- The Answer Man revisits 2007
- Woody Austin, drug-testing and the FedEx Cup were topics that spurred questions in '07.
Blog: Local Knowledge
- 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...
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- Verdi: We're Being Watched at the BMW
- ST. LOUIS -- Another barrier has come down in golf. First, the LPGA decreed that its member-golfers must be conversant in English by 2009 or face suspension. [The LPGA backed off today.] And now us...
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- Verdi: Lawyer Decof Thinks Players Union is Possible
- AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Among the interested observers at Augusta National for Thursday's opening round of the Masters was Leonard Decof, the high-profile lawyer who probably didn't get his badge from friends at the PGA Tour....
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- Verdi: Kids for Free is Nice but Not Exactly New
- AUGUSTA, Ga. -- If you hang around the main entrance gate to Augusta National GC this week, you will probably see a lot of children taking their first steps onto these hallowed grounds. The movement...
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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...
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- Verplank's Sister-in-Law Dies After Lengthy Illness
- SOUTHPORT, England -- After shooting 67 in the second round of the British Open on Friday, Scott Verplank learned of the death of Fran Pruitt, wife of PGA Tour rules official Dillard and the older...
- Bob Verdi: Opinion
- Are top players in tune with FedEx Cup moves?
Blog: Editors' Blog
- Fixing FedEx (continued)
- It's cold in Fenton, Missouri and Golf World reader Dave Pikul, time on his hands, has taken on the FedEx Cup fix in response to Bob Verdi's column in the November 7 issue. It takes...
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- Azinger Will Throw Out First Pitch for Rays
- It's official. Paul Azinger, the victorious U.S. Ryder Cup captain, will throw out the first pitch when the Tampa Bay Rays hold their first home playoff game. The date and time are to be determined,...
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- Verdi: Daly Turns To Rick Smith
- BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- On the practice range at Oakland Hills CC early Friday morning, John Daly hit balls and an engaged observer was Rick Smith, the noted swing instructor. But it was more than...
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- Verdi: Confident Duval Opens With a 73
- SOUTHPORT, England -- Few golfers appeared to be having any fun during the first round of the British Open on Thursday, but David Duval was not among them. Even a bogey at the 18th after...
