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Rory McIlroy Wins PGA Championship By a Record Margin
Rory McIlroy shot a 6-under par 66 in the final round to win the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, SC on Sunday.
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Tad & Polly Featured in New Children’s Golf Book
August 8, 2012 A new children's book features Tad & Polly. Who knew we looked so cute in animation. We're the parents of the main character Todd, who gets lost on the Atunyote golf course.
The book was written by Robert Todd, the Director of Golf at Turning. RT as he's known to his friends, spent years creating characters, taking pictures of the golf course and weaving the tale of 'Fore Your Family: From Todd the Frog.'
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Unhappy Gilmore: Golfer Hits Cameraman
August 2, 2012 August is golf month. Yesterday we kicked off the month with the top golf courses to play in Central New York. If you plan on hitting the links at one of these courses, or one of your choosing, remember to play safe. Unlike these four guys who decided to tee it up Happy Gilmore style. Lets just say, the cameraman didn't pick a good spot to shoot the shot. Watch and try not to wince. His friends didn't. They can be seen rolling on the ground laughing.
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Ernie Els Wins the Open Championship After Adam Scott Collapses on Last Four Holes
Ernie Els won the British Open Sunday, which is the fourth major championship for the big South African.
But his victory came at the expense of his good friend Adam Scott, who bogeyed the last four holes to lose to Els by a stroke.
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14-Year-Old Andy Zhang to Make History As Youngest Golfer Ever in US Open
Fourteen-year-old Andy Zhang, of Bradenton, Florida, will make history when he becomes the youngest golfer ever to compete at a US Open tournament.
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Golf-A Game or A Sport?
May 30, 2012 It is pretty well known that both Polliwog and I enjoy playing golf. It is also pretty well known that neither one of us consider ourselves to be particularly athletic. A research organization called ProCon.org did a study to determine whether golf should be classified a "sport" or a "game". The results showed there were proponents and skeptics on both sides of the question.
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Augusta National Still Silent On Allowing Women Members
April 5, 2012 We have had two women run for the Vice-Presidency, three serve as Secretary of State, dozens serve in public office and thousands serve in our Armed Forces but, so far, no women have been given membership at Augusta National. This has become as issue again this week as the club hosts the Masters Golf Tournament which includes IBM as a corporate sponsor, a corporate sponsor whose CEO is--you guessed it--a woman.
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Golf Season Gets Early Start
March 24, 2012 There's more March Madness than just on the basketball court; take a look at our recent weather. We've had some unbelievable record-breaking temperatures this month, which has gotten of few of us onto the golf course already. So, now that the golf season has begun early, I thought it might be helpful to share a golf tip or two (not from me) if you're planning to get out on the links this weekend.
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Worlds Number One Golfer Rory McIlroy Takes To the Tennis Court [VIDEO]
March 6, 2012 Just because you are number one in your sport doesn't necessarily mean you'll be good at other sports--or does it? Rory McIlroy is the world's top ranked golfer but at a recent exhibition tennis match in New York his girlfriend, pro tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, called him out of the stands to play a point against a fellow pro tennis star Maria Sharapova. Did he impress or embarrass? You be the judge.
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Tiger Woods Testy Exchange With A Reporter [VIDEO]
March 1, 2012 Tiger Woods is, arguably, the greatest golfer that ever lived. But did he ever consider leaving the links and becoming a Navy Seal? "Yes", according to his former swing coach Hank Haney who described the possibility in his book about Tiger called "The Big Miss". Tiger has said he will refuse to answer any questions about the book and yesterday he kept true to his word leading to this testy exchange with reporter Alex Miceli.
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Best Golf Shot Ever? [VIDEO]
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Rory McIlroy Wins US Open With Record-Shattering Performance
Rory McIlroy shredded the course, lapped the competition and wrote his name in the record book 12 times Sunday during a dazzling 16-under par, 8-stroke US Open victory at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD.
Among the US Open records the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland set included the lowest score after 36 rounds, the lowest score after 54 and the lowest total score – a mark he shattered by four strokes.