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St. Andrews: Chilling in Many Ways

Jul 20, 2010 - 9:50 AM

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- On the morning after the Open Championship, which is the only Open they acknowledge in the land of gorse and grouse, you almost can imagine the game of golf centuries ago,...

As Big Names Stumble, Louie Louie Keeps Cool

Jul 18, 2010 - 8:30 PM

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- This was as free and easy as the bagpiper playing behind the 18th green, more peaceful than the farm animals grazing on the nearby hills. Not to psychoanalyze what makes a...

Time to Ignore Tiger, Focus on Real Golfers

Jul 17, 2010 - 8:54 PM

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Out along the ropes on the 14th hole, grown adults still were running and jostling for viewing space Saturday, even as Tiger Woods continued to shrink in relevance and...

As Winds Bury Woods, Vuvuzela Fever Returns

Jul 16, 2010 - 7:15 PM

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- My great concern this weekend, beyond a possible Lochness Monster sighting in the North Sea, is that a new swarm of vuvuzelas will descend upon the Old Course. Seems a...

Old Course Soothes Woes of Tiger, Daly

Jul 16, 2010 - 6:15 AM

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- A man can escape his personal hell, if only briefly, when he's whisked through the Kingdom of Fife on the left-hand side of a two-lane road, past sheep and ancient pubs that...