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On the cusp on Matt Kuchar’s triumphant stroll up the 18th fairway on Sunday at the Players Championship, one of the most intriguing rules situation went virtually unnoticed that resulted in saving the player at least $50,000. Here’s what happened: Kuchar’s playing partner Kevin Na teed off 18 and his drive was pushed right into the rough and near a cart path. Watching it on ...
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In Moe & Me: Encounters with Moe Norman, Golf’s Mysterious Genius, author Lorne Rubenstein expertly explores the life and times of one of golf’s most eccentric figures and certainly one of its finest ball-strikers. I first heard about Norman through the writings of Rubenstein, the long time and esteemed golf writer for Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper. In fact, in the ‘80s Michigan Golfer reprinted ...
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My renovation is an easy and timely fix: change the playoff format for The Players Championship. Largely due to television considerations, the Players relies on an unfair sudden death playoff format whereby a single shot or hole may decide the winner.
Remember the playoff begins on the devilish par-three 17th where a sudden breeze knocked down Paul Goydos’ iron shot in 2008 in a one-and-done anti-climatic ...
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Here at The A Position we’re given a topic to address (or not) each month for The A List feature, and the task for May was to suggest an aspect of golf in need of renovation. Actor Bruce McGill joined in on the fun, and a baker’s dozen of strongly worded recommendations can be found by clicking here.
Since colleague Susan Bairley and I were heading ...
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In terms of innovation, Odyssey’s new Flip Face putter is a breakthrough product. It’s a putter with interchangeable faces built into the design. No need here to install and correctly align different inserts. Rather, the Flip Face allows players, with the use of provided wrench (that’s ingeniously serves as part of a divot tool) to unscrew the face, allowing it slide open, rotate, and presto ...
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Last Sunday at the $600,000 TPC Stonebrae Championship Nationwide event in Hayward, CA, Grand Rapids native Matt Harmon fired a nine-under par 61 and tied for second place with a 271 total, one shot behind winner Alex Aragon. Earning $44,800, the former All-Big Ten player from Michigan State automatically qualified for the next Nationwide event to be held April 26-29 in Valdosta, GA. This week ...
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We decided to give up and declare a tie here, between two of the best golf resorts anywhere, with solid beer selections. Kohler gets the edge with the beer, Bandon with the golf, but both are bucket list worthy.
The small heartland town of Kohler is an hour north of Milwaukee. It’s a company town, but the company is ...
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What were we just saying about I.K. Kim? Time to envelop Lefty in a group hug for his near miss at the 2012 Masters. If you’re a Philly fan, that is. One of my friends who was over for our Easter feast and Masters viewing yesterday was cackling about Phil’s misfortune while rooting for Miguel Angel Jimenez. (This in vain, as Jimenez crashed and burned ...
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When the second round of the Masters ends on Friday, Michigan’s Randy Lewis will have played with four former tournament champions in the past ten days. Last week, he arrived at Augusta National and found himself being invited to fill out the foursome led by Phil Mickelson, a three-time wearer of the green jacket. “That was a big thrill,” said Lewis, the reigning U.S. Mid-Amateur ...
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