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The inspiration behind 'The Long Game'
Director Julio Quintana and actor Julian Works talk about making the movie that highlights the improbable true story of five Mexican-American golfers…
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Larry Mize's Masters memories run deep
For the first time since 1983, the Augusta, Georgia, native and 1987 champion will be an observer of the major like most everyone — except with a few…
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Where did Masters Madness go?
In less divisive times, talk of the year's first major at Augusta National ramped up with the start of the PGA Tour's Florida Swing. These days the…
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Hughes Norton: Golf's ultimate deal maker
In the upcoming book "Rainmaker," the former IMG superagent to the likes of Tiger Woods and Greg Norman provides a riveting tell-all account of the…
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Sir Isaac Newton and the quest for distance
The Newton Motion carbon fiber shaft is adding considerable yardage for the fraction of what a new driver would cost — and that has the author's…
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How Tiger Woods' ace shaped TPC Scottsdale's raucous 16th
The WM Phoenix Open has always been a party-like affair, but Woods' theatrics in 1997 showed the potential of how much fun could be had at the shortish…
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Bill Murray: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am GOAT
+ Tyrell Hatton to LIV Golf? Please stop the insanity; Ben Hogan tales never get old
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Questions that make you go 'Hmm ... '
+ How ice cream sandwiches may have shaped Tom Watson and the next generation of golfers; Good weekend reads; Are OEMs spending enough on R&D?
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Can a sock make you a better golfer? Hmm ...
+ Where next for Tiger Woods; a look back at Nick Saban; and a beauty being built in Austin, Texas
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If it's broken, then by all means fix the problem
+ Nine things to ponder, Gary Van Sickle riffs on Tiger Woods and Camilo Villegas, and a Heisman winner's 19th hole take that's a heart-stopper
LIV Golf players want rankings? Well, here you go
The First Call's Gary Van Sickle has been crunching numbers for his LIV Golf Rankings and while the No. 1 player is not surprising, other results were…
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Won't You Be My Sim Neighbor?
Fledgling Neighborhood National can help turn most any space capable of accommodating a golf simulator into a revenue-making proposition (think Airbnb).
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