PGA Tour.com recaps the 2008 Tour awards.
Paddy Harrington won player of the year yesterday. He deserved it. Though Tiger 4 of the 6 events in which he played, including the U.S. Open, Paddy won two majors. Even if he missed the cut in every other tournament, winning two majors should always be enough to [...]

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Welcome to the 11th edition of Chip Shots—your friendly golf and grammar column. To read past versions, or to try and make sense of this nonsensical column, click here.
Today, I’d like to write a special Christmas edition of Chip Shots. But let’s be honest—do you really need your golf and grammar to be Christmasized (not [...]

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• Wie Slips But Appears to be in Good Shape Co leaders in the second round, Shiho Oyama and Michelle Wie watched from the sidelines at the 18th fairway on Friday as Mollie Fankhauser rolled a two foot putt in to give her a lead in the third round of the LPGA Tour's Final Qualifying Tournament. After she carded a......
• Michelle Wie and Robin Lopez At Charity Auction [pic] I am not normally one for celebrity gossip, but for some reason (I played basketball in college?) this story has my attention... From Stanford Secrets (Wie-Lopez): A guest contributer[sic] provided us with the following picture of Robin and Michelle canoodling at the Athlete Date Auction. We also heard that Michelle......

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This is a special quotes edition of Chip Shots.
My coworkers and I recently selected some quotes about writing to display on the walls in our department.
The purpose is threefold: to decorate, to inspire, and to entertain. We selected three quotes, all of which, I believe, are darn good. They both inspire us and remind us [...]

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• Eagle Valley Golf Course, Carson City, NV Eagle Valley Golf Course is located in: Carson City, NV Phone: 775-887-2380 Website: http://www.eaglevalleygolf.com Course History: This is a truly great course that is actually two courses in one. You'll have your pick of two, and the West Course is by far the most challenging. We'll be focusing on this......

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Watch out for Harrison Frazar in 2009.
Dude just threw down at Q School. Over six days, Frazar fired 69-64-72-59-69-67 to finish 32 under, eight shots ahead of his nearest competitor, James Nitties, at Q School’s final and most intimidating, stress-packed stage.
If Frazar can take that kind of game into next year’s Tour season, he could [...]

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Tour player Glen Day and Australian pro James Nitties lead the way at the halfway point of the final stage of Q School. Day and Nitties are -15, with names like Bryce Molder, Jay Williamson, Mark Brooks, and Joe Durant closely trailing.
But, let’s be honest, no one really cares about who’s leading at Q School. [...]

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Final Stage first round play starts today at PGA West.
Examining the field, it almost looks like a second-tier Tour event. There are literally dozens of former Tour players at the final stage. But that should be expected. These are the guys who didn’t finish in the top 125, plus those who earned their way through [...]

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Hope everyone had a relaxing Thanksgiving.
After a brief, four-day hiatus, Game Under Repair is back with its ninth edition of the ever-popular Chip Shots column—a forced attempt to make the once opposed worlds of golf rules and grammar rules converge.
On to the fun.
J.P. Hayes Is One Honest Dude
I’m two weeks late with this commentary, but [...]

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Have a great Thanksgiving!
I’ll be frying a turkey today, so let’s hope I keep all of my key golfing parts in tact. My brother-in-law, Larry, will be mentoring me tomorrow on the art of turkey frying, then I’ll be flying taking the show over to my in-law’s house on Saturday.
Wish me luck. There’s a lot [...]

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The Tour’s version of the crappy BCS just got its latest tweak.
I’ve said many times that the Tour Championship should be a match play format, but looks like that’s not going to happen…at least next year.
In a move to make the Tour Championship more dramatic–a nice idea considering it has been a complete bore the [...]

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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......

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Sick again.
Since moving to Nashville eight months ago, I’ve been sick like a zillion times. This is the same cough, sinus, sore throat crap I had about six weeks ago.
Needless to say, the blog might suffer the next few days. Although, with Turkey Day coming up, why will you be reading a blog anyway?
The good [...]

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When we reached the eighth hole at Barnsley Gardens—a downhill 210 yard par 3—the wind began blowing the rain sideways, the drops pelting my face like frozen pebbles. The temperature hovered somewhere in the mid 40s.
My confidence, already shaken from playing the first seven holes at three over, sunk as the trees swayed [...]

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Welcome to Chip Shots, eighth edition. After a week off, we’re as passionate as ever about the marriage of golf and grammar into one unified column (please note sarcasm). To check out past editions of Chips Shots, click here.
Now, on to the fun.
Anthony Kim Disqualified
Two weeks ago, Anthony Kim—one of the stars of the Ryder [...]

• Golfer Anthony Kim is Disqualified for Using Broken Club in Shanghai Tournament Anthony Kim is currently the World number 8 golfer. During his first tournament as a European Tour player, his hopes were recently dashed in Shanghai when he found himself being disqualified from the HSBC Championships this past Sunday. Anthony Kim is a young player at only 23 years old, so......

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More accurately, four of the six second stage sites concluded over the weekend. Top 20 players, plus ties, from each site advance on to third stage next month at PGA West. A quick summary:
Brooksville, Florida: Todd Demsey and Camilo Benedetti (-13) led the way at Southern Hills Plantation Club. Seven under was the number needed [...]

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• Troy Matteson Takes Important Lead in Florida Troy Matteson managed to open with an eagle, then went on to make three straight birdies at the turn before shooting a career low, which was nine under 63 before taking a one-shot lead for the first round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic, which was recently held at Lake......
• Erik Compton Golfer Profile Erik Compton is a 28 year old golfer who is most known for the fact that heart issues have hampered his ability to golf in recent years. He is currently in the news because the PGA Tour has made special provisions for him to have a golf cart during his......

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Game Under Repair is on vacation again this weekend. And, yes, golf is on the menu. Barnsley Gardens in North Georgia is the destination. Fabulous golf course.
I’ll be back on Sunday to post a recap of the second stage results at PGA Q-School.
Stay tuned.
      

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Two rounds complete at the second stage sites. Top 20 players at each site will advance to third stage.

Familiar names scattered throughout all four fields. Some of the more recognizable names include: Billy Andrade, Trevor Dodds, Robert Damron, Olin Browne, Robert Gamez, Jim McGovern, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Skip Kendall, Per-Ulrik Johanson, Harrison Frazar. And those [...]

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Second stage of Q-School begins tomorrow. Game Under Repair recently sat down for a fireside chat, with cigars and a cold beverage in hand, to get a first-hand look at second stage from one participant.
Nah, no fireside chat, cigars, or cold beverages, but we do have a brief interview with Bryant Odom–an old friend who [...]

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• Erik Compton Golfer Profile Erik Compton is a 28 year old golfer who is most known for the fact that heart issues have hampered his ability to golf in recent years. He is currently in the news because the PGA Tour has made special provisions for him to have a golf cart during his......
• Golf Pioneer Casey Martin Pulling for Erik Compton in Quest for Tour Card Admirers of Erik Compton from Miami, Florida will be following from the furthest corners of golf today, as he is beginning his quest to win a PGA Tour card only five months after undergoing a heart transplant, which was his second attempt at a transplant to date. Compton, who is......

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Four of the six second stage Q-School sites will crank up this week.
Second stage sites include:

Southern Hills Plantation Club (Brooksville, Florida)
Deerwood Golf Club (Kingwood, Texas)
Hombre Golf Club (Panama City Beach, Florida)
Callaway Gardens-Mountain View Course (Pine Mountain, Georgia)
Oak Valley Golf Club (Beaumont, California Nov. 19-22)
Lantana Golf Club (Lantana, Texas Nov. 19-22)

Play begins Wednesday at Brooksville, Kingwood, [...]

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• DeLaveaga Golf Course The DeLaveaga Golf Course is located in: Santa Cruz, CA Phone: 408-423-7212 Website: http://www.delaveagagolf.com/ Course History: The course is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the area. It may be a bit short, but it is certainly challenging enough for even the best players. The varied terrain......
• Lake Shastina Golf Course, Weed, CA Lake Shastina Golf Course is located in Weed, CA Phone: (530)938-3201 Website: http://www.lakeshastinagolf.com/ Course History: This is an incredibly historic golf course that had the distinction of being the last course that Robert Trent Jones Senior and Junior built together. When you have two course designers of that caliber working......

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A couple of weeks ago, John Daly was arrested after passing out drunk in a Hooters parking lot. But that’s not all.
Josh Peter of Yahoo! Sports writes that Daly is now hawking his merchandise in Vegas hotels. Apparently, sponsorship money is drying up (Hooters is all he has left), and his golf game pretty [...]

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With a nod to the Armchair Golfer, who posted this on his blog yesterday, I’m adding this short, but interesting, feature on Barack’s golf game.
From the looks of his swing, I don’t think he’s going to give Clinton a scare for the top presidential golfer. I’m not sure Clinton was that good anyway; he just [...]

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Small changes coming to Augusta National for next year’s Masters.
AP reports that the legendary course will be ten yards shorter. The back of the first tee was moved up to provide a pathway for the gallery to move between the putting green and the tee box.
Ten yards were also added to the seventh and fifteenth [...]

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Today is Election Day.
For the last year and a half, presidential candidates have slung mud like it’s an Olympic sport. At the end of today, one party will celebrate, while another party braces for the next four years.
That’s why, in the midst of all this divisiveness, bias, and finger pointing, I find it absolutely appropriate [...]

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This book is probably one of the most respected and used books in the sport, and it was great to see it re-released. It first came out in 1972 and since then it shaped the lives of many of the world’s greatest players. Now, a whole new generation of players can benefit from the wisdom [...]

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• Review: Winning Ugly - Mental Warfare in Tennis - Lessons from a Master "Winning Ugly - Mental Warfare in Tennis - Lessons from a Master" has received acclaim from some of the biggest names in tennis today, including Jim Courier, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras just to name a few. The thing that makes this a popular book for improving your tennis game......
• Book Review: The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance By Timothy Gallwey This book is probably one of the most respected and used books in the sport, and it was great to see it re-released. It first came out in 1972 and since then it shaped the lives of many of the world’s greatest players. Now, a whole new generation of players......

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Take a look at the new 460 CC SVG Square Head Driver. It may take a little getting used to but every thing I’m hearing about these drivers is very positive. Gary Player recently played a square head driver and only missed 2 fairways out of 36 (after no…

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