Courtesy: Canadian Press Barring a miracle by the International squad or a complete meltdown by the American team, the 2007 President's Cup is going home with the U.S. side today. It would be the...
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by Chris Henry on September 29, 2007
Courtesy: Canadian Press 20 professional golfers were up very early this morning and on the practice range at Royal Montreal Golf Club to start day three of the 2007 President's Cup. As of this...
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by Chris Henry on September 28, 2007
Courtesy: Tom Hanson/AP The pundits are already offering their analysis after day one of the President's Cup at Royal Montreal in Quebec, Canada. The Americans took a five point lead over the...
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by Chris Henry on September 27, 2007
The President's Cup Courtesy: AP This is effectively the Last Hurrah of the 2007 golf season. It's the final time that the world's top players - or most of them, at least - will be...
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Courtesy: AP Photo/CP When we think of royalty, we often think of history and tradition. History and tradition are two of the hallmarks in the world of golf. And those two chief characteristics of...
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The President's Cup begins tomorrow at Royal Montreal. On the eve of the competition, Tiger Woods stated very clearly his views on drug testing in the sport. "Given how honorable our sport...
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by Chris Henry on September 24, 2007
Courtesy: getty images While the PGA pros fought at the Turning Stone Resort Championship to keep their jobs next year, a Canadian on the Nationwide Tour earned his way to the Big Show yesterday. 29...
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by Chris Henry on September 23, 2007
John Rollins Grinds It Courtesy: Reuters This is the anticlimax of the professional golf season. If it were a TV plot, then the bad guys would have been caught and, after the final commercial break,...
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2007 U.S. Amateur Finale Courtesy: San Francisco Chronicle Amateur golfers, particularly those who belong to clubs, appear to be disinterested in competition. Rick Young, a Canadian golf writer, has...
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by Chris Henry on September 21, 2007
The New Drug Czar, Tim Finchem Courtesy: AP It was a touch of irony. On the day that a U.S. sports arbitration board found 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis of the United States guilty of...
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by Chris Henry on September 20, 2007
Courtesy: Getty Images There is no other professional sport that demands as high a level of self-control as golf does. And the professional golf tours act quickly and harshly if a player's...
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Carmel Valley Ranch, Calif. Our long weekend in Monterey was over all too quickly. There's something about time that always perplexes me. Why do good things like summer, great rounds of golf or...
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The 11th at Carmel Valley Ranch It's day two of Monterey in a Mazda. And the morning dawns bright and clear - another perfect day in Carmel Valley, it seems. We're up early, itching to get...
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Carmel, California I have glimpsed Heaven on Earth and it is the Monterey Peninsula in California. Golfers know Monterey as the home of Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, Poppy Hills and Cypress Point. A...
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by Chris Henry on September 15, 2007
Courtesy: algonet.se If you're a guy, then the Solheim Cup has probably slipped under your radar screen. Yet, it probably offers more excitement than this week's final event of the FedEx Cup...
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by Chris Henry on September 14, 2007
Courtesy: garyplayer.com On the eve of the British Open in July, Gary Player claimed that a prominent touring pro told him that he used steroids and Player estimated that at least 10 other players...
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I was standing the parking lot of a driving range the other day, chatting with Mark Greenwood, Director of Swing Machine Golf Canada. Mark has just finished some instruction with my wife while I beat...
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Courtesy: Golf.com Golf really does make use of the ABCs when it comes to swing instruction. First we had the "reverse C" finish used by guys like Johnny Miller and Hale Irwin, to name two....
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by Chris Henry on September 11, 2007
Courtesy: AP/Mark Lennihan It was the day that changed the world, the day that ushered in a time of fear and suspicion. The events of September 11, 2001 swept around the world like an emotional...
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by Chris Henry on September 10, 2007
Courtesy: BBC It is difficult to think of a lead about Tiger Woods that doesn't repeat the over-used adjectives and hyperbole that has been written to describe this man's game. Woods makes...
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Courtesy: GolfToday.co.uk It has been some time since I have written anything about golf instruction. As a rank amateur, I am loathe to offer any tips based on my knowledge of the golf swing. That...
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by Chris Henry on September 08, 2007
Courtesy: GeoCities Ernie Els has chimed in on the FedEx Cup, adding his voice to the brouhaha surrounding Tim Finchem's baby. Els claims that the PGA Tour and the players are growing farther and...
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by Chris Henry on September 07, 2007
Courtesy: USGA There's an old saying among press agents: there's no such thing as bad publicity. If you walk down the halls of the PGA's headquarters right now, you'll hear that being...
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by Chris Henry on September 06, 2007
There may be a very good reason why the game's top players are taking turns skipping out on Mr. Finchem's party called the FedEx Cup. Money. Of course, that was the giant carrot dangled...
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