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Another Daly reality show? Here's the reality
Everyone would enjoy seeing John Daly turn his life and career around (in that order), and he says he's taken positive steps on both fronts. At this point, it's probably better to withhold judgment on his turning his life around. Give him credit for losing weight, though do so with a caveat; the lap band surgery on which he relied...
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Daly makes a 10 (and a 7) (and another 7)
John Daly made a quintuple-bogey 10 on the par-5 first hole Friday (his 10th hole) in the second round of the Buick Open. ShotTracker on pgatour.com shows that he hit his drive "314 yards to unknown." It apparently was out of bounds. He hit his third down the tree line and it, too, apparently was out of bounds. He hit...
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Champions Tour thinking globally
More international opportunities might be on the horizon for the Champions Tour. Golf World has learned that tour officials are exploring the viability of a tournament in Dubai, perhaps as early as next year, though there is no timetable. The idea is to provide a second overseas event scheduled either before or after a new event slated to debut in...
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If you thought Tiger would go away quietly...
Think again. Woods, after an opening-round 71 at the Buick Open put him in jeopardy of missing the cut for the second tournament in a row, opened his round Friday birdie-birdie-eagle, the latter coming on the par-4 12th hole. He's jumped from a tie for 95th to a tie for 16th. Incidentally, the last time Woods missed consecutive cuts in...
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Jackson sets amateur mark
CARMEL, Ind.-- History was made on the first day of the U.S. Senior Open by 50-year-old amateur Tim Jackson, who shot a 66, the all-time low round by an amateur in the championship. Jackson's six-under score gave him a share of the lead with Joey Sindelar, Greg Norman and Dan Forsman at Crooked Stick Golf Club and broke by two...
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Fodder for the anti-technology crowd
Crooked Stick Golf Club is playing up to 7,316 yards for the U.S. Senior Open, longer than it played for the PGA Championship when John Daly won it in 1991. Then it played as much as 7,295 yards, making it the longest course in the history of the PGA Championship.UPDATE: Greg Norman, in his news conference following the first round...
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What do golf daddies and Confucius have in common?
Each has contributed to the Koreans' growing influence on the LPGA, according to the Samsung Economic Research Institute. "First and foremost, fathers played a pivotal role by encouraging their daughters to start golf at an early age," SERI researcher Min-hoon Lee told the Korea Times. "The so-called golf daddies also made all-out efforts to support their daughters full-time. "The players...
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A major boost to the women's game
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, ENGLAND - One of the smartest things the LPGA has done in the past decade is elevate the Women's British Open to major championship status. Thursday's first round at Royal Lytham and St. Annes screamed that message loudly. Take a great links course, add in a dash of weather - in this case wind in excess of...
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Valhalla to get two more majors
Say this for the PGA of America: It isn't shy in exposing its own course, Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, to major championships. The PGA is taking the Senior PGA Championship there in 2011 and the PGA Championship there in 2014, it is expected to announce today. The Louisville Courier-Journal obtained a copy of a letter sent by the PGA's...
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No, he's not the next Tiger, but he's still special
Beau Hossler Jr.of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is 14, just finished eighth grade, stands no taller than a pitching wedge, hits his driver all of 240, and next month will be playing in the U.S. Amateur at Southern Hills Counry Club in Tulsa, Okla. Hossler, whose handicap index is plus-1.6, tied for second in a U.S. Amateur Sectional Qualifier at...
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