Archive for August 6th, 2008

2008 PGA Championship TV Schedule

TWENTY-EIGHT HOURS OF TV COVERAGE are scheduled for the year’s final major, the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. Tune in to TNT on Thursday and Friday, and TNT and CBS on the weekend.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Dow Finsterwald Photo Gallery

AS A FOLLOW-UP TO MY PIECE on Dow Finsterwald, I want to point you to a photo gallery I ran across at PGA.com. There are a lot of neat photos of Dow, from his playing days to the present: Dow photo gallery

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

PGA Start 'Em, Sit 'Em: PGA Championship

Who should you start this week at the PGA Championship in Bloomfield Township, MI? Well, of course Tommy D has that answer for you. But he goes above and beyond this week — recommending at least one golfer in each group that you should

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

The Picture Has Become Fuzzy, It Seems

With Tiger Woods out of the picture, the golf world has been turned upside down. Tournaments have become unpredictable and the fantasy aspect has become much more challenging. For the first time in 11 years, Screaming Sports’ Tommy D is

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

John Daly Still a Fan Favorite

Kids reached out to touch him. Grown men shouted his name. Women smiled and begged for an autograph.It’s been 17 years since John Daly, his moon face beaming below a blond mullet, strode up the 18th fairway at Crooked Stick,

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Golf’s First Sugar Daddy, Rodman Wanamaker, And The Legacy o

Ninety years ago, a Princeton man by the name of Rodman Wanamaker invited a group of golfers to lunch at the Taplow Club in New York. Although it wasn’t on the menu, by the end of the meal they had cooked up the Professional Golfers’

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Oakland Hills and the 2008 PGA Championship: The Monster Slumbers

Got to cybergolf for all the action.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Carl Mason to defend Bad-Ragaz PGA Seniors Open

nice little golfing trip to Switzerland - nice work if you can get it!

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

The Wanamaker Trophy

(Mike Davis/Flickr) HERE’S WHAT THEY’RE PLAYING FOR in the 90th PGA Championship. (Plus $1.26 million, plus exemptions galore, plus getting the major monkey off their back, if they’re majorless.) Ladies and gentlemen, I present the

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Golf Legends Share the Lead at Bridgestone (Updated)

UpGoing into the final round at the Bridgestone Invitational the legends in question, Vijay Singh and Phil Mikelson, share the lead with one of England’s’ top golfers, Lee Westwood. And Stuart Appleby is right behind them.

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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008