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Moulton: Phil Mickelson sets lofty standards for all dads bc-glf-phil-dad(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Jun 14, 2013 11:37 AM By DAVID MOULTON C'mon, Phil. Did you really have to do that? I know you love your kids a lot. Many of us dads love our kids a lot. We agree with "Modern Family" dad Jay Pritchett, who says: "When all is said and done, 90 percent of being a dad is
TV sports: Networks offering 'unprecedented' coverage of U.S. Open bc-tv-open-coverage(sh) | By: BEN BECKER | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Television (ET), Golf (GF) Jun 14, 2013 10:52 AM By BEN BECKER The NBC Sports Group is shooting for the flag with what it calls "unprecedented" television coverage dedicated to the 2013 U.S. Open Championship at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. NBC and the Golf Channel are combining for 110 h
Dolch: At U.S. Open, Tiger Woods' long drought may end bc-glf-woods-drought(sh) | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Jun 13, 2013 11:52 AM By CRAIG DOLCH No matter how you do the math -- count the days, the weeks or the months -- it has been quite a spell since Tiger Woods won his 14th major championship as a professional golfer. In fact, if he were to win the 113th U.S. Open on Su
Merion's siren song lures many golfers into peril bc-glf-merion-beauty(sh) | By: TODD MILLES | Source: Tacoma News Tribune | Golf (GF) Jun 13, 2013 11:07 AM By TODD MILLES Oh, my, she certainly is a handful. She can tantalize in a number of ways: with her early beauty (scenic opening holes), midround brevity (short middle holes) and late barrage of difficulty (tough closing stretch of holes). So why
McNulty: Soft course at Merion would be a real test bc-glf-merion-soft(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Jun 12, 2013 10:37 AM By RAY MCNULTY Major championships should provide a comprehensive examination of a golfer's abilities, from tee to green, challenging each player to perform with every club in the bag. Including the driver. So let it rain. Let the 101-year-old E
Souhan: Maybe it's time to disqualify the Rules of Golf bc-glf-rules(sh) | By: JIM SOUHAN | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Jun 11, 2013 1:37 PM By JIM SOUHAN The world's best golfers will gather at historic Merion this week for the U.S. Open. I can't wait to see the most influential figure in the game become the story again. This figure has repeatedly confounded Tiger Woods, kept Dustin
In Speedgolf, expect huffing and puffing bc-glf-speedgolf(sh) | By: STEVE PAJAK | Source: Sacramento Bee | Recreation (BO), Golf (GF) Jun 6, 2013 11:57 AM By STEVE PAJAK Running and golf aren't exactly chocolate and peanut butter when it comes to perfect combinations. Still, to the millions of people who regularly do both in this pressed-for-time world, the idea of getting your workout while playing
The FedEx St. Jude Classic field showcases season's first-time Tour winners bc-glf-newfaces(sh) | By: PHIL STUKENBORG | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Jun 5, 2013 12:37 PM By PHIL STUKENBORG When they tee off in the same threesome in the opening round of the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind, Billy Horschel, John Merrick and Russell Henley will likely discuss their success stories -- their recent similar succes
Hackenberg: Memorial champ Matt Kuchar more than a nice guy bc-glf-memorial(sh) | By: DAVE HACKENBERG | Source: Toledo Blade | Sports Personalities (SC), Golf (GF) Jun 3, 2013 11:37 AM By DAVE HACKENBERG Matt Kuchar says he is not superstitious. So his beard, such as it is, is going to come off. "I'm not sure it's fully a beard yet," he said with that ever-present smile. But there's enough growth that he can't take a razor blade t
As the Memorial begins, all eyes return to the course bc-glf-memorial(sh) | By: DAVE HACKENBERG | Source: Toledo Blade | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 30, 2013 11:45 AM By DAVE HACKENBERG So, someone suggested to Tiger Woods, all the golf news in 2013 is being made off the course. There's Vijay Singh's rather odd lawsuit against the PGA Tour, the recent decision to soon ban anchor putters, TV viewers calling in wit
Thomasson: U.S. Open field should honor Ken Venturi bc-thomasson27(sh) | By: DAN K. THOMASSON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Editorials and Opinion (KE), Golf (GF) May 27, 2013 11:45 AM By DAN K. THOMASSON The U.S. Open, golf's biggest prize, will be up for grabs once again June 10-16 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. Speculation as usual centers on Tiger Woods as the logical winner, given that his game seems to have returned to
McNulty: Memo from Tiger Woods to Sergio Garcia bc-glf-tiger-sergio(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 27, 2013 9:55 AM By RAY MCNULTY MEMO To: Sergio Garcia From: Tiger Woods Sergio: Heard from my agent that you wanted to get in touch, so with you being in Europe and me in the States, I thought I'd reach out with an email. Truth is, I've been wanting to talk t
Dolch: Nantz remembers Ken Venturi, his best friend, fellow golf announcer bc-glf-venturi-nantz(sh) | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) May 23, 2013 11:50 AM By CRAIG DOLCH Jim Nantz and Ken Venturi shared front-row seats to some of the greatest moments in golf. You knew their relationship was going to be special when the first Masters they worked together they were witness to Jack Nicklaus winning hi
Moulton: USGA, R&A ban on anchoring putters will create a mess bc-glf-putter-ban(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 22, 2013 12:05 PM By DAVID MOULTON This is going to be messy. By this, I mean Rule 14-1b. Now that the United States Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club have made official the ban on anchoring the putter, one of two scenarios is going to play out. First,
McNulty: Rule change on anchoring long putter overdue bc-glf-anchor-rule(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 22, 2013 12:00 PM By RAY MCNULTY I say this with all due respect to my friends at the PGA Tour and PGA of America. You're wrong. There is no downside to the historic and long-overdue decision announced Tuesday by golf's governing bodies to outlaw the growing practi
Phil Mickelson commits to FedEx St. Jude Classic bc-glf-mickelson(sh) | By: BRYAN BRASHER | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) May 22, 2013 11:40 AM By BRYAN BRASHER As tournament director of the annual FedEx St. Jude Classic, Phil Cannon goes into the event every year knowing certain local die-hard golf fans will attend no matter who is signed up to play. But since he also wants to lure casu
McNulty: Debacles scar Tiger's character bc-glf-tiger-badbuzz(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 20, 2013 11:50 AM By RAY MCNULTY Golf is supposed to be a game of honor, so much so that players keep each others scores, serve as their own referees and assess penalties against themselves for violating the rules -- even if the transgression was inadvertent
Caddy John Dunn's book focuses on delights of golf courses bc-glf-caddy-life(sh) | By: MARK HERRMANN | Source: Newsday | Books (EB), Golf (GF) May 16, 2013 11:55 AM By MARK HERRMANN John Dunn has played one of the most spectacular, and probably the most exclusive, par 4s in the world. He and a buddy hit from the forward tees on No. 10 at the National Golf Links of America, hit over the trees, into the third f
Graham: Tiger's recipe for golf success bc-glf-tiger-secret(sh) | By: MIKE GRAHAM | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 14, 2013 12:45 PM By MIKE GRAHAM I know the secret to Tiger Woods' recent success. Woods, a Martin County, Fla., resident, has won four of seven 2013 starts and seven of his past 21 PGA Tour stroke play events. Woods has earned $5,849,600 this year alone ($106,800,
McNulty: Tiger Woods notes lack of young black golfers, friend Ahmad Rashad says bc-glf-tiger-blacks(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 13, 2013 11:40 AM By RAY MCNULTY Ever wonder if Tiger Woods notices that, after all he has accomplished and all the worldwide recognition he has received across all these years at the top of his sport, he remains the only black American playing on the PGA Tour? "T
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