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Padraig Harrington Has Long History of Slow Play

The PGA Championship begins Thursday, and as has been the case in the three previous majors this year, Tiger Woods is the clear favorite. Despite victories in consecutive weeks leading up to this event, the story is as much about the level of his play as it is about how he won at Firestone Sunday. The circumstances have...

Henrik Stenson Wins the Players

As is the case in virtually every tournament he plays, the story line heading into Sunday's round of the Players Championship was Tiger Woods. He had worked his way into the final group, but started the day five shots back of playing partner Alex Cejka, the unlikeliest 54-hole leader. Cejka entered the week ranked 267th in...

An Underwhelming Start to TPC

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- OK, time's up. We can only get so far with patience, waiting politely for Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to start acting like Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.The leaderboard after the first round at the Players Championship reads Crane, Mallinger, Johnson, Cejka and Byrd. This is not what we...

Crane Leads Red Day at Sawgrass

TPC Sawgrass is supposed to be brutal. It's supposed to be nasty. For heaven's sake, it's supposed to be the fifth major! Well, unless the fairways and greens are soft and the wind doesn't blow.Ben Crane, who started on the back nine in the first round of the Players Championship, turned at 3-under 33, but went on a tear...

Monday Pin Placement: Yang Is Champ

Every Monday during the PGA Tour season, Monday Pin Placement will run as a wrap-up of the weekend's action. Basically, we'll focus on what you may have missed while you were out grinding on the putting green.Yang Holds on in Florida -- Before Sunday, Y.E. Yang was a name most golf fans probably had never heard of. A star...

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05/09/12 On Golf: PGA Stars Unite to Form the Golf Boys Source: The New York Times - New York NY Starting Thursday, there will be the usual "You Da Man" cries from Woods fans, countered by chants of "Ooh-la-lolly-lolly" for Fowler and Mahan.
05/01/12 Golf: Beaverton native Ben Crane will return home to... Source: The Oregonian - Portland OR One year after he was unable to play in the Umpqua Bank Challenge, Ben Crane will make his debut in the best-ball event.
04/09/12 Monday (The Twins and Bubba Watson -- somehow tying... Source: RandBall - Star Tribune We probably should have recognized it as an omen, but at the time we just thought it was funny.
04/09/12 Golf boys: Masters champion Bubba Watson's charity boy... Source: Telegraph - London - UK Freshly crowned Master's champion Bubba Watson may manage to shift a few more of his charity singles, the foot-tapping Oh Oh Oh performed with feloow 'Golf Boys' Ben Crane, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan.
04/08/12 Ben Crane's tie for 17th in Masters just misses... Source: The Portland Tribune - Portland OR Beaverton's Ben Crane, who barely qualified for the 2011 Masters, just missed securing a berth in next year's tournament with his tie for 17th Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. The top 16 finishers, plus ties, are guaranteed spots in the following year's event.