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- Jay Leno U.S. Open Gala Canceled
- Apparently, there will be no comic relief during the U.S. Open in San Diego. A dinner show starring comedian Jay Leno, scheduled for the eve of the final round, on the dock adjacent to the...
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- Oak Hill: Is There a Mercy Rule?
- ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The number of players who took a pass on the Senior PGA Championship is staggering, though the missing may have saved themselves a heap of aggravation. Those who chose to play were...
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- Embracing Kevin Streelman
- LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Kevin Streelman won't win the Buick Invitational on Sunday, but he warrants your rooting interest in a high finish given his overnight climb from obscurity into a pairing with Tiger...
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- Marino Can See Again
- HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The view from the upper reaches of the leaderboard is better for Steve Marino (right) than it is for Kevin Na, who ostensibly are the pro and con on the merits...
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- Assistant Pro Tunes Up for Q School With 15-under 56
- Senior Writer John Strege reports in this week's issue of Golf World how Jay Osmon, an assistant pro at Cattails Golf Course in Alamosa, Colo., shot a 15-under-par 56 there last week. The round broke...
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- Heard Through The Golf Grapevine
- A Cig Alert: Angel Cabrera's chain-smoking during the final round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont got widespread media attention, mostly as a point of fact, but also, predictably, from various scolds in the...
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- The Tradition: From Agony to Ecstasy
- SUNRIVER, Ore. -- The Jeld-Wen Tradition began Thursday in the wake of a gamut of emotions, from sorrow to joy, for which the Elysian Fields otherwise known as Sunriver is an appropriate setting for either....
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- It's Weir's town, but is it his time?
- OAKVILLE, Ont. -- The RBC Canadian Open is not the only game in town this week. David Beckham and the MLS All-Star Game were in Toronto Thursday night, while the Rogers Cup tennis tournament is...
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- Did They Balk at the Walk?
- ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The number of players who passed on the opportunity to play the Senior PGA Championship at Oak Hill CC begs the question: Why? "Guys have to walk for four days?" Scott Simpson...
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- A Home Game For Sluman
- ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Handicapping golf tournaments that don't include Tiger Woods or Lorena Ochoa tend to be a fruitless endeavor given the vagaries of the game, but there is an evident favorite at the Senior...
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- The Australians' Open
- HUMBLE, Tex. -- Six Australians have won the Shell Houston Open, including the last two (Stuart Appleby in 2006 and Adam Scott last year), a run of success for which there is no plausible explanation,...
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- Johnson Wagner's Mr. Fix It
- HUMBLE, Tex. -- Johnson Wagner's father, Tommy, used to teach computer sciences at the Military Academy at West Point, so when things go wrong with Johnson's computer he has someone to whom he turns to...
