Results for February 2009
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This week's syllabus: Feb. 27-March 5
FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right nowMEN 1. Georgia (Last week's syllabus: 1)After 122 days for their winter break, the Bulldogs finally resume their season. Senior Adam Mitchell is left back in Athens as...
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Hoops accident sidelines USC's Lovemark
What's the old saying, timing is everything? A year ago, when Alabama's Michael Thompson broke a finger tossing a football, at least he had the decency of doing it during the fall semester. The senior eventually returned in the spring...
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This week's syllabus: Feb. 20-26
FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right nowMEN 1. Georgia (Last week's syllabus: 1)For a team that many tout--including myself--as having so much depth, it is interesting to note that no Bulldog currently ranks inside...
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Knocking on the ACC door
In the Feb. 23 issue of Golf World, my Amateur Spotlight story explored how Duke's streak of consecutive ACC women's titles might be coming to an end this April at 13. As I wrote in the magazine, it's not so...
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This week's syllabus: Feb. 13-19
THE FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right nowMEN 1. Georgia (Last syllabus: 1)I'd like to see the Bulldogs play once in the spring before I give up the top spot to another school. Spring...
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Quick thoughts from Northrup Grumman
Just a couple early observations following today's finish of the Northrup Grumman Regional Challenge, where Arizona State beat Wake Forest by 18 shots at Palos Verdes (Calif.) GC, with UCLA finishing 19 strokes back and USC coming in 21 behind...
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22 named to Hogan watch list
Chesapeake Energy, in association with Colonial CC, The Friends of Golf (FOG) and the Golf Coaches Association of America, announced the watch list for the 2009 Ben Hogan Award, given annually to the top men’s college golfer taking into account...
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This week's syllabus: Feb. 6-12
THE FAB FIVEMy look at the top five teams in the country right nowMEN 1. Georgia (Last syllabus: 1)Adam Mitchell had a nice chance to hob-knob with U.S. Walker Cup captain Buddy Marucci, playing in the same threesome during yesterday's...
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Waves of injuries for Pepperdine women
When the Pepperdine women, ranked 10th in the final Golf World/NGCA fall coaches' poll, tee it up next Monday out at Palos Verdes GC for the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, they'll play their spring opener without the newest member of...
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Blumenherst to Kraft Nabisco: 'Thanks, but no thanks'
Seems hard to believe an amateur would pass up an invitation to a major championship, but a year after Stacy Lewis turned down a spot in the LPGA's Kraft Nabisco Championship, Amanda Blumenherst has done the same. Like for Lewis...
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