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Ochoa: Best Player Never to Have Won......
"The majors are what golf's all about." Nick Faldo Canadian Len Ganz says that he is "A bit of a slow reader and regular subscriber. Just read April 2007 and Lorena Ochoa's tips for breaking 90. She wants to show...
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The Michelle Wie Limited Trust
"Right now all I need is confidence to play well." --Michelle Wie She shot 82, but a lot of the talk--yours and the press room's--today remains with Michelle Wie, for whom golf isn't loads of fun right now. The St....
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How "The Swing" Stacked Up
The last round is a tournament in itself. Andy Plummer Had Aaron Baddeley held on Sunday to win the Open (big if!) , the most-talked about swing in golf would be on every golfer's lips this morning. But Stack &...
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Angel in the 156-player field
Angel Cabrera, the winner of the 107th U.S. Open, has, up until Sunday, not gotten the credit he rightfully deserves. He has never missed a cut in the U.S Open in eight career starts, and he has T-4 and T-7...
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It was a Bear
A female black bear and her cub were spotted on the seventh fairway this morning, around 10:45 a.m. Golfers were already into their final rounds then, but the first player off, Kevin Sutherland had not yet reached the 479-yard par...
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Keeping watch
Aaron Baddeley spent most of his youth watching golf on television, imagining that one day he would get to kiss a major championship trophy. Entering Sunday’s final round with a two-shot lead, he has that opportunity. “I've watched so...
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Go-Go Goggin
All rounds should take less than three and a half hours. Royal Dornoch Golf Club Mathew Goggin’s new nickname should be the Tasmanian Speed Devil. The native of Tasmania, Australia went around all 18 holes at Oakmont in two hours...
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These guys are good
With rounds of 79 and 81, Andy Matthews won’t win the U.S. Open this year, but he has definitely won over young Cooper Schechterle. Schechterle, a 3-year-old born 27 weeks premature, met the Canadian Tour pro in Oakmont’s clubhouse during...
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A new swing produces a new result
Aaron Baddeley shaved two strokes off his score from Thursday with a second-round 70 despite what many players thought were much tougher conditions. “Since I’ve really started working with Andy [Plummer] and Mike [Bennett], my ball striking has improved,” Baddeley...
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Competitors are sharing tips
Even at the U.S. Open, players are helping each other with their games. “I had a real good lesson from Thomas Björn yesterday on the chipping green,” said Graeme McDowell, who followed a 73 on Thursday with a 72. “I...
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