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Occasionally a column should be read strictly for its entertainment value, and this is one, from Martin Johnson of the Times of London. The headline, "Fat chance of Augusta rediscovering lost glory," is a giveaway...

Sunday, 4/12/2009 at 11:00AM

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This was the average length of Friday's rounds, according to the Augusta Chronicle. OK, so it was somewhat windy. On Thursday, when the weather was perfect, the average round took five hours, five minutes. D.J....

Saturday, 4/11/2009 at 8:29AM

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Iowa Governor Chet Culver created news by announcing that he was heading to Augusta, Ga., for the weekend to watch a pair of Iowans, Zach Johnson and Jack Newman, compete in the Masters. He even...

Friday, 4/10/2009 at 4:53PM

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Newsday columnist Mark Herrmann asks a pertinent question: Just how boring would the 2007 and 2008 Masters had seemed if they had been won by Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, rather than Zach Johnson and...

Friday, 4/10/2009 at 8:42AM

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The Wall Street Journal has this: "$612: Average sale price for Friday Masters badges on StubHub.com, a 43% decline from last year." -- John Strege...

Friday, 4/10/2009 at 8:15AM

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Attention follows John Daly, which, as history has shown us, is not always a good thing. This week, he's garnered a modicum of notice from setting up shop on Washington Road, across the street from...

Thursday, 4/9/2009 at 7:24PM

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It is not a golf course for the aging, to wit Fuzzy Zoeller's decision to make this his last Masters appearance, citing the fact that Augusta National is now too much course for him. Yet...

Thursday, 4/9/2009 at 6:49PM

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So said a press box wag about Greg Norman and the impressive round of two-under par 70 he shot in the first round of the Masters on Thursday, according to this report from the San...

Thursday, 4/9/2009 at 3:43PM

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Golf is a game of confidence, as Bob Rotella's book title suggests, which might portend a long week (or rather a short one) for Sergio Garcia. He does not expect to win the Masters, by...

Thursday, 4/9/2009 at 8:54AM

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Among the revelations from Billy Payne's State of the Masters address today was the fact that "no smoking will be allowed in seating areas or observation stands around the course," the Augusta Chronicle reports. It...

Wednesday, 4/8/2009 at 5:14PM

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