Archive for May, 2008

More Stack & Tilt

The spine should be vertical at the top, which makes the player feel tipped over the front leg. Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett. For those experimenting with Stack & Tilt, the New Tour Swing of our June issue, this exchange between reader

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Oakmont's 8th: A drive, not a 5 (iron)

GOUGE: A 5-iron. Let me repeat that: A 5-iron. That is what Jack Nicklaus believes some players will hit into the 8th green at Oakmont for this year’s US Open. For those who haven’t fully checked in yet, the 8th hole will play or has

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Men's nationals revisited

20 WESTPORT ROAD, THIRD FLOOR, THIRD CUBICLE FROM THE WINDOW, WILTON, CONN.—The remnants of Tropical Depression Barry followed me up the East Coast as I returned from Williamsburg, Va., and the 110th NCAA Championship.

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

What will be higher, the price of gas in Oakmont or the winning score?

Holes like one and ten, those holes were designed in hell, okay, the greens. Either that or the back part of them fell into hell. –Johnny Miller Img_9830. When asked if he had really shot 85 in a practice round last Monday,

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

These guys are good

With rounds of 79 and 81, Andy Matthews won’t win the US Open this year, but he has definitely won over young Cooper Schechterle. Schechterle, a 3-year-old born 27 weeks premature, met the Canadian Tour pro in Oakmont’s clubhouse during

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Reader’s Input

I got this poster sent to me by John Deere. I thought - for fun - I would post this picture of the and give you the forum for the week-end. So ……. I ask you, is this a good hole?

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

I see London I see France. I see Paula Creamer’s….

Is Paula Creamer wearing shorts in this picture or a skirt? Not sure this is a terribly good choice for Yahoo Sports to be displaying this picture of Paula in their RSS golf news feed. It’s quite “Ladies of Big Break crotch shotesque”

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Goydos, Yes Goydos Leads THE PLAYERS - Annika By 3 At Michelob.

As we mentioned, anyone can win here at THE PLAYERS Championship. It’s a crapshoot. Great golf course, lots of drama, everyone has a shot. What else is there to ask? On the strength of 11 one putt greens Paul Goydos grabbed a one shot

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

Kenny Perry Leads THE PLAYERS After Day 2, Annika’s Back at Michelob.

Kenny Perry forged a one stroke lead after day 2 of THE PLAYERS Championship. His 70 gave him a single stroke lead over first day leader Sergio Garcia and Paul Goydos, both tied together at -5. Perry stroked only 25 putts on the slick

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Friday, May 30th, 2008

The ‘Old’ Players Championship

Kenny Perry (Fritsche/Flickr) I DIDN’T GET the memo. No one told me they changed The Players Championship to The Old Players Championship. You got your Kenny Perry, age 47. You got your Bernhard Langer, age 50.

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Friday, May 30th, 2008