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LPGA Classic in San Diego
At a time when golf sponsorships, for women and men, are waning, J Golf steps on stage. The LPGA Classic brings women's golf back to San Diego and gives the tour a boost.
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Sony Open and Waialae Country Club Facts
The PGA Tour season may begin without the grandeur of Tiger, but the beauty of Waialea helps to make up for the loss. The old course and old tournament are a great start.
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How to Play Better Golf Right Now
In a cruel ritual beginning each season, golfers resolve to play better golf. Most fall victim to information overload and short of their goals, which isn't necessary.
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The Plantation Course at Kapalua
The Tour's season opener always displays the best golfers in the world playing fantastic golf amid awe-inspiring beauty. It leaves no doubt as to why people love golf.
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Kentucky Duo Teams-up in the Shark Shootout
Scott Hoch and Perry were last year's champions, but Hoch, out with an injury has been replaced by Perry's fellow Kentuckian, long-driving J.B. Holmes.
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Ultimate Golf Christmas Gifts
There are perfect gifts that turn everyone into children. Here are four of those gifts that could turn this Christmas into the most awesome ever for golfers.
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Golf Stocking Stuffers for Christmas
Sure, there are lots of cool golf gadgets available, but these Christmas stocking stuffers go beyond cool. They make golf more fun, affordable, and can improve scores.
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LPGA in the Future
These days, interest in golf has been damaged by a poor economy and sponsorships are waning. The LPGA hasn't escaped this, but the future looks great.
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Golfer Education in an Uncertain Economy
Colleges are providing degrees in golf management, which is a good thing for the golf industry. The luxury status of golf could provide reason for uncertainty.
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The Real Deal on Golf Balls
In today's economy, saving money, even on leisure items, is important. For a golfer, discount golf balls is one area where big savings can be had.
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Pete Dye's Golf in Paradise
Honduras is set to become a major destination in Caribbean travel. The island paradise of Roatan is already home to a world-class golf course and resort.
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The Golf Fitness Challenge
People who want to play their best golf, drive further and enjoy the game even more, must do one thing-get in shape. This golf fitness program is made for the golfer.
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John Daly Using Twitter
PGA and Open Championship winner, John Daly, is connecting with his fans arguably more than any other celebrity, and he's doing it through Twitter.
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Backstage Pass to the Home of Golf
Few people outside St. Andrews have held a conversation with an Old Course caddy, heard golf stories from local B&B owners, or seen the course and town in the snow.
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The Open Championship at Turnberry
Certainly, many eyes are on Tiger Woods, but there is a field full of the world's best, including the reigning Champion Golfer of the Year, who seek the Claret Jug.
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A Professional Golfer's Secret to Putting Rhythm
Inconsistent putting has wrecked many great rounds of golf. Developing a consistent rhythm with the putter can help golfers master their putter.
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Golfing with Arthritis
Golfers who suffer from arthritis have some equipment options that can keep them enjoying golf, and even bring them back to the game.
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Darren Rowse of ProBlogger.net Interview, Part 2
The blogosphere has changed dramatically in a short time. As a result, bloggers face a new slate of problems and challenges to blogging success. The interview continues.
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From Blogging Hobby to Pro Blogger
His start was unlikely, but Darren Rowse is one of the world's most influential and widely read bloggers. Here's how it all began, along with advice for today's blogger.
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How to Get Recognized as a Niche Expert
Regardless of a writer's background and experiences, when becoming a freelance writer, no one is an expert. Here are some ways to quickly gain expert status.
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As Tiger Woods Rehabed Young Stars Took the Lead
In the midst of a lenghty rehab, Tiger Woods saw new PGA stars like Anthony Kim rise. Tour Veterans, such as Vijay Singh and Kenny Perry, didn't fare so badly, either.
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Mizuno Launches MP-62 Irons
For years, Mizuno has been a leader in the forged golf iron market. Their newest iron set promises to continue delivering the same high quality and performance.
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Play Better Tennis with Rewards and Sanctions
Transferring great tennis practice into great tennis matches isn't easy. A recent study has proven that reinforcement has it's place in preparing for tennis competition.
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The Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy
IJGA is the premier junior golf academy in the United States. The school offers college-bound students great golf and academic instruction, and a boost to their future.
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The Omega Mission Hills World Cup
Began as the Canada Cup in 1953, a long-term stint at China's Mission Hills started in 2007. The new location of the event displays golf's growing worldwide popularity.
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Four New Scotty Cameron Studio Select Putters
Titleist Scotty Cameron putters have been the choice of more players worldwide than any other line, for good reason. Feel, performance and technology are well-blended.
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Fitness and Playing Great Golf
New golf products promise vast improvement, but fitness is the real key to great golf. A recent study demonstrates the importance of strength, flexibility and balance.
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LPGA Rescinds "English Only" Rule
Overwhelmed by the negative response to what had become known as the "English Only" rule, LPGA Commissioner Bivins is credited with giving-in to critics.
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LPGA English Only Rule Clarified by Commisioner
According to a press release by LPGA Commissioner Carolyn F. Bivins, the recent furor over the purported English-Only policy is "greatly exaggerated."
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Ryder Cup Captain's Picks Complete U.S. Team
U.S. Ryder Cup Captain Paul Azinger has selected Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, J.B. Holmes and Chad Campbell as his four Captain's Picks.
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Golf Going Green
The popular "go green" push has entered many facets of the golf industry. Golf companies see benifits of environmental protection, and it is "green" in many ways.
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Selling a Home in Bad Market Conditions
The mortgage foreclosure rate is staggering and home prices have suffered. Taking necessary action can maximize the chance of selling your home at a good price.
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The Epoch Golf Tee
High tech is reaching every aspect of golf; from clubs to shirts, and now even to the tees that golfers stick in the ground. The thing is, the Epoch seems to work.
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Dunning Golf Apparel Review
The new Interface Stretch polo from Dunning Golf apparel is extremely lightweight, breathable and fantastic. It is technical golf apparel at its best.
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Better Results on the Putting Green
If consistency with short putts is a problem, or long putts are a mystery, then the C2-DF heavy putter is your solution and a must-buy.
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Cleveland CG14 Wedges
For years, the name Cleveland has been synonymous with great wedges. They have outdone themselves with the new CG14 wedges.
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Longer Drives with an Alpha C830.4
Certainly, leading golf driver makers Callaway, Cleveland and Taylor Made have a earned their reputation. The C830.04 Plasma driver earns Alpha Golf a spot with the best.
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PGA Tour Rankings before Masters
Although several players are coming into their own at this early stage, Tiger Woods is solidifying his place at the top.
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MacGregor Golf's MACTEC NVG2 Irons
Lots of golf irons claim to be "game improvement" clubs. MacGregor Golf's MACTEC NVG2 Mid Irons actually live-up to their billing.
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PGA National's Bear Trap
Amen Corner at Augusta National is, without question, the most famous three-hole stretch in the world. It's no longer the toughest.
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Best Father's Day Golf Gifts
Sure, the golf paperweight and the "gone golfin' " sign will be appreciated, but if you want eternal gratitude this Father's Day, give these golf surprises a look.
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PGA Tour Rankings After Bay Hill
Players like J.B. Holmes, Sean O'Hair, and Ryuji Imada continue their strong play and make their presence known among the game's best.
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PGA Tour Rankings after Honda
Some significant moves in both Top-25 lists, but not in the top-10. Following the Honda Classic, Ernie Els adds to the list of top players on top of their game.
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Fantasy Golf Stats through Honda
Here are the top-10 tour players and ties in each of seven PGA Tour statistical categories through completion of the Honda Classic.
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THE Golf Mat Makes Perfect
One of golf's Major champions and the top men's collegiate golf team sing nothing but praises for one pieice of golf equipment, THE Golf Mat Practice System.
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Ryder Cup Rankings after Accenture
The only certainty about the American Ryder Cup team at this point is that Tiger Woods will occupy the top spot in the standings. He certainly has his A-game.
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PGA Tour Rankings After Match Play
Following the Accenture World Match Play Championship, several top players are playing more, playing better and working toward the top.
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Druids Glen Golf Resort
The beauty of Ireland is shown with splendor by Druids Glen golf course in full bloom. An Ireland golf vacation wouldn't be complete without a trip to this Irish gem.
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Ryder Cup Rankings through Riviera
It's still a long way to Valhalla and the early-August cut-off date for making the top eight in Ryder Cup standings. Last week didn't produce many big moves.
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J.B. Holmes, Long on the Tour
Between his rookie 2006 and 2008 FBR Open wins, fans of PGA Tour pro J.B. Holmes didn't have much to cheer. He now looks poised for greater things.
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Jobs in Golf Month
Golf is a $195 billion industry and it employs over two million people in the U.S., but many job seekers don't realize the potential for a golf career.
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Fantasy Stats through FBR Open
Here are the top-10 tour players and ties in each of seven PGA Tour statistical categories through completion of the FBR Open.
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Early American Ryder Cup Standings
The Ryder Cup Matches return to the United States later this year. Paul Azinger is being lauded as a strong captain, but a much needed win will be the determining factor.
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Early Money List and Fedex Ranking
Much like the beginning of last season, there are some familiar names, and some not so familiar, atop the Fedex Rankings and PGA Tour Money List.
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Nationwide Graduates' Performance
Tiger Woods won the Buick Invitational again, making it five of the last six, but some new PGA Tour card-holders also faired well.
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How to Add Yards to Golf Drives
Well-known golf fitness expert Susan Hill shows how golfers can increase golf drives with a few simple exercises. No need to spend hundreds on personal trainers
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Historic Sun Valley Resort
At the right time of year, guests to Idaho's Sun Valley Resort can enjoy world-class skiing, outdoor ice skating and championship golf.
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Nationwide Tour Graduates on Oahu
Tis' the season for new PGA Tour pros to struggle with making the cut. Even with early season jitters, several Nationwide Tour graduates excelled this week at the Sony.
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Better Golf Fitness
All too often, golfers step out of their cars and onto the tee without warming-up. They risk injury, a bad round of golf, and the resulting poor world-view.
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Nationwide Tour Graduates
Most of the guys in the Nationwide Tour are the grinders. They've worked hard for comparatively little money. They've toiled for years to get to where they are as pros.
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The Best Golf Bags for Christmas
The holidays are here! Winter has set in, and for golfers, so has "Golf Fever." The only remedy is great golf gifts.
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The Asian Golf Frontier
As China slowly modernizes and eases foreign investment restrictions, the golf industry is successfully taking advantage of the nearly limitless potential.
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Se Ri Pak Enters Hall of Fame
Pak joined professional golf in spectacular fashion and maintained her form for years. Great accomplishments are now behind her, but there's more in store for the future.
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Winter Golf at PGA National Resort
Most northern hemisphere golfers will soon miss their days on the golf course and wish for warm days and sunshine. Winter rates at PGA National are the perfect remedy.
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Components of a Golf Club Set
For a new golfer, it isn't easy to decide which club to hit. Read on and learn the different types of golf clubs, when to use them and when to leave them in the bag.
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Fedex Rankings After the BMW
Although the season will go on after this week, it is effectively drawing to a close. A Tour Champion and Fedex Cup Champion will be decided this week.
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Fedex Rankings After Deutsche Bank
Tiger Woods' absence from the Barclays is now forgotten, cancelled-out by his battle with Phil Mickelson at the Deutsche Bank. See the smile on the commissioner's face.
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Fedex Rankings After The Barclays
Big moves among the players at the top of the Fedex Cup standings and twenty-four players won't be moving on to the Deutsche Bank Championship.
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Golf's Major Championship Winners
Two things are clear after looking at the TOUR stats of each player: Each is among the leaders in at least one category; and Tiger is having the best year of the four.
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Snedeker Comes Up Big at Wyndham
None of last week's top-10 money leaders competed in the Wyndham Championship, but there was still fantastic golf. Players are gearing up for the Fedex Cup Playoffs.
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Presidents Cup History
The Ryder Cup involved professional golfers from the U.S. and Europe, which left out an ever larger contingent of talented, popular stars. It was time for a new idea.
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Fedex Cup Players Field Set
Players will tee-up at the Barclays this week to begin the four-tournament Fedex Cup playoff series. Most PGA stars are in, but it will be exciting if an underdog wins.
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Presidents Cup Controversy
Nearing the President's Cup, Player sees the wisdom of picking a Canadian for his team. He touched off a controversy, as he's been prone to do lately, in the process.
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Review of Nike's New CCi Irons
"Radical" is the best description of Nike's SasQuatch Sumo2 driver. With the CCi Cast irons, they adhered to tradition, but they also made a solid game improvement club.
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Lucky 13 for Tiger
Woods held off a surging Woody Austin and Ernie Els to win his 13th Major championship in Tulsa on Sunday. Now second on the all-time majors list, he's eying number one.
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Fedex Standings after the PGA
For the fourth time, Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship. The brutal heat of Tulsa was no match for the determination of the World No. 1 en route to his 13th Major.
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Difficult Road Ahead for Ochoa
Her critics are silent after her win at the British Open, her first of many Majors. The road ahead now gets tougher, considering the LPGA's superior top-to-bottom talent.
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Tiger Woods Destroys the Field
Heading into PGA Championship week, the world's number one golfer appears to have his A-game. Jim Furyk heads a list of other favorites for the year's final Major.
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Mental Golf Training
All golfers, pro and amateur, have mental obstacles that limit improvement. A leading sports psychologist delivers weekly suggestions to help cure those common ailments.
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Fedex Standings After Bridgestone
Tiger Woods buried Rory Sabbatini and the rest of the field as he continued his domination of World Golf Championship events. This was his sixth WGC Bridgestone win.
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How to Create a Podcast
Podcast production is relatively inexpensive and quite easy. With a blog or website and a few pieces of equipment, anyone can make a podcast.
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Rules of Golf Simplified, The Tee
On the first tee, golfers decide whether to play a skins game or best ball team match, maybe even whether to roll the ball in the fairway or pick up gimme puts.
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Patriot Golf Day
The Fallen Heroes Foundation puts it best when they say that Patriot Golf Day is as much a call to action in our time as war bonds and rationing were in times past.
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LPGA Money List Through the Evian
Natalie Gulbis, who was looking like she would become golf's Anna Kournikova, finally broke into the winner's circle at the Evian Masters, and into the Top-20.
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A Rules Book for Your Golf Bag
Rules official Yves Ton-That has created an easy to read, easy to understand rules guide using text, color graphics and logically divided section tabs.
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PGA Money List Top-10, Week 31
The Canadian Open title was taken for the second year in a row by Jim Furyk. Although most of the PGA TOUR money leaders took the week off, others made progress.
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Golf Psychology Personified
The young Spaniard's golf skills have improved dramatically since he first stepped onto the big stage in 1999. His mentality, it seems, has gone the other direction.
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Fedex Standings After Canadian
Jim Furyk pulled off a difficult title defense today at the Canadian Open. In a week where 15 of the top-20 golfers took the week off, there were few big changes.
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LPGA Money List Top-20
The tour travels to Evian-le-Bains, France this week for the Evian Masters. Karrie Webb tries to defend while Lorena Ochoa, Paula Creamer and others look to unseat her.
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Charity Golf Tournaments
The efforts of Florida's Place of Hope, and a small Lexington, Kentucky Sunday School class demonstrate how a charity golf tournament can make a huge difference for many.
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Fedex Standings After the British
Congratulations to Padraig Harrington, the "champion golfer of the year." After an exciting finish, the top-20 positions in the Fedex Standings see a bit of a shake-up.
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LPGA Acquires Duramed Futures Tour
On July 18, the LPGA announced its purchase of the Duramed Futures Tour, which has been the "minor league" of women's professional golf in the USA since 1999.
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Serial Revival Via Podcasting
Podcasts are, along with creating a podcast, still in their infancy. A review of the serialized podcast of a popular recent book gave a glimpse into the possibilities.
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U.S. Kids World Golf Championship
This year's U.S. Kids World Golf Championship will field a record of over 1,100 golfers from around the world. It's a great showcase of talent and the popularity of golf.
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PGA Money List Top-10, Week 30
Congratulations to Padraig Harrington, winner of the Open Championship. The PGA TOUR is in Ontario this week for the Canadian Open.
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Nike Golf's SasQuatch Sumo2 Driver
The new concepts, technology and look of some of this year's new drivers took club design in a new direction. Nike's SQ Sumo2 driver leads that revolutionary group.
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Rules of Golf Simplified, Rule 11
We start on the tee-box, or teeing ground, because that's where the game begins. Knowing how to manage the tee can give a player an advantage from the start.
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PGA Professional Iron Sets
More than halfway through the season, a variety of golf iron sets have been used by pros on their way to victory. Have a look at what's in the bag of each winner.
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Fedex Cup Standings Update
As the season marches on the PGA TOUR's Fedex Cup Playoffs are approaching. Here's a brief playoff description and the Top-20 in the standings heading to British Open wee
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Guns In the Home
The thought of an unsupervised child with a firearm is bone chilling. Proper gun safety can reduce, but not eliminate unthinkable gun accidents.
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