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Notebook: Why Change Clubs After Strong Season?

It may not be one of life's great debates, but on the PGA Tour it's a dilemma to ponder with every bit the seriousness of "tastes great or less filling?" As the 2011 PGA Tour season prepares to begin this week in Hawaii at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, the big for-dimpleheads-only news is that Graeme McDowell...

Notebook: Welcome to the Big Leagues, Matt Kuchar

In a PGA Tour season full of surprises -- Tiger went winless, Graeme McDowell, Louis Oosthuizen and Martin Kaymer won majors, Phil Mickelson went vegetarian -- the biggest may have been Matt Kuchar. Thirteen years after winning the U.S. Amateur and being spotlighted as a future big deal, he finally may have...

Golf Notebook: Fred Couples Cashing In

You know all about Fred Couples. You recall that he's a former No. 1 ranked player in the world, winner of 15 PGA Tour events, including a Masters. He's a two-time Player of the Year, five-time Ryder Cup player and recent Presidents Cup captain. But this is going to shock you: this year as a Champions Tour rookie...

Golf Notebook: Tiger Woods on the Mend

The Chevron World Challenge, played in early December at Sherwood CC in Southern California, is Tiger Woods' event, held annually to benefit his youth foundation. Everybody knows why he was a no-show for last year's competition. Only a few days before tournament week, Woods wrecked his SUV in Florida, taking out a fire...

Tiger Rebuilding Tiger, Swing by Swing

Inch by inch, Tiger Woods appears to be in the process of climbing back into form. But there remains considerable distance to cover. Despite putting together three consecutive rounds in the 60s for the first time this season to finish T11 Monday in the Deutsche Bank Championship, Woods has played six straight tournaments...