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- Siderowf: These Junior Golfers are Even More Inspirational Off the Course
- Zach Herr (right, with his mother) lives and breathes golf. When he isn't playing in competition, he's either taking a lesson or practicing. So when his mom, Cyndie, was diagnosed with colon cancer two...
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- More than golf at the ADT
- If your favorite players failed to make the 36-hole cut at the ADT Championship and both Annika and Lorena were part of that group, there's still lots to do at Trump International. Before you even...
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- The Numbers From Interlachen
- 63 This year marks the 63rd U.S. Women's Open. The first was played in1930. 156 contestants in the field representing 23 countries. 27 are amateurs. 13 the youngest contestant, Alexis Thompson, who was also the...
- Golf: AJGA Scholastic All-Americans
- The 2009 HP Scholastic Junior All-America Team
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- Daily Double Addenda
- Last week, we reported that Scott Wood and his wife, Stephanie English, made holes-in-one on the same hole within hours of each other (see Local Knowledge post: "Daily Double"). This happened on the sixth hole...
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- Why there are so many juniors in the U.S. Women's Open
- It is interesting that 13 junior girls will be teeing it up in this year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Saucon Valley in Bethlehem, Pa., and not a single boy under 18 made it to Bethpage. ...
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- Siderowf: Many Winners at the Women's Open
- Inbee Park wasn't the only winner at this year's U.S. Women's Open, even though she took home the title and $585,000 in first-prize money. Although disappointed by her 24th place finish, Annika Sorenstam's bittersweet...
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- Siderowf: Amateur Champ Outshines Ochoa, Kerr
- EDINA, Minn. -- Playing in the featured threesome Thursday with Lorena Ochoa and Cristie Kerr didn't make the reigning U.S. Women's Amateur champion, Maria Jose Uribe (right) , nervous. Quite the opposite. She fed off...
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- Siderowf: Best of the U.S. Women's Open
- EDINA, Minn. -- There's a lot to like at the 63rd U.S. Women's Open that began this morning, but a few things stand out as my favorites after three days of practice rounds: The course,...
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- U.S. Women's Open Fans are Drawn to Annika
- EDINA, Minn. -- Official rounds at the U.S. Women's Open don't start until Thursday, but Annika Sorenstam is already drawing some of the biggest crowds at Interlachen Country Club. A gallery of about 1,000 followed...
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- An Innovative Member-Guest
- This is the height of member-guest activity at courses where golf is played mostly in the summer months. I go to a fair share and most are very enjoyable. But the nine-holers at Patterson...
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- There's a winner already at the U.S. Women's Open
- It's only Day One of the competition, but the winner of this year's U.S. Women's Open has already been declared -- Saucon Valley's Old Course gets that honor. Built in 1922, the Old Course is...
