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The March Madness Of Golf

Sure, college basketball’s March Madness doesn’t start for another month. But, golf gave everyone a preview of it over the weekend in the Accenture Match Play Championship. The bracket-style tournament begins with a round of 64. Sound familiar? And it ends with a champion being crowned. Here’s the difference: In the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, the top two seeds, both number-one see ...

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The Homegrown Cinderella

John Merrick. Ever heard of him? No, not John Mayer. John Merrick is a PGA Tour player who won his first tournament on the tour Sunday. The tournament was the Northern Trust Open in Pacific Palisades, CA, which is near Merrick’s hometown of Long Beach. Only 33 miles separate the two cities and only 72, well actually 74, holes separated John Merrick from victory at Riviera Country Club. Here’s how he finally ...

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Brandt Snedeker is Number One

Forget the Official World Golf Ranking, Brandt Snedeker is really the number-one golfer on tour right now. Not Rory McIlroy, not Tiger Woods, not Phil Mickelson, not anybody else. The 32 year-old from Nashville, Tennessee has taken the PGA Tour by storm in 2013. Snedeker has played five tournaments so far in 2013. His finishes are: third at the Tournament of Champions, tied for 23rd at the Humana Challenge, ...

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Golf: This Game Makes No Sense

For the second consecutive week on the PGA Tour, a player that either missed the cut or didn’t finish in the top 50 in the previous tournament won the next tournament. One week ago, it was Tiger Woods that amazed everyone at the Farmers Insurance Open after missing the cut the previous week in Abu Dhabi. This week Phil Mickelson came out of nowhere to lap the field at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. How ...

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The Stark Contrast

[caption id="attachment_12040" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Photo Credit: Jake Roth USA Today[/caption] Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson entered the Farmers Insurance Open coming off disappointing finishes the previous week. Tiger didn’t even make it to the weekend, missing the cut at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. Phil, on the other hand, did make the cut, but only finished in a tie for thirty-seventh. ...

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3 Big Stars, 3 Big Headscratchers

“Wow!” This was the expression that was swirling in my mind last Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, but for completely different reasons. [caption id="attachment_11805" align="aligncenter" width="660"] via sirshanksalot.com[/caption] On Wednesday, I was contemplating finally being able to see Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods, and Phil Mickelson tee it up in 2013. These are arguably golf’s biggest stars and they shared ...

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