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Pete Pappas

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Pete is a writer, commentator, and interviewer, covering the PGA Tour, new equipment releases and the latest golf fashions.

He's an avid golfer, and has appeared on the television show Sports Time Ohio's All Bets Are Off previewing the 2012 U.S Open, and has interviewed golf luminaries Win McMurry and Lauren Thompson of Golf Channel, and Miura Golf President Adam Barr, with other exciting guests lined up and coming soon.

You can follow Pete on twitter @TheGreekGrind

And above all else, Pete is the son of an inspirational mom who battled advancer metastic stage IV pancreatic cancer much longer than anyone gave her.

 

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  Garcia feels the sting of golf’s cruel side

  Golf, cruel?  Really? Standing on the 17th tee Sunday afternoon at TPC Sawgrass with his second Players Championship trophy tantalizingly within reach, Sergio Garcia was in command of his own destiny. Birdies on the Nos. 11, 13...

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  Is Tiger playing his best golf ever?

  Whoa… whoa… whoa… is Tiger playing his best golf ever? The very mention of it probably incites John McEnroe-esque howls from golf enthusiasts coast to coast, “You cannot be serious!” Yes, Tiger’s win Monday at the Arnold...

  • Posted 59 days ago
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  Tiger eyes No. 8 at Bay Hill

  Throughout Tiger Woods’ career, his late father Earl got his attention on the golf course by calling him “Sam.” “He rarely ever called me Tiger,” Woods said. “I would ask him, ‘Why don’t you ever call me...

  • Posted 65 days ago
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  Up close and personal: Golf Channel’s Lauren Thompson

  She’s poured the perfect Guinness in Ireland, outplayed poker pros in Las Vegas, swam with dolphins in Hawaii, and even wrestled an alligator in Orlando. And oh by the way, she’s also done some sizzling bikini modeling...

  • Posted 71 days ago
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  McIlroy and Woods set to face off in Abu Dhabi

  The Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship always features some of the strongest fields of the year. And every year since its 2006 inception, it’s been one of the biggest events on the European Tour. This year however,...

  • Posted 128 days ago
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  Dustin Johnson: Mr. Consistency

  When you think Dustin Johnson, you think raw power. You think majestic, soaring drives, like the kind he hit to win the 2013 Hyundai Tournament of Champions by four shots over defending champion Steve Stricker and lead...

  • Posted 135 days ago
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  K. Perry, O’Hair win the Shark Shootout at 31-under

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer A Sunday round in the 50’s isn’t a common occurrence. But at the Franklin Templeton Shootout, a 54-hole team even hosted by Greg Norman at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla.,...

  • Posted 165 days ago
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  Poulter wins in China: Is he ready for a major?

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer You’ve heard it hundreds, if not thousands of times. Ian Poulter is overrated. He doesn’t have enough talent to be considered among the PGA Tour elite. He only shows up for...

  • Posted 200 days ago
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  Tour Championship: Battle for the FedExCup crown

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The PGA Tour playoffs conclude this week with the fourth and final event of the FedExCup Playoffs, the Tour Championship in Atlanta. And for each of the 30 remaining gladiators battling...

  • Posted 248 days ago
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  BMW Championship: Welcome to Crooked Stick

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Crooked Stick Golf Club is one of five Pete Dye designs on the Tour schedule this season (TPC Sawgrass, Harbor Town, TPC Louisiana, and Kiawah Island). Unfortunately for most players in...

  • Posted 261 days ago
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  Battle in Beantown: Deutsche Bank preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The FedExCup Playoffs continue this week with the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship, and when the last shot is fired Labor Day evening at TPC Boston only 70 players will be left...

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  Wyndham Championship: Finals week frenzy

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The Wyndham Championship is the final stop for the PGA Tour regular season this week. But a crowd of noteworthy competitors is still frantically scrambling to gain admission to the Tour’s...

  • Posted 282 days ago
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  Last chance for major glory

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The PGA Championship is thought to be the least prestigious of the four majors on Tour.  But it has something The Masters, the U.S. Open, and the Open Championship all do...

  • Posted 289 days ago
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  SCOR Golf President Terry Koehler talks all things golf

  SCOR Golf President Terry Koehler talks all things golf in this exclusive one-on-one interview and shares his opinions on: the controversial debate between blades and cavity backs the neglected importance of shafts in club performance what he’d...

  • Posted 315 days ago
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  Stricker Slam: The John Deere Classic preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Steve Stricker’s bobblehead is going for $50 a pop on eBay.  That’s more than any PGA Tour player bobblehead has sold for on eBay all season – really. But put the...

  • Posted 316 days ago
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  Congressional Oversight: AT&T National preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer  The AT&T National returns to Congressional Country Club this week after a two-year hiatus from our nation’s capital. Congressional’s Blue Course will set up with the same par and yardage as...

  • Posted 331 days ago
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  U.S. Open: Stars miss the cut, “Old Tiger” and braces

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer If the history of U.S. Open competition tells us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected. And through the first two days at The Olympic Club in San Francisco there was plenty...

  • Posted 342 days ago
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  Pappas: Ready for memorable moments at the Memorial?

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village is one of my favorite events of the season.  And not just because it’s a stone’s throw down the road from me in Dublin, Ohio,...

  • Posted 358 days ago
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  Lexi Thompson keeps making dreams come true

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer  Lexi Thompson was the youngest golfer ever to play in the U.S. Woman’s Open at the tender age of 12. And four years later her victory at the Navistar LPGA Classic...

  • Posted 369 days ago
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  HP Byron Nelson Championship preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The PGA Tour gallops back into the “Longhorn State” for the 2012 Byron Nelson Championship and third leg of the Tour’s Texas Swing. Keegan Bradley returns to defend his title in a...

  • Posted 372 days ago
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  Big names flock to Quail Hollow: The Wells Fargo Championship Preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer  You knew it was coming.  Every sport has them.  The events you circle on your calendar.  And this tournament always brings out the best. The 2012 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow once again...

  • Posted 387 days ago
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  Review: Bushnell Tour Z6 Laser Rangefinder

  You just ripped your driver right down the middle of the fairway. And you’re set up perfectly for approach to the green, right on your number. All you have left is a little 8 iron in. You...

  • Posted 388 days ago
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  The Tour goes marchin’ in: Zurich Classic of New Orleans

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The PGA Tour marches into Dixieland this week for the 2012 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.  The event history traces back to 1922 when it was first known as the Southern...

  • Posted 393 days ago
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  Is time off a good decision for Tiger?

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The topsy-turvy season for Tiger Woods will resume with the first PGA Tour event of May, the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., and will continue the following...

  • Posted 395 days ago
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  The Adam Barr Interview: An eye-opening discussion with Miura Golf’s Renaissance Man

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Somewhere in the historic city of Himeji, home to the ancient art of Samurai sword-making, a man is working. In the foreground of Himeji Castle, Japan’s magnificent and most famous remaining...

  • Posted 400 days ago
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  RBC Heritage Preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The PGA Tour leaves the picturesque Magnolia Lane (and thrilling finish of the 76th Masters) and travels southeast to the magnificent scenery of Hilton Head, S.C., for the 44th RBC-Heritage (and...

  • Posted 407 days ago
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  Masters Moments

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer “We want to make the bogies easy if frankly sought, pars readily obtainable by standard good play, and birdies, except on the Par 5s, dearly bought.” – Bobby Jones, Augusta National...

  • Posted 414 days ago
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  It’s SHO time: The Shell Houston Open preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer The first Houston Open debuted in 1922 as the Independent Insurance Agent Open, making it the third oldest tournament on the PGA Tour behind the Western Open (1899), and the Canadian...

  • Posted 421 days ago
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  Preview: Arnold Palmer Invitational

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Men’s Journal magazine recently published an ultimate “bucket list” of things to do before you die.  And one item on the list was “shake hands with Arnold Palmer.” Well you just...

  • Posted 428 days ago
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  Achilles Last Stand? Woods’ Pursuit of Jack Again in Doubt

  By Pete Pappas  GolfWRX Staff Writer  Early this season Tiger Woods said his left leg felt as strong as it’s been in years, and that he’s starting the 2012 campaign healthy for the first time in nearly...

  • Posted 438 days ago
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  Destination Doral: WGC-Cadillac Championship Preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer I never imagined these words would be uttered from my lips; let alone believing I’d have the thoughts to begin with.  So forgive me. But golf is starting to take on a...

  • Posted 443 days ago
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  Pappas: A Q&A with Win McMurry

  GolfWRX Staff Writer Pete Pappas caught up with the Golf Channel’s Win McMurry for a Q&A. Check out the story and some cool pictures in the “Tour Talk” forum. http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/607535-catch-me-if-you-can-the-win-mcmurry-interview/

  • Posted 443 days ago
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  One Fine Day: McIlroy Wins Honda Classic, Captures World No. 1 Ranking

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Vince Lombardi once said, “You’ve got to be smart to be number one in any business.  But more importantly, you’ve got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.” And...

  • Posted 445 days ago
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  One round from No. 1

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Three years ago at the 2009 Honda Classic, Rory McIlroy met his idol Jack Nicklaus.  It was at the time only McIlroy’s second ever appearance on the PGA Tour.  But Jack knew immediately...

  • Posted 446 days ago
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  PGA Tour and FedEx sign five year extension

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer There’s a lot going on opening day at WGC-Accenture Match Play today, but nothing is as huge as what happened even before the first ball was teed up. “We’re delighted with...

  • Posted 456 days ago
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  The Northern Trust Open preview

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer  The PGA Tour spotlight shifts this week to magnificent Riviera Country Club, home of the venerable “Hogan’s Alley”, and host to the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Australian Aaron...

  • Posted 463 days ago
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  The house that Phil built: Mickelson’s masterpiece

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Pebble Beach Golf Links the house that Phil built?  It sure is beginning to look that way With a historically dominating performance on Sunday, Phil Mickelson won the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am for the...

  • Posted 466 days ago
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  Stars Align for Pebble Power Pairing on Championship Sunday

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Arnold Palmer vs. Jack Nicklaus. Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier. Wile E. Coyote vs. Road Runner. Larry Bird vs Magic Johnson. Lindsay Lohan v. sobriety (OK, that one’s a stretch). But...

  • Posted 467 days ago
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  Charlie Wi’s running of the bulls

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer Charlie Wi is about to be tested like he’s never been tested in his winless 162 game, seven-year PGA Tour career. Wi holds the lead at 12-under after two days at...

  • Posted 468 days ago
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  A familiar face back on top at Pebble, and some new ones too

  By Pete Pappas GolfWRX Staff Writer No it’s not Tiger Woods atop the 2012 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am leader board.  But Tiger is certainly prowling at four-under, and could easily have been closer than the five...

  • Posted 469 days ago
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