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Will a $75K Set Of Golf Clubs Make Your Swing Better? Answer – No, We've Seen Your Swing

Joe Student — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:55:58 +0000

Between country club memberships, cart rental and that flask of booze you'll hit up after every bogey, golf can be an expensive sport. How about $75,000 for a set of clubs? Yes, really.

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Golf Channel Pace Of Play Month Videos Are Hilarious [VIDEO]

Chad Middleton — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:41:32 +0000

Evidently it is national "Pace of Play Month" for Golf Channel and they have put together a series of videos that tell you what not to do on the golf course to speed up pace of play.

They have even come up with a name for people that cause slow play

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Colored Me Bad: European Golf Chief Gets Racial to Explain Sergio Garcia Getting Racial [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:35:16 +0000

So, George O'Grady, the head of the European golf tour, was on Britain's Sky Sports trying to explain how Sergio Garcia wasn't being racist in using racist terms when he used a racist term.

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Sergio Garcia Hates Tiger Woods, But Still Can't Beat Him [VIDEO]

Steve Kaplowitz — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:07:29 +0000

This weekend's Players Championship featured Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia both in title contention. Unlike Woods, Garcia has had a difficult time winning in recent years on the PGA Tour. He did win the Players Championship in 2008 and came close to winning again this year

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Rickie Fowler's Biggest Fan Follows Him to the Masters

Andy Lee — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:46:05 +0000

The fifteen and under golf fans have picked their guy, and his name is Rickie Fowler. Fowler's wardrobe, style, and game have made him the favorite of budding young golfers.

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Four Putz: Crane, Watson, Fowler and Mahan Return for 'Golf Boys 2.Oh' [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:53:39 +0000

They're doing it for charity. That's what you can tell yourself after you watch this. As if "Golf Boys" wasn't enough, PGA Tour stars Ben Crane, defending Masters' champion Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan have returned for "Golf Boys 2.Oh". It's hilarious, though you may feel cheap and too-easily entertained afterward. But, hey, that's what the internet is for, right?

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Nine Guys Putt Nine Balls Into One Cup [VIDEO]

Chad Middleton — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:36:50 +0000

Get your mind out of the gutter! This is not a video like that!

This video is 9 Seniors from the PGA Professional Golf Management program at Campbell University that did this trick and fortunately filmed it!

This is absolutely one of the coolest golf "trick shots" I have ever seen

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A 17 Month Old Golf Prodigy? [Video]

Chad Middleton — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:34:14 +0000

It may be a plastic driver. He may just be hitting plastic golf balls but make no mistake, this 17 month old boy has some serious hand eye coordination!

To be able to consistently hit a ball for over four minutes is amazing itself! Most 17 month old kids have the attention span of a Nat!

His grip may be wrong and he may be using the wrong side of the club but this is really cool!

(Courtesy of YouTube)

Nike Golf Releases New Tiger/Rory Commercial

Andy Lee — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:51:45 +0000

The Nike golf brand has always been associated with the world's number one golfer. For years, it happened to be Tiger Woods.

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Michael Phelps Drains a 159 Foot Putt at Scottish Pro-Am [Video]

Andy Lee — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:48:52 +0000

Now that Michael Phelps is officially retired from Olympic competition, he has the rest of his life to do what retired people do: play golf. He's hired Tiger Woods' former coach Hank Haney to help refine his game, and it's paying off.

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Bill Murray 'Steals' Ryder Cup and Leads Crowd in "America" Chant [Video]

Andy Lee — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:35:52 +0000

One of the great things about being Bill Murray is that Bill Murray has carte blanche to do whatever he wants whenever he wants.

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Ernie Els Captures his Fourth Major Title at the British Open

Andy Lee — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 19:37:54 +0000

The 2012 Open reminded us how cruel the game of golf can be. Legendary sports writer Jim Murray summed it up best when he wrote, "Sometimes you win the Open and sometimes it wins you." Today, Adam Scott experienced the latter part of that statement.

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Ryan Lavner of The Golf Channel Previews the British Open

Andy Lee — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:23:53 +0000

We are on the heels of another major championship in golf, and the $64,000 dollar question is, 'When will Tiger Woods win another major?' Despite what anyone may think or say, Tiger is still the focal point of the golf world

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Josh Beckett Reminds Me Why Hiring Golf Nuts is a Bad Idea

Andy Lee — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:54:33 +0000

Veteran pitcher Josh Beckett ruffled some feathers in Boston when he recently played golf on his off day. Beckett was scheduled to start the night before, but was a late scratch with a sore lat. This may not have been a major issue in the Boston media if Beckett wasn't the perceived ring leader of a pitching staff that played video games, drank beer, and ate fried chicken while the Red Sox burned last September

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Bubba's Big Win Means We Get to Bring Back "Golf Boys" [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:04:54 +0000

Good ol' boy, Bubba Watson, is your 2012 Master's Champion, winning his first major in dramatic fashion over that South African guy with the ears who's name we won't even try to spell or pronounce. Everybody loves Bubba, in part because he's not the type to snap after making a bad shot and kick his clubs around the hallowed grounds of Augusta National. In fact, he's laid back enough to make ridiculous videos about golfing boy bands with his buddies, Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan.

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Martin Kaymer Skips Ball Over Water, Into Hole in Masters' Practice Round [VIDEO]

Duke Keith — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:51:59 +0000

The Masters is all about tradition, and one of the traditions in practice rounds is skipping a ball across the pond on the 16th hole. It won't count when golf's first major kicks off Thursday, but how about this shot for a hole-in-one?!

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Tiger Woods Finally Wins And I Get A Mohawk [PHOTOS]

Chad Middleton — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 03:28:49 +0000

I never thought this day would come or I would not have made the bet. If Tiger Woods were to win again ON TOUR, then I would shave my head. I let you, the fans vote and thanks to a certain individual that I shall not name, the vote was close until he started going nuts

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Sports And Valentines Day, Who Knew?

Chad Middleton — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:36:02 +0000

When I think about Valentine's Day, I think back to grade school. You know, making your mailbox and hanging it on your desk. Then going home and getting those Valentines cards that you write on, the single side kind, then going to school and dropping them in your classmates mailboxes on their desks, plus you got your mailbox filled with Valentines from them

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Does President Obama Golf More Than Any Other President?

Kathy Landin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:38:09 +0000

This week, while on vacation in Hawaii for the holidays, President Obama reached a presidential milestone. He has hit the links 90 times while in office. But, is this unusual for a US president?

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Golf Tips with Pop Star Shakira [VIDEO]

Steve Kaplowitz — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:46:36 +0000

There is something about Pop star Shakira that men everywhere gravitate too. One thing that you might not realize about Shakira is that she is quite the golfer, as demonstrated in this video.