Tiger Woods may be out of commission for the 2008 season, but he is never really out of mind. When he first burst onto the scene and turned golf on its ear, no one really knew what to expect. This upstart kid went on to numerous championships, endorsement deals and is considered by many to [...]

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Vijay “the big Fijian” Singh was born the 22nd of February, 1963 in Lauoka, Fiji, and grew up in Nadi. His name meaning victorious lion, Singh learned golf from his Father and is well know for his careful planning and attention to every detail of every shot. Financial troubles occurred for Singh [...]

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ILLINOIS NATIVE D.A. WEIBRING turned pro in 1975. Since then he had played in 64 major championships on the PGA and Champions tours and never won. Until last Sunday.The 55-year-old journeyman came from four strokes down with 14 holes to play to win the…

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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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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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(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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Big surprise–without Tiger Woods, the PGA Championship’s overnight ratings for Sunday dropped 55% to a 3.0, according to Dick Friedman of golf.com… Cratering. Devastation. Decimation. Those are a few of the kinder terms to characterize the decline in the PGA…

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THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF ON TOUR, and he has an Irish brogue and answers to “Paddy.” Padraig Harrington is his full name, and he’s one cold-blooded major winner, snatching two in a row and three of the last six.On Sunday at Oakland Hills, Sheriff …

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This picture from Yahoo sports (Getty Images) says it all. The crowds were not terrible yesterday, but certainly not great. Jonathan Byrd (pictured below) was co-leader at this point and was on the first hole, his tenth. Note, there is…

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I’m picking this guy to win the year’s last major.(Marcia Cirillo/Flickr)AFTER NOT PICKING TIGER WOODS at Torrey Pines because I reasoned a crippled person couldn’t win in U.S. Open conditions, I vowed to never go against him again. NEVER.So I’m pi…

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(Mike Davis/Flickr)HERE’S WHAT THEY’RE PLAYING FOR in the 90th PGA Championship. (Plus $1.26 million, plus exemptions galore, plus getting the major monkey off their back, if they’re majorless.)Ladies and gentlemen, I present the Wanamaker Trophy. Sh…

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If there’s one hole that could stir some serious debate this week, it might be the 257-yard par-3 9th. The hole has been lengthened 37 yards, making it so that players will have to hit hybrids and fairway woods. Though…

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AS A FOLLOW-UP TO MY PIECE on Dow Finsterwald, I want to point you to a photo gallery I ran across at PGA.com. There are a lot of neat photos of Dow, from his playing days to the present day:Dow photo galleryI failed to mention in my previous post that…

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TWENTY-EIGHT HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the year’s final major, the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Tune in to TNT on Thursday and Friday, and TNT and CBS on the weekend. All times are U.S….

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FIFTY YEARS AGO AFTER A LONG HISTORY as a match-play tournament, the PGA Championship became a stroke-play event. The 1958 PGA Championship was also the first major to be televised (although parts of other majors had been televised).The winner of that …

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Adventures in putting for Vijay Singh.(Gordons/Flickr)I DON’T REMEMBER WHO VIJAH SINGH is working with, but he better get on the phone with him in a hurry. I can’t recall ever seeing a tour pro beat a world-class field without making a putt outside…

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THE MONSTER IS READY. Oakland Hills, site of next week’s PGA Championship, is groomed and sufficiently gnarly as it awaits the arrival of the world’s best golfers.This monster, as Ben Hogan famously called it after his 1951 U.S. Open victory, will …

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The “before” Phil (Jones/Flickr)BEN POPPER AT MEN’S VOGUE wrote to tell me about their stories on the new, svelte Phil Mickelson. OK, I’m not sure about svelte, but he does look a lot more fit.“We ran this piece on how Phil Mickelson shed 20 poun…

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Kent Youngblood of the Star Tribune takes a brief look at some of the changes made to Hazeltine GC in preparation for next year’s PGA. And big shocker: the course has been lengthened… The most obvious change is the course’s…

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I DIDN’T REALIZE I was being prophetic when I wrote this pretend flyer on Monday:LOST: One-legged golfer, missing at last major. Answers to Tiger. And U.S. Open champion.I heard the jarring news this afternoon about Tiger Woods regarding the severity…

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Tiger’s Left Knee in action. (Honeyfield/Flickr)IN A RARE AND REVEALING INTERVIEW, Tiger Woods’ Left Knee told ARMCHAIR GOLF about its recovery from a third surgery and the multiple pressures that come with supporting the world’s greatest golfer. Q: …

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(Pat Perez Golf)I welcome back Pat Perez to ARMCHAIR GOLF. Currently ranked 58th in the world and 50th in FedEx Cup points, Double P is having another solid year on tour that includes two top tens and about $800,000 in earnings after 13 events.That sai…

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(C O’Neal/Flickr)“Tiger Woods, whose hopes for a calendar Grand Slam ended with a thud,” reported ESPN.com.“And it ends the American’s hopes of a Grand Slam of all four majors this year,” concluded BBC SPORT.Here they come. The doubters. The …

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In his book, FANATIC: 10 Things All Sports Fans Should Do Before They Die, Jim Gorant takes you on his pilgrimage to golf heaven on earth, Augusta National. It’s good stuff for the golf or sports junkie. Jim provides vivid glimpses into this world-fa…

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(Danny Fritsche/Flickr)Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal is struggling to get back in competition. Rheumatism has kept him out of tournaments since last August when he missed the cut in the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.Before that kne…

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Sergio Garcia came close at Carnoustie.(Brian Doyle/Flickr)Golf Central is running an online poll to determine the putt of the year.And the nominees are…• Zach Johnson’s birdie on the 15th hole during the first round of The Barclays• Tiger Woods’…

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(PGA.com Photo)I’m a dedicated golf guy. I’m also a dedicated family guy. Sometimes the two come into conflict – like this weekend. When they do, family guy wins. I’m OK with that.This weekend we were in Fairfax, VA (Washington DC area), for a …

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(BBC SPORT Photo)With John Daly in contention at the PGA at Southern Hills, it seemed like the right time to dust off these ridiculous verses I wrote a while back.JD, I’m still waiting for you to put some music to them.John Daly, Golf Ball Driving Ma…

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(BBC SPORT Golf)Seve Ballesteros announced his retirement today at Carnoustie, the site of this week’s British Open. I’m sure it’s the right decision. Sadly, Seve has no game left and apparently no desire. But it’s still bittersweet to see a gr…

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