Results for October 2009
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One fine day is followed by another
SONOMA, Calif. -- So much for the theory that it is hard to follow a great round with another one the next day.John Cook had a handsome encore for his second-round 62 at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, shooting a 67 Saturday to extend his lead to six strokes with one round to play at Sonoma GC. There doesn't look...
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PGA Tour tweaks tournament eligibility categories
MADISON, Miss. -- Not that it's likely to have a significant impact on tournament fields, but the PGA Tour has made a change to some of its bottom-tier membership categories beginning in 2010. Players in the Past Champions, Team Tournament Winners and Veteran Members categories have to fulfill one of the following criteria to remain eligible for tournament berths: *...
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Roberts working overtime, looking for payoff
SONOMA, Calif. - Loren Roberts' chances of winning the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points competition and a $1 million annuity are looking good midway through the third round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Roberts helped his cause by shooting a 66 at Sonoma GC to climb to T-14 after shooting 70-73 the first two rounds. "I really went to...
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Nick Price breezes around
SONOMA, Calif. -- Nick Price got his work done in a hurry Saturday at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Eschewing a non-competing marker and playing by himself, Price breezed around Sonoma GC in two hours, 28 minutes and shot a four-under 68, his best round of the tournament. "I just played at my normal pace," said Price, who had climbed from 29th...
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'Tiger disguises a lot of the problems'
Tony Jacklin, like so many others of his generation, is not enamored with the direction that golf is going, placing the blame on the governing bodies and their lack of leadership on equipment issues. "No one wants to believe the game today is not as good as it was," he told the United Kingdom's Golf World magazine (unrelated to the...
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Cook still keeping an eye on Watson
SONOMA, Calif. -- When he was a young buck on the PGA Tour, John Cook made a conscious effort to watch (and learn from) Tom Watson. Cook was mentored by Ken Venturi, who had been taught by Byron Nelson, who was close to Watson. Cook worked his way into practice-round pairings with Watson whenever he could. "You can only learn...
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Duval hedges his bets, enters Q school
MADISON, Miss. -- Perched precariously on the bubble at 125th on the PGA TOUR money list entering this week's Viking Classic, former British Open champion David Duval is following his practical inclinations and considering all of his options for the 2010 season. Among them is entry in the PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament. Duval said Friday at Annandale GC that...
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Discounting the Players Championship
The PGA Tour is dropping ticket prices 40 percent, from $75 to $45, for the Players Championship next year in an effort to boost attendance and by extension the tournament's charitable donations. A weekly pass will sell for $145, down from $199 in 2009. These offers are good only through the end of the year, at which point daily prices...
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Blackmar and Sluman go head to head. Or more precisely, head to neck...
SONOMA, Calif. - Great pairing in the final group of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship Friday: Phil Blackmar and Jeff Sluman, a foot of difference in their height, none on their scorecards Thursday as both shot six-under 66 to share the first-round lead at Sonoma GC. Early in the second round the 6-foot-7 Blackmar and the 5-7 Sluman are playing to...
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Mississippi mud doesn't dampen Tour hopes for Fowler, Lovemark
MADISON, Miss. -- The potential cancelation of the rain-plagued Viking Classic is dampening the spirits of those Tour players fighting for the top 125 on the money list and full exempt status next year, but Jamie Lovemark might start rooting for a Mudville strikeout.Lovemark tied for second last week at the Frys.com Open after he and Rickie Fowler lost in...
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