Results for August 2008
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How important is being preseason No. 1?
Congrats to the UCLA men and the USC women, who were named in this week's Golf World as the preseason No. 1 ranked teams in the country. Before Bruins and Trojans fans go off an get a big head, however,...
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Check out Golf World's college preview 2008-09
Golf World's annual college golf preview package appears in this week's issue. Back again is our traditional "Players to Watch" department where yours truly offers up 50 men's and women's players who I think we should keep an eye...
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Major accomplishments for Kittleson, Lee
PINEHURST, N.C.--How long does it take for it to sink in that you've just earned a spot in the Masters and the U.S. Open? For Drew Kittleson, the blank expression on his face moments after he won his semifinal match...
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Who let the 'Dawgs out at the U.S. Amateur?
PINEHURST, N.C.--Will a University of Georgia golfer be holding the Havemayer Trophy come Sunday at Pinehurst No. 2? With two of the four semifinalists at the 108th U.S. Amateur Championship being Bulldogs, the chances aren't bad as fans of the...
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U.S. Am quarterfinalist Lee is ready if not rested
PINEHURST, N.C.--It's been eight straight days of competitive golf and counting for Danny Lee, who came to the 108th U.S. Amateur Championship straight from playing at the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship down the road in Greensboro this past weekend. And...
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An 'upsetting' second round
PINEHURST, N.C.--So much for form holding early on Thursday at the 108th U.S. Amateur Championship. Upsets were the order of the morning under cloudy skies at Pinehurst No. 2, where three former U.S. Walker Cup team members were unexpectedly bounced....
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Clemson's Stanley to leave after '09 season
PINEHURST, N.C.--Clemson junior Kyle Stanley has a number of goals he still wants to achieve as a college golfer, but he's going to have only the next nine months to accomplish them. The 20-year-old from Gig Harbor, Wash., informed Tiger...
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First-round U.S. Am winner Exber defies his age
PINEHURST, N.C.--Brady Exber is an anomaly at the 108th U.S. Amateur Championship. At 52, he is more likely to be mistaken for a competitor's father than a competitor himself. Yet after playing the longest match of the first round, beating...
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Nothing's easy at Pinehurst
PINEHURST, N.C.--You're Philip Francis, a former U.S. Junior champion who helped UCLA win the NCAA team title last June as a freshman and made the cut at the PGA Tour's John Deere Classic in July. In advancing to the match-play...
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Supersized playoff at Pinehurst
PINEHURST, N.C.--It's one of the U.S. Amateur's more entertaining yet little-known rituals: the annual playoff to determine who are the last few golfers advancing from the stroke-play qualifying field of 315 to the match-play field of 64. This year's version,...
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