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Here's one you don't see everyday or any day.  Nicolas Colsaerts was playing in the Volvo World Match play against Graeme McDowel, when he hit his tee shot into a hazard. The closest relief was in the toilet, since his ball landed near a bathroom. Colsaerts had to drop his ball in the toilet before taking relief from that spot, since it was unplayable. Everyone involved got a good chuckle out of the whole thing. And believe it or not Colsaerts hit his next shot on the green and made the putt to still par the hole, even with a penalty stroke.  I can't make this stuff up. 

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As I've said before, I'm not much of a golfer, but many of you are. If you're in a weekly golf league, you probably want to keep improving your game. Here's a free putting lesson from a recognized "Top Teacher" by both "Golf Digest" and "Golf Magazine".

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If you're a golf fan who enjoys watching the pro's make incredible shots that defy the imagination you were probably watching the Player's Championship yesterday when two of the best, Sergio Garcia and Lee Westwood, hit--or didn't hit--shots that looked more like ones that Polliwog or I would hit. Take a look at the results.

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Golf season is here, and many of you are out on the links on weekends or during an after-work golf league. As for me, I'm left-handed and haven't improved at the game since I was 15! But there is hope for you with a little help from a golf pro.

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When I tell people I spent a Sunday afternoon watching golf most of them say, "Golf! How can you watch that? It's like watching paint dry!" That may be true to some but to me I enjoy watching the pros make shots that I can only dream about. There are, however, a number of sports that a ListAfterList.com survey found to be unwatchable.

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Even though I'm not much of a golfer, just mentioning the game of golf gets us thinking about green grass and warmer weather. There are a number of local golf tournaments for good causes each year, and now the Utica Common Council is planning one to benefit the Utica Youth Bureau.

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Even if you don't like golf, you should check this out. At the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Sergio Garcia got his ball stuck in a tree. Instead of taking a penalty stroke and hitting another ball, he climbed the tree and hit a one-handed shot back, backwards, on to the fairway. He hits the ball at the 3:16 mark.

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I admit I didn't watch the Super Bowl yesterday. I kind of flipped around the stations but was fortunate enough to catch pro golfer James Hahn celebrate dropping a putt during the PGA's Waste Management tournament. Those NFL end zone dancers have nothing on James.

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First it was Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis. Now Fox Sports is reporting that veteran golfer Vijay Singh has also admitted to using deer antler spray which contains a performance enhancer banned by the PGA Tour. What exactly is this deer antler stuff?

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When you here the words "trash talk" in relation to sports you usually think football or basketball. That's why the new Nike ad featuring golfers Tiger Woods and Rory McIIroy "dissing" each other as they try to outdo one another on the practice range is so funny. Take a look at the "old timer" (Woods) and the "young upstart" (McIIroy) as they one up each other.

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When I tell friends that I got my first ever hole-in-one this summer they usually will say something like "Did it go through the clown's nose first?". While my hole-in-one was  on a regulation golf course it's a lot of fun to get a few hole-in-ones on your favorite miniature golf course and today is Miniature Golf Day. There are some obvious advantages to miniature as opposed to golf course golf.

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Long before Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were wining golf tournaments,  a superstar emerged on the PGA tour who dominated the late 1950s and '60s...Arnold Palmer. Palmer was a fan favorite, and while he faced head-head competition with the "Golden Bear" Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, it was Palmer who had legions of followers referred to as "Arnie's Army".

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