Results for November 2008
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Appleby Calls Daly a "Walking Train Wreck"
Five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson is glad John Daly has been invited to play in the Australian Masters this week, but fellow Aussie Stuart Appleby calls Daly a "walking train wreck" and isn't sure luring him to Australia with an appearance fee is a smart move. "Very few, I guess, make it look as effortless as John does, but...
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Tiger And Buick Part Ways
No more Buick commercials for Tiger Woods. General Motors and the world's top-ranked golfer announced a "mutual and amicable separation" Monday after nine years together, effective December 31, 2008. Woods, who is expecting his second child in late winter, wants more personal time. Plus, GM is looking for ways to cut costs during difficult economic times. "I am very...
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For J.P. Hayes And Golf: Business As Usual
Oprah hasn't called. Neither has Letterman or Leno. But J. P. Hayes says he has fielded at least 30 requests for interviews since he became national news, and that amazes him because golfers routinely turn themselves in after infractions of the rules. "It probably happens every week on the PGA Tour," said Hayes. "You just never hear about it. Why...
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Hayes gets John Deere exemption
In writing about J.P. Hayes' unfortunate disqualification at the second stage of PGA Tour Q School for using a ball not on the USGA's Conforming Golf Ball List, I suggested that any tournament director receiving a request from Hayes for a sponsor's exemption in 2009 should put him at the top of the list. Clair Peterson, tournament director for the...
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More than golf at the ADT
If your favorite players failed to make the 36-hole cut at the ADT Championship and both Annika and Lorena were part of that group, there's still lots to do at Trump International. Before you even set foot on the course, you'll be tempted by all the free food. A good start is the oven-roasted Blue Diamond almonds. Try both the...
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Thompson leads Champions qualifiers
After two seasons of not awarding any full exemptions at the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament, the format reverted to the way it had been for many years before the change. Five golfers, led by medalist Robert Thompson, earned spots on the 2009 Champions Tour as Q-school concluded Friday at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Fla. Another seven players...
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Hak makes cut -- at 14
A pair of 70s helped Jason Hak make the cut at the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open, which isn't a huge deal until you find out Hak is only 14. Hak became the youngest player ever to make the cut in a European Tour event, breaking the milestone set by Sergio Garcia. Garcia was 15 years, 46 days old when...
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A silver lining, perhaps...
The mood in the country is grim. Every day there's word of another troubled company looking for some creative way to make things work. Even though our world as we have known it is changing, there's still a lot of positive energy. That's how it seems on the LPGA Tour at the season-ending ADT championship. The 2009 schedule isn't quite...
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Morse still leads at Champions Q-School
Jerry Courville Jr. helped his cause a bit at Champions Tour Q-School on Thursday, shooting a 70 to climb to T-40 after three rounds, while the race for full 2009 exemptions tightened at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Fla. John Morse maintained the lead after 54 holes, despite shooting a two-over 74, and is at six-under 210, only one...
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Courville struggling at Q-School
Former amateur standout Jerry Courville Jr., subject of a Mike Cullity Backspin in the Sept. 26 Golf World, has struggled through the first two rounds of the Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament at TPC Eagle Trace in Coral Springs, Fla. Courville, who turns 50 next Feb. 13 and has battled back problems in recent years, shot a second-round 79 and...
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