Results for November 2007
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The Golf Channel Loses Key Exec
ORLANDO -- One of the big questions going into this year: How is The Golf Channel going to do broadcasting the PGA Tour? One of the big questions going into next year: How is The Golf Channel going to broadcasting the PGA Tour without Don McGuire? In a move that shocked most of its talent and production personnel, Golf Channel...
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Annika's Tough Season is Over
WEST PALM BEACH--The ADT Championship, the LPGA's entertaining season-ending event that pays a $1 million first prize and a measly $100,000 for second place, cleared a hurdle Friday that tripped up the HSBC Women's World Match Play earlier this year. That is, a lot of big names made it to the weekend, the notable exception being Annika Sorenstam. The Match...
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Champions Tour Q School
Punching your ticket to the Champions Tour always has been tough. Last year it got even tougher when Q school stopped awarding full one-year exemptions to the top eight finishers and replaced it with the right to qualify weekly for the top 30 finishers and ties. The same system is in place for this year's 72-hole qualifying tournament finals,...
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Tour Policy Board Votes On FedEx Changes and Drug Testing
The nine-member PGA Tour Policy Board will vote Monday in St. Augustine,Fla., on several proposals concerning the Fed Ex Cup playoff system andimplementation of a drug policy. Among the changes is revision of the 2008schedule to provide an off-week between the third of four playoff eventsand the Ryder Cup, thus resulting in a move of the Tour Championship to aslot...
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Newlywed Oberholser Recovering From Surgery
These are exciting and painful times for Arron Oberholser. Last week, he married Angie Rizzo, a former LPGA player. On Tuesday, he underwent surgery to have a bone chip removed from his left hand. Oberholser, 32, had a similar operation on his right hand in 2001. "Everything went well," says Oberholser. "From what the doctors said, the bone was still...
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