tournament-clinching putt …

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“Maybe they should have underhauled”

I didn’t realize how big of a jump players from the back of the pack could make with this year’s revised FedEx Cup points system. For example, if Kevin Streelman, ranked No. 120, would have won this week, he would…

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