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Rough Putting: Five Young Whippersnappers to Keep an Eye on in '09

Golf season starts tomorrow, which means it is time to actually start thinking of the best game with dimples. While the giants take a nap, others will play at the Mercedes Championship, and golf will be around the rest of the year. FanHouse spent a couple of minutes thinking what is to come in 2009. Here is what...

Why Enlarging the Golf Hole to Six Inches Isn't Such a Bad Idea

I'm pretty sure Golf.com's Kevin Cook is kidding when he writes that the USGA, the R&A and whoever else makes decisions about such things, should seriously consider making the hole bigger. That said, it's not a completely insane idea, is it? Um, yeah, of course it is. But it doesn't mean we can discuss it like adults,...

D.C. Sports Bog Catches Up With Condoleeza Rice at AT & T National

Sports Bog's Dan Steinberg is covering the AT & T National this week and the Washington Post "nominated" (his word, not mine) him to interview Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, who was at the tournament Saturday. After easing into the Q & A (Do you have a policy about mulligans at all?), Steinberg asked some tough...

'We Will, We Will, Roc-co!'

I'm pretty sure you could have named a ton of golfers to plug into the sentence, "like playing with Elvis" and before last week nobody on this side of sanity would have busted out with Rocco Mediate.That's what a near defeat of Tiger Woods will do for a guy.According to the New York Times, Mediate is becoming a rather...

PGA Tour to Levy Stiff Penalties for Golfers Who Fail Drug Tests

So it's happening: the PGA Tour is going through with its drug-testing plan, and apparently, commissioner Tim Finchem takes substance abuse very seriously. Unlike baseball, which overlooked the steroids problems for years, the PGA plans to nip it in the bud, levying stiff penalties even though I have a hard time believing...

BradFaxon News From the Web

05/16/12 Brad Faxon, Billy Andrade have stars aligned for CVS... Source: Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA BARRINGTON, R.I. Some big names from professional golf's past, present and future â including Yani Tseng, Annika Sorenstam, Mark Calcavecchia, Lorena Ochoa, Corey Pavin and Lexi Thompson â will play at Rhode Island Country Club June 17-19 in the 14th annual CVS Caremark Charity Classic.
05/15/12 Faxon, Andrade have stars aligned for CVS golf Source: Telegram & Gazette - Worcester MA BARRINGTON, R.I. Some big names from professional golfs past, present and future including Yani Tseng, Annika Sorenstam, Mark Calcavecchia, Lorena Ochoa, Corey Pavin and Lexi Thompson will play at Rhode Island Country Club June 17-19 in the 14th annual CVS Caremark Charity Classic.
05/14/12 Tseng, Sorenstam in at Charity Classic Source: FOX - WNAC MyFOX Providence - Providence RI Five big name LPGA Tour pros are headlining the field of the 2012 CVS Caremark Charity Classic golf tournament.
05/03/12 This Week in Golf -- May 3 through May 6 Source: WFLA - AM 540 - Orlando FL Additionally, Lucas Glover returns to defend his title.
04/30/12 This Week in Golf -- May 3 through May 6 Source: ABC - KTVX 4 - Salt Lake City UT WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina - Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy highlight the field as the PGA Tour heads to North Carolina for the Wells Fargo Championship.