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Round one of Abu Dhabi goes to Rory McIlroy
There is an old saying in golf that simply goes, "You can't win a golf tournament on the first day, but you sure can lose it," and yes, such a thing is simply the truth. But still, what do you want from a threesome at an early tournament in the season that includes the world number one, the former world number one, and the future world number one?
Yes, the Abu Dhabi...
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18 days ago
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Showdown, Week 4: Watney, Crane, & Snedeker
So in an attempt to inject a bit more life and interest into tournaments, and because we're all inveterate gamblers who are one bad card from being out on the streets, Jay Busbee, Jonathan Wall and I are playing a golf version of a football suicide pool: We each pick one golfer per tournament and see how they do against each other, straight up. Victory over the other guy gets...
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19 days ago
Shotgun Start: Previewing the Farmers Insurance Open
It's tournament time! We continue the season in at famed Torrey Pines, as the PGA Tour heads west to San Diego for the Farmers Insurance Open. Here's a tournament primer to get you prepared for the week.
The course: There are certain courses on the PGA Tour where the shorter hitters are at an advantage ... but Torrey Pines isn't one of them. The longest course on tour...
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19 days ago
Teeing Off: Is it time for the PGA Tour to start paying appearance fees?
Welcome to the new season of Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Jay Busbee and head writer Shane Bacon take a day's topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by writing jay.busbee@yahoo.com, or hit us on Twitter at @jaybusbee and @shanebacon. Today, we consider whether it's time for the PGA Tour to start paying appearance fees to its marquee players...
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19 days ago
Shotgun Start: Previewing the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship
It's tournament time! We're taking a detour this week and heading to the desert for the star-studded Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Here's a tournament primer to get you prepared for the week.
The course: An emerald oasis in the middle of the desert, the Abu Dhabi Golf Course is playing host this week to some of the best golfers on the planet. The par 72 Championship course...
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20 days ago
Tiger Woods set to make close to $3 million for playing Abu Dhabi
Torrey Pines holds a special place in Tiger Woods' heart. Not only was it the site of his historic U.S. Open victory in 2008, the course has been a staple of his schedule since 1998 -- a familiar track that became his personal playground over the years, as Woods won six times in a 13-year span, including four consecutive victories from 2005-08.
Simply put, Torrey is Woods'...
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20 days ago
Bubba Watson’s new pink-headed driver
We all knew Bubba Watson liked the color pink. He has had six-figure cars accented with the color, used a pink-shafted driver for years, and filled in just about any part of his wedges with the bright hue.
But how much does Bubba love pink? Enough to convince Ping to make him a pink-headed G20 driver, which he will be using the rest of the year. Bubba has been tooling around with...
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20 days ago
Tiger Woods’ Abu Dhabi presser, and intriguing pairing
If you've spent any time on golf sites this week, you know that Tiger Woods is making his 2012 debut at Abu Dhabi, the first time he's played in the seven-year-old event. Woods, who is skipping out on on the Farmers Insurance Open, an event he has won six times in his career, answered questions on Tuesday about everything golf related, including the recent news about an upcoming...
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20 days ago
Video: Torrey Pines magic over the years
One of the best parts about professional golf is each season we get to see a lot of the same courses. Fans become familiar with certain holes; the 7th at Pebble Beach, the 18th at Kapalua and the closing hole at Torrey Pines.
The public golf course near San Diego is one of the jewels of the West Coast swing, and has brought plenty of drama each season. The video above shows all that...
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20 days ago
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood rock the Abu Dhabi drum line
Best part of the HSBC Championships in Abu Dhabi is always the photo opportunities. And this year is no exception, as Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood and Rory McIlroy get their beat on in advance of the tournament. Woods, McIlroy and Luke Donald tee off late Wednesday night, U.S. time. Presumably without percussion accompaniment.
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20 days ago
Yee-haw! Bubba Watson buys the Dukes of Hazzard car
You know, there are a lot of "can you believe that?"s in sports, but the idea of a man named Bubba buying the iconic car from the most Southern TV series in history isn't exactly a shocker, you know?
Presenting Bubba Watson and his new car:
Watson was at the famed Barrett-Jackson automobile auction this past weekend, and picked up that gem there, which he called his...
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21 days ago
Video: Mark Wilson once again wins big early at Humana
It's golf's most awkwardly named tournament, but the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation gave us a smooth ending. Mark Wilson held off birdie charges from John Mallinger and Robert Garrigus to take another early-season tournament; this guy plays his best before spring break. Overall, another fine weekend of golf, and Mark Wilson has now won three tournaments...
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21 days ago
Video: Dangerous winds force Humana Challenge to suspend play
Sunday's going to be a long day for the guys playing in the Humana Challenge, after high winds forced PGA Tour officials to call a halt to play about midway through the third round. As you can see from the video, the winds wreaked havoc on the La Quinta, California course, causing balls to roll off the green, knocking down trees, and blowing a scoreboard into a lake.
Needless...
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23 days ago
Happy 72nd birthday to the greatest golfer of all-time: Jack Nicklaus
There are certain things you can debate in golf -- like which driver or ball is the best. But if there's one thing in this beautiful game that can't be disputed, it's that Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer of all time.
Nicklaus, who turned 72 on Saturday, has the most decorated golf resume in the history of the game, winning 18 major championships in his storied career...
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23 days ago
Jose Maria Olazabal turns back the clock at Volvo Champions
Jose Maria Olazabal wasn't hoping to make a splash at the European Tour's Volvo Champions event. Captain of the 2012 European Ryder Cup team, most figured the Spaniard would spend much of his limited tournament schedule getting intel on potential bubble players for the upcoming event.
However, after three rounds of golf at Fancourt Links in South Africa, it appears Olly may...
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23 days ago
Random tidbits from the second round of the Humana Challenge
The Humana Challenge might be an event about fitness, but most golf nerds know it as the Bob Hope and that tournament is about one thing and one thing only; red figures. You have to go low often to have a chance at this trophy, so we figured we'd hit you with a few of our best numbers from the second round of the desert jewel. Here goes ...
-- Dustin Johnson had knee surgery...
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24 days ago
Video: Get up on the players (and the courses) in the Humana’s first round
The Humana Challenge offered up plenty of eagles to players like Phil Mickelson, Anthony Kim and Rory Sabbatini, but since the players were all over several courses nobody had much idea what the hell was going on anywhere else. Still, that didn't stop Camilo Villegas and David Toms from posting nine-under rounds to hold the lead together. Catch up above, and catch the rest of...
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24 days ago
Tiger Woods not happy about former coaches’ book about him
These days, it takes a lot to ruffle Tiger Woods' feathers publicly. Steve Williams, his former caddie, turned against him and Tiger barely spoke a bad word about the looper. Anything that came out in the media during his tumultuous return to golf was always followed by virtually a "no comment" by Tiger.
So to hear his words about the upcoming book about him written...
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25 days ago
Showdown, Week 3: Haas, Laird & Gay
So in an attempt to inject a bit more life and interest into tournaments, and because we're all inveterate gamblers who are one bad card from being out on the streets, Jay Busbee, Jonathan Wall and I are playing a golf version of a football suicide pool: We each pick one golfer per tournament and see how they do against each other, straight up. Victory over the other guy gets...
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26 days ago
Shotgun Start: Previewing the Humana Challenge
It's tournament time! We continue the season in the famed Coachella Valley, as the tour heads to Southern California for the Humana Challenge. Here's a tournament primer to get you prepared for the week.
The course: PGA West has six courses to choose from -- a dream setting for vacationing golfers -- but only the Nicklaus and Palmer tracks will be in play at the Humana. Relatively...
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26 days ago
Teeing Off: Which golfers need to start rocking the ‘stache?
Welcome to the new season of Teeing Off, where Devil Ball editor Jay Busbee and head writer Shane Bacon take a day's topic and smack it all over the course. Suggest a future topic by writing jay.busbee@yahoo.com, or hit us on Twitter at @jaybusbee and @shanebacon. Today, we're pursuing hard-hitting journalism by considering which golfers need a Johnson Wagner-style makeover...
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27 days ago
Sex sting lands former Champions Tour player in custody
Add professional golfers to the growing list of people in sports that have been linked over the last few months to sexual misconduct with underage individuals. Former Champions Tour player Steve Thomas was part of a sexual sting operation by the Osceola County Sheriff's Office that caught 40 people that had been luring minors to a certain location with the intent to have sex...
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27 days ago
Tim Tebow. Tiger Woods. Good headline, bad pairing.
So it looks like the Tim Tebow/Tiger Woods pairing that was rumored to happen at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am isn't coming to pass after all. As Waggle Room notes, Woods will be playing with his previously-established partner Tony Romo, quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and sometime U.S. Open qualifying-attempter. The two have played together before at the AT&...
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27 days ago
GolfTube: Every interview goes up in smoke; Segway cam success
Sizing up the TV coverage from the Sony Open ... and away we go.
There's are time when a 60 minutes-style grilling is warranted. Unfortunately for Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman, that time wasn't during a post-round interview with Matt Every.
To get you up to speed if you don't know Every's story, he was charged with possession of marijuana back in late 2010...
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28 days ago
Matt Every’s unusual putter raises some eyebrows at the Sony Open
Just when you thought the putter craze on the PGA Tour couldn't get more absurd, Matt Every managed to take things to a whole new level at the Sony Open.
After getting accustomed to watching Robert Garrigus roll with a toy-sized flat stick and a host of players go to the belly putter in the last year, Every threw the golf world a curveball when he showed up at the first full...
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28 days ago
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