Golf World June 13, 2008

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Golf World June 13, 2008

Cover Photograph By Darren Carroll

June 13, 2008

BUNKER

A new appreciation for old-time golf

Golf part of Jim McKay's 'Wide World'

PGA Tour drops Atlanta, keeps Tampa

Wedges: short-game difference-makers

Marty Fleckman recalls Baltusrol in '67

COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS

EQUIPMENT
Heavier shaft options for swing-speed consistency
By E. Michael Johnson

THE VIEW
The great divide between the reviewer and the reviewed
By Jim Moriarty

OPINION
What John Atkinson teaches us
By Craig Bestrom

TOUR TALK

PGA TOUR
• Parity abounds as no one steps up in Tiger Woods' absence
• Tom Pernice stops his missed-cut slide; shoots final-round 63 in Memphis

SHOTLINK
Players face four of the toughest holes to date at TPC Southwind

THE ANGRY GOLFER
Chris Berman's shtick on ESPN is too much to bear

LPGA TOUR
Lorena Ochoa looks forward as major streak ends

AMATEURS
An early look at the top five men's and women's college teams entering 2008-09

STATS & SCORES

FEATURES

A HUMBLING GAME
Celebs, amateur take on Torrey Pines in Golf Digest's U.S. Open Challenge and discover Tiger was right: Breaking 100 is no mean feat
By Bob Verdi

WHAT A WEEK IT WAS
Nineteen-year-old Yani Tseng wins the LPGA Championship, an event the tour will take over as part of a bold, new business plan
By Ron Sirak

JAKE'S WORLD
Erling Jacobsen, the patriarch of one of golf's best-known families, was a complicated man
By Curt Sampson

STALKING IN MEMPHIS
Justin Leonard takes the Stanford St. Jude Championship in a three-man playoff and becomes the latest pro to set a Ryder Cup berth in his sights
By Jim Moriarty

GOLF WORLD'S TOP 10 U.S. OPEN LISTS

BEST FINAL ROUNDS

BY THE NUMBERS

MY TOP 10 U.S. OPENS (PLUS 1)

10 BEST PLAYOFFS

10 PLAYERS WHO MADE THE U.S. OPEN THEIR FIRST PGA TOUR WIN

10 BEST QUOTES

PLAYERS WHO HAVE NEVER WON THE OPEN (BUT SHOULD HAVE)

10 WORST U.S. OPEN COLLAPSES

MEMORABLE BROADCAST MOMENTS

THINGS YOU'LL NEVER SEE AGAIN

BEST AMATEURS (NOT NAMED JONES)

10 MEMORABLE ACES

SIGNIFICANT "FIRSTS"

SIGNIFICANT "LASTS"

HIGHEST OPEN SCORES (BEFORE WORLD WAR II)

HIGHEST OPEN SCORES (AFTER WORLD WAR II)

10 BEST SITES NOT TO HAVE HOSTED AN OPEN

10 OLD-TIME OPEN VENUES

THE 10 BEST PUBLIC COURSES

THE 10 BEST PRIVATE COURSES

10 MOST USED VENUES

10 WORST U.S. OPEN SITIES

10 BIGGEST RULES CONTROVERSIES

THE 10 LONGEST HOLES

10 SHOTS THAT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY

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