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Ranking the Major Championships

Tiger Woods won five times in 2009, but for the fourth time in his 13-year career, he was shutout in the majors. That may not be cause for concern for Woods, but it gives fans and the media something to talk about. It also makes the "How would you rank the major championships?" question a lot more interesting. With only...

Ricky Barnes Continues to Play Well

Kenny Perry was the story on Thursday at the Travelers Championship. He fired a first-round 61, good for 9-under and two shots clear of the field. (Also, I have to mention how Bacon "Eddie Mush-ed" Perry midway through his back nine, sending me the following e-mail: "Kenny P is 8-under through 14 holes at the Travelers....

Ricky Barnes Tries to Build on 2nd Place Finish at Bethpage Black

Ricky Barnes finished in the top 25 on the Nationwide Tour money list last season, and for the first time in his then-five-year professional golf career, he had earned his PGA Tour card. Success has been fleeting for the 2002 U.S. Amateur champion, who was also the low amateur at the 2003 Masters. From 2005-2008, Barnes...

Lucas Glover Gives Top 10 on Letterman

Lucas Glover was born in Greenville, SC, played golf at Clemson, just won his first major -- the 109th U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, NY -- and more surprising than that, perhaps, he's a Yankees fan. So even though Glover grew up 750 miles south of the Big Apple, he loves the city and its Bronx-based baseball...

Lefty Closes With Bogeys

Phil Mickelson has an unfortunate history of seeing bogeys on the closing holes of US Open final rounds, and the same sort of short putting troubles and misfires happened again today: after an eagle at 13 put Lefty in a tie for the lead, he followed with a par and then closed out bogey-par-bogey-par to finish two strokes...

RickyBarnes News From the Web

05/14/12 CBS Sports Blog: Local Golfers In The Money At The... Source: CBS/CW - KOVR 13/KMAX 31 - Sacramento CA Ask any PGA golfer and they'll tell you the TPC at Sawgrass is one of the more daunting courses they face all year.
05/08/12 By FFA Advisor: Ricky Barnes Source: MyBaxley.com - Baxley GA Congratulations to Michaela Hardwick, Autumn Bailey, Joce Diaz, Chris Cook ,Kyler Williams, Omar Leon, Fransisco Segura, Mariah Cleland, Dylan Christopher, Parker Lewis, and Cheyanne Tomberlin for placing 3rd on May 2, 2012 at the State Forestry Contest in Swainsboro, GA.
05/01/12 Byron Nelson organisers view tournament from different... Source: ABC - WFAA 8 - Dallas TX With helicopters circling overhead, the tower at D/FW International Airport in the background, and the familiar Byron Nelson statue down below, it was time to play golf.
04/30/12 Rooftop Golfing in Las Colinas Source: NBC DFW Locals Only. A PGA Tour pro made history by taking the game of golf to a whole new level.