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Glover’s Paradise

The US Open delivered so many great and poignant stories that, for not more than a moment, one may forget the best one of all – Lucas Glover’s emergence as a golf major winner. There was Tiger Woods – always a story no matter what, Phil Mickelson’s brave performance in the face of adversity and […]

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Golf’s saviour needs to save his US Open title

The golf industry’s financial situation is similar to the one Tiger Woods finds himself at just past the half-way stage of the US Open – both need a major comeback. He is the man who can save both himself at Bethpage Black, and the industry. At least this is the opinion of Pete Bevacqua, the […]

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7 Up! At Bethpage Black

The People’s Open. That’s what they called it. Seven years ago, for the first time in its history, the United States Open Golf Championship was played on a public course in New York, and I was there. Well, sort of. I was in New York City playing tourist, standing under Empire State Building, wandering blissfully through […]

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Casey aiming to end England’s 39-year drought

It has been 39 years since an Englishman last won the US Open. Paul Casey is aiming to break that long, barren spell. Tony Jacklin was the last English winner of the US Open, at Hazeltine in 1970. Not since Nick Faldo’s heyday has there been a golfer from Blighty who has stirred talk of […]

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Gay eyes US Open after second title in 2009

Brian Gay made sure that his name would be added to the pre-US Open chatter. The American knew he needed something special at the St Jude Classic to book a place at the Bethpage Black tournament this week. And he delivered in record-breaking style, winning his second PGA Tour title of the season and third […]

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Mickelson’s return starts at St Jude

An emotional Phil Mickelson is making his comeback to the US PGA Tour after a brief time away to be with his wife, Amy, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Three weeks ago, Mickelson said he was taking time off the tour to be at his wife’s side. However, with some encouraging signs on […]

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Woods answers them, yet again

It was the answer everyone, including his critics, were waiting for. Tiger Woods, the so-called has-been, returned to that familiar winning enclosure with victory at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio. Having already won the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year following his comeback from knee surgery, Woods captured the event hosted by another great from […]

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Daly ready for Tour comeback

Six months after being suspended by the US PGA Tour, the people’s favourite John Daly is set to return to the circuit that made him a global star. Daly, who has won two major titles but more recently has been making headlines off the golf course, is to play in the US Open qualifiers in […]

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Woods aims to recapture Memorial

Last year, Tiger Woods was reduced to watching the Memorial Tournament on television after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his knee. The three-time Memorial champion had gone under the knife soon after the Masters and, without any real tune-ups, went on to win the US Open last year. That victory at Torrey Pines was costly, though, […]

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Cevaer comes out of hiding to win European Open

After four days of attrition and 45 changes of the lead, it was not one of the hardened stars who came out on top but a journeyman hero ranked 449th in the world and without a top 30 finish in 15 tournaments. Frenchman Christian Cevaer fired a two-over-par 74 in the final round for a […]

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Amy Mickelson Diagnosed With Cancer

Some battles are tougher than anything a U.S Open can throw at you. Amy Mickelson, wife of world number 2 golfer Phil Mickelson and well known philanthropist, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Gaylord Sports Management, Mickelson’s representation on tour, announced last Wednesday in a brief press release that after “a battery of tests” Amy […]

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Casey jumps to number three after latest victory

The return of Tiger Woods, Angel Cabrera’s Masters win and the rise of Rory McIlroy as the future global are among the top stories so far this year. All this while, England’s Paul Casey has been quietly, efficiently and stealthily slipping under the radar. But after his victory at the BMW PGA Championship, it will […]

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Nicklaus tips Woods to break major record

Most things in life are relative, even Tiger Woods. Take, for example, the voices of some sections of the golf gallery who believe Woods’ best days are behind him given his knee surgery last year and the fact that he has gone three tournaments on the US PGA Tour without victory, including the US Masters. […]

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Local amateur Lowry stuns pros at Irish Open

Irishman Shane Lowry may have missed a four-foot putt in typical amateur fashion – after all, he is an amateur. But that did not stop him from getting the better of the pros in the Irish Open. The 22-year-old Lowry became only the third amateur to win a title on the European Tour when he […]

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US golf leaders take plight to government

The big guns of American golf are on a propaganda offensive, taking careful aim at the big guns of government. At a time when the golfing industry in the US is being criticised for extravagance, and coinciding with National Golf Day, the top men from the US PGA Tour, PGA of America and World Golf […]

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