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FanHouse Chats With The Golf Channel's Rich Lerner

By Shane BaconNov 4th 2009 – 9:00AM

Every sports fan has a little bit of a photographic memory. They remember images of their favorite players or incredible moments. The Joe Carter home run leap. The concluding seconds of the Miracle on Ice. Michael Jordan's final shot against the Jazz in 1997.In golf, one year stands out for images that will forever be...

Remembering Payne Stewart

By Shane BaconOct 23rd 2009 – 3:00PM

In the past 20 years, golf has a small number of images that have burned themselves deep into our brains. Greg Norman hitting his knees on Sunday at the Masters in 1996. A year later, Tiger Woods winning his first major championship and embracing his father, Earl, with such power and love that it made non-golf fans tear...

Phil Mickelson to Play in PGA Championship as Amy Improves

By Shane BaconJul 29th 2009 – 3:35PM

At Turnberry, the weekend was missing the world's two best golfers. Tiger Woods wasn't around on Saturday and Sunday because of poor golf. Phil Mickelson was missing out for another reason -- his family. Now, with wife Amy apparently doing well after breast cancer surgery, Lefty has committed to the PGA Championship, his...

Payne Stewart's Son Following Father's Footsteps to Pinehurst

By Shane BaconJun 30th 2009 – 11:55AM

Like the Michael Jordan jumper against the Utah Jazz in 1998, there is a lasting memory in the golf world from the late 90's that would be tough to push out of any fan's memory. The 18th hole ... U.S. Open ... 15-footer for par and the victory ... putt is stroked ... it's heading to the hole ... one arm outstretched, one...

Scott Van Pelt Chats US Open, 'Regular' Tiger and Twitter

By Shane BaconJun 17th 2009 – 1:30PM

This week, FanHouse caught up with ESPN's Scott Van Pelt, who is out at Bethpage Black, to talk about golf, the evolution of media and who he thinks might win this US Open. Van Pelt, whose Scott Van Pelt Show debuts on ESPN Radio July 6, is good buddies with Tiger Woods and has some funny stories to tell about the star...

Payne Stewart News From the Web

  • 05/31/12 Ozarks golf calendar Source: News-Leader - Springfield MO Aug. 8 Cole Hamels Foundation Nighttime Golf Classic, a four-person scramble at Millwood Golf and Racquet Club. Entry fee $1,200 per foursome.
  • 05/24/12 Not everyone is built to win the U.S. Open Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA The U.S. Open places a premium on emotion and psychology.
  • 05/15/12 Golf Channel remembers dramatic U.S. Open victories on... Source: World Golf For the next four weeks on Tuesdays in primetime and leading to the playing of the 2012 U.S. Open Championship, Golf Channel will reprise some of the most memorable final rounds of our national championship.
  • 04/11/12 Owens Campus golf team hits links at Pinehurst Source: Cape Gazette - Lewes DE The 2012 golf team from Delaware Technical Community College's Owens Campus held spring training at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C., March 22-25.
  • 04/10/12 Falcons take title at Stewart Source: News-Leader - Springfield MO Glendale golfer Taylor Hurd is well aware of how vital his role as senior leader is for the Falcons this spring, but he wont get in your face about it.

Background on Payne Stewart

William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42.

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