This week in golf featured the Bridgestone Invitational, held at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. This course/tournament combination is well known, as it is often considered one of Tiger Wood’s favorite locations to play. Some of the big names that played in the tournament include Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, [...]

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This week in golf featured the British Open, known as the 139th Open Championship. This year’s tournament was held at the historic St. Andrews course, providing plenty of ups and downs in what will easily be considered a wild an unexpected tournament. All of the big names in Golf showed up for the event, including [...]

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This week in golf featured the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, a notorious Major at a notorious location. This U.S. Open was the fifth at Pebble Beach, bringing plenty of history into the picture. The Pebble Beach U.S. Open featured the 72 win of Nicklaus and Tiger Wood’s massive win in 2000. There were plenty [...]

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This week’s golf tournament was the last tune up before the U.S Open, bringing in a strong field and strong play.  Eight of the top 20 ranked golfers made their way through the course at TPC Southwind. Players included Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Rory McIlroy, Robert Allenby, Padraig Harrington, Camilo Villegas, Zach Johnson, and Retief [...]

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The latest tour stop at the Colonial Country Club proved to be an interesting tournament, with key players making both positive and negative moves in the field. Some of the key names playing at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at the Colonial included Scott Verplank, Boo Weekly, Geoff Ogilvy, K.J. Choi, Kenny Perry, Mike Weir, Vijay [...]

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On Sunday in Marana, Arizona, Ian Poulter won the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, giving him his first US victory, and moving him to number 5 in the world, a career-high for Poulter. Often more well-known for his colorful clothing line and the precise ironing of his pants than his golf, Poulter defeated Paul Casey to [...]

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After a low-speed car accident that’s prompted tabloid-esque speculation about Tiger Woods’ private life, he cancelled his participation in the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California, the golf tournament that he sponsors and usually wins. His departure from the tournament led to a lucky invitation to Graeme McDowell, who ranked 55th in the world, [...]

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One of the most flawless and brilliant games this weekend was played by Henrik Stenson in the Players Championship in Florida.  It was one of the richest tournaments played at a whopping $12.6 million. In the beginning of the day, Stenson was working with a five stroke shortfall behind the leader Alex Cejka before the [...]

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