Archive for February, 2010

Golf Girl's Diary: 宮里 藍 – Another Ai Win at HSBC Women's Open

Decidedly, Ai Miyazato is off to a stellar start in 2010. With her ten-under-par 278 victory this week at the HSBC Women’s Champions, she became the first LPGA player in over four decades to start the the season with back-to-back wins. …

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Sunday, February 28th, 2010

TV time for Klauk and more player quotes from The Players

Fred Klauk’s successor, Tom Vlach, CGCS, and GCSAA member Jim Abate, superintendent of the Stadium Course, just addressed the staff of 50-60 and gave them their marching orders for the evening work session. …

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Sunday, February 28th, 2010

ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG: Win a Trip for Two to The Players Championship

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED in attending the 2010 Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and taking your shot at that crazy island green at the par-3 17th hole, then listen up. The Players JELD-WEN Golf Sweepstakes is open for …

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Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Golf Girl's Diary: HSBC Women's Champions – The Age of Possibilities

Earlier today I came upon a 1999 profile of Juli Inkster in the archives of SI Vault. Described in the quaint parlance of the day, as a “Soccer Mom”, Julie was in fact, a mother of two at that point, and had just won the 54th U.S. …

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Sunday, February 28th, 2010

ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG: By the Time I Get to the Phoenix Open

BY THE TIME I GET to Phoenix and the Phoenix Open I’ll be, um, retiring? As I mentioned to a fellow golf blogger, I’ve never been to the tournament. The event has been around forever and through several name changes, most recently …

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Saturday, February 27th, 2010

A Walk In The Park » Gatorade drops Tiger Woods, Possible

A Walk In The Park – 268 Courses, 38 States, One Man.

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Saturday, February 27th, 2010

2008 Masters ratings rundown

Masters_graphic For their first year of Masters coverage, the people over at ESPN must be pleased. ESPN had a 3.1 rating during Friday’s coverage, according to the Associated Press, which is the first time either of the first two rounds …

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Friday, February 26th, 2010

Tiger Woods off crutches

Needless to say, I’m a little stir crazy since my knee surgery on April 15. Although I’ve been through this before and understand the need for patience, I don’t enjoy sitting around. I really don’t have a timetable for returning to …

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Friday, February 26th, 2010

Tiger knee update

Tiger Woods is now off the crutches and wearing a knee brace. He hopes to start rehabbing soon, but has no definite date scheduled for him to return to competition. Apparently Tiger has been playing in pain and knew he’d have the knee …

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Friday, February 26th, 2010

Grass is Greener for ChipChic Golf Girls

A couple of weeks ago I received a package containing a couple of very unusual accessories. The first was a golf shoe bag. It had nylon mesh sides (which I like in a shoe bag)and a soft chamois lining. I could immediately tell it was …

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Friday, February 26th, 2010