Tag Archives: Golf
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Check Out This Incredible Hole-in-One from the 2013 U.S. Open Courtesy of Shawn Stefani (Video)
Justin Rose won the 2013 U.S. Open yesterday, becoming the first Brit to do so in over 40 years. However, it was a player who finished tied for 59th that gave us the highlight of the tournament. That player was Shawn Stefani. Not a whole lot went right this weekend for the 31-year-old Texas native [...]
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Sergio Garcia Heckled at U.S. Open for Racist ‘Fried Chicken’ Remarks Towards Tiger Woods (Video)
You think sports fans in Philadelphia were going to cut Sergio Garcia a break at the U.S. Open this weekend? Yeah right. These are the same fans who booed a Hooters ball girl for not scooping up a foul ball. And if they can’t handle that, there’s no way they can handle some Spanish golfer [...]
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Spectator at U.S. Open Catches Errant Ball with Bare Hands (Video)
There is certainly no shortage of examples of fans making amazing catches at baseball games. Over the years we’ve seen almost everything, from fans catching balls in their beers, to fans catching balls while holding their kids, to fans catching balls with oversized novelty gloves, to fans making amazing diving grabs on home run balls. [...]
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The Evolution of Tiger Woods’ Golf Swing in One GIF
It kind of happened right underneath our noses, but after a four-year hiatus, Tiger Woods is once again the greatest golfer in the world. Sure, he still hasn’t won a major since 2008. But the guy has won four out of the first seven tournaments played this season, and if he wins the Memorial for [...]
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This Day In Sports History (May 22nd) — Annika Sörenstam
It was on this day in 2003 that Annika Sörenstam played in the Bank of America Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. By taking part in the event, she became the first woman since Babe Zaharias in 1945 to compete against men on the PGA Tour. At the time, Sörenstam was coming off back-to-back [...]
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Sergio Garcia Makes Racist Reference to Fried Chicken in Response to Question About Tiger Woods
That Sergio Garcia sure is a man of the world. Not only is the Spaniard familiar with the racist phrases and stereotypes of his own country; he’s familiar with the racist phrases and stereotypes of other countries as well. We know this, of course, because on Tuesday night Garcia employed one of these “racist stereotypes [...]
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Check Out This Incredible Office Hole-In-One Putt (Video)
Setting up an elaborate mini putt course at the office? Sounds like a great idea for a Friday afternoon when the boss is away. I’m sure it’s been done many times. However, most of the time the employees aren’t going to goof off and then post the footage on YouTube. It’s a sure-fire way to [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 5/9/2013 — Roberto Castro
The $9.5 million prize fund at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass is the richest of any tournament in pro golf. Moreover, the winner is awarded more points toward the world golf rankings than any tournament outside the majors; a five-year membership in the PGA; three-year invitations to the Masters, British Open, and U.S. Open; [...]
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Three-Legged Gator Interrupts Play During Zurich Classic at TPC Louisiana (Videos)
Think your local golf course has some nasty hazards? Try playing golf in Louisiana and dealing with the alligators. Just two days ago, PGATOUR.com correspondant Fred Albers wrote a nice little piece about the upcoming Zurich Classic golf tournament being held at TPC Louisiana. In that piece, he told a little story about a particular [...]
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Adam Scott’s Masters Winning Putt In Animated GIF Form
Yesterday, Australia’s Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters, and in doing so he didn’t just make his golf-loving country proud. He also erased the bitter memory of last year’s stunning choke job at the British Open, where he bogeyed the last four holes and lost to Ernie Els by a single [...]
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New Evidence Suggests Tiger Woods Shouldn’t Have Been Assessed a Two-Stroke Penalty at the Masters
On Sunday, Adam Scott became the first Australian to win the Masters. It was a deserving victory for a deserving golfer, and he had some nice, heartfelt things to say about what the victory meant to him at the press conference after receiving his green jacket. Unfortunately, the near-disqualification of Tiger Woods on Saturday morning [...]
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Well That Didn’t Take Long: Tiger Woods Drops F-Bomb at The Masters (Video)
Tiger Woods may have the foulest mouth in golf, but we certainly won’t hold that against him. After all, cursing takes place in almost every sport (or, at least in the good ones). Have you ever heard the kind of language that gets tossed around on the ice during a hockey game? Or what is [...]
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11 Things You Might Not Have Known About The Masters
The 2013 Masters gets underway today in Augusta, Georgia, thus marking the real start of the golf year. However, the Masters isn’t just a big deal because it’s the first of the four major tournaments in men’s pro golf. It’s a big deal because no other tournament packs as much tradition and ceremony into five [...]
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Paulina Gretzky, Caroline Wozniacki and the Other WAGs of the 2013 Masters Are Out in Full Force (Gallery)
Every year, on the Wednesday before the Masters actually begins, they have a fun, light-hearted Par 3 Contest. In fact, “of all the traditions at the Masters, none is more endearing than the annual Par 3 Contest,” says the Masters’ official website. So you know it’s good. What makes it so “endearing,” though? Well, you [...]
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Watch Rickie Fowler Skip a Ball Across the Water and Onto the 16th Green at Augusta National (Video)
The start of the 2013 Masters Golf Tournament is less than 24 hours away, and if the video below is any indication, it appears as though Rickie Fowler has never been more prepared to make a run at his first Green Jacket. It features Fowler skipping a ball across the water hazard at the par-3 [...]
