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Heath Slocum's Putt on 18 Takes All the Fun Out of Playoff Golf at Barclays

Heath Slocum was, by all accounts, the unlikeliest of golfers to win the Barclays. Sure, he had the lead late, but Tiger Woods was charging, Ernie Els was just a stroke back, Steve Stricker was matching him shot-for-shot and, most importantly, he had a lengthy par putt on 18 to secure, at worst, a playoff with Stricker.But...

Range Balls: Muirfield for '13 British

In an effort to keep our golf visitors well informed on what is going on around the Internet, Range Balls is our weekly link dump. Every Tuesday during golf season, we will toss out some of the most interesting things we came across. If you have a tip, e-mail us at fanhousegolf@gmail.com. Enjoy the links.--It appears...

Making the Cut: 5 Hottest Golfers

Each Wednesday during the golf season, FanHouse will be bringing you the top five names in golf and why they are important this week. Did Barack Obama play 18 holes with Tiger Woods? Did a certain player do something off the course that made him or her a hot topic? Or was just playing golf enough to get the pot stirring?...

2009 Masters Has Makings of a Classic

Sebastian Junger wrote a non-fiction book about a 1991 Halloween Nor'easter that was, as you probably know, known as "The Perfect Storm". Play just started at Augusta National in the 2009 Masters (the gentleman above starts his day at 1:52 PM ET), but the story lines are quickly adding up to what could quickly become a...

Handicapping Augusta: The Sleepers

(Getty Images) For golf fans, this week is March Madness, a really good shoe sale, the NFL playoffs, your birthday, Christmas morning and the day "Star Wars" comes out on DVD, all wrapped into one. It's Masters week, and with it comes tradition, beauty and the first major championship of the year. As a preview of this...

ErnieEls News From the Web

05/29/12 Big Easy leads SA challenge at Memorial Source: SuperSport Former champion Ernie Els will head the South African challenge at the US PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, starting on Thursday.
05/28/12 Ernie Els Rant - The Big Easy Explodes on Course... Source: National Ledger Ernie Els went on a rant on the conditions of the golf course for this weekend's play in England for the BMW PGA Championship, the flagship event on the European Tour. The conditions of the Wentworth golf course he helped re-design were not up to par in Els opinion, and he let his feelings known.
05/28/12 Els apologises for watering outburst Source: Mail & Guardian - Johannesburg - South Africa Ernie Els on the 12th hole during the final round of the BMW PGA Championship on the West Course at Wentworth on Sunday in Virginia Water, England.
05/28/12 Els slams state of Wentworth greens Source: SuperSport Course designer Ernie Els let rip at Wentworth's greenkeeping staff and PGA Championship officials on Saturday after shrugging off tricky conditions to move to the fringes of contention.
05/27/12 The Punter's In-Play Blog: Donald and Rose to fight... Source: Betfair Steve's kicking himself that he didn't back his main fancies pre-tournament and now it's time to just sit back and enjoy, and hope for some major strokes of luck (or brilliance).