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By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on March 8th, 2010
The quality of the field won’t be in question this week at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral (but the new name still seems to trip as it leaves my tongue). Save for Tiger Woods (personal issues) and Ryo Ishikawa (high school graduation, really), 68 of the best players in the world are on hand in [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on March 7th, 2010
-Villegas Wins 3rd PGA Tour Title-
It was a crazy week for Camilo Villegas with a very happy ending. After rushing home to Columbia to help kick off the Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open Presented by Samsung, a new event on the Nationwide Tour, he scrambled into Palm Beach Gardens with great PGA Tour expectations.
His hopes [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 28th, 2010
When prospective golf team members prepare to head to Oklahoma State a few things are certain – 1. They are already studs in the golf world at an amateur level. And 2, when they get through with their time in Stillwater they likely have a promising career ahead of them as a touring professional.
That theory was once [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 21st, 2010
In a dashing coral ensemble England’s Ian Poulter proved there is substance to match his fashion today in winning the World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play. In completing his perfect record of match play for the week the 2000 European Tour Rookie of Year dismissed his fellow countryman Paul Casey 4&2.
Poulter displayed great poise in [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 16th, 2010
It has been nearly a decade since Steve Stricker came out of the back of the pack to win the World Golf Championships Accenture Match Play. Nobody gave him much thought as the 55th seed but certainly there will be a lot more attention focused on him this year as the man on top of the [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 14th, 2010
In 2009 Dustin Johnson won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in a rain-shortened 54 holes but he proved today that he could win the event over the full duration.
The 25-year old captured his third PGA Tour victory by with a slim one-stroke margin thanks to a timely birdie on the final hole, the famous [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 9th, 2010
Some will call this week’s AT&T Pebble Beach national Pro-Am a preview of the United States Open Championship set to play out over the same venue this June. However, those that do may not be looking as close as they should.
Sure the four champions of the Pebble Beach hosted U.S. Open’s – Tom Watson, Tom [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 3rd, 2010
Among the stormy clouds of a missing Tiger and a groove debate that just won’t seem to go away the stars are about to shine for the PGA Tour in Pacific Palisades, California.
In the field highlighted by two-time defending champion Phil Mickelson, world number #3 Steve Stricker, and a bevy of other past champions and [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on February 1st, 2010
Methodical he may be, but in the big scheme of things it is hard to identify much fault in Ben Crane, whether you're talking about his character or his ability to play golf. The 33-year-old Oregon native and all-around nice guy was completely focused Sunday as he won the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego.
Just [...]
By Scott MacLeod, via www.flagstick.com, on January 25th, 2010
With the current absence of the game's greatest current star, there is no question who will be garner most of the attention this week at the Farmers Insurance Open. Certainly Phil Mickelson is used to getting plenty of attention when he plays in San Diego, it is his hometown after-all, but this year [...]
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