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Tiger Still Struggling Off Tee

If you've ever played more than a couple of putt-putt holes, then you've heard the antediluvian saying, "You drive for show and you putt for dough." While this saying does emphasize the importance of getting the ball in the hole on the greens, it forgets just how important getting off the tee box can be. Don't believe me?...

Preparing for Golf After Torrey Pines

To me, the days after an amazing sporting event are pretty depressing, time when you're thinking back on all the superhuman events that happened, recreating them in your mind, but realizing that they are in fact over and you have to move on with your sports life.With that said, the golf world will continue to spin and...

Tiger Woods Is Having His Best Year Ever

Tiger Woods has had some absolutely remarkable years, but 2008 is his best start ever to a season.Woods has won four of his first six tournaments, including Monday's playoff victory over Rocco Mediate at the U.S. Open.In his career as a professional, Tiger has only had one full season (1998) where he didn't win one of his...

Winners and Losers From U.S. Open Week

There hasn't been a big golf tournaments of memory where I heard more casual golf fans say things like, "I can't peel myself away from golf, this is great TV."People that normally think golf is more pointless than a Matthew McConaughey movie were glued to the television like their uncle was in contention, even playing...

U.S. Open Live Blog, Playoff Edition

If you haven't heard, Tiger Woods is playing Rocco Mediate in an 18-hole hole playoff to decide the winner of the 2008 U.S. Open Championship.This will be the 33rd playoff in U.S. Open history and the first since Retief Goosen beat Mark Brooks in 2001 at Southern Hills.We'll be live blogging this thing starting at noon...

U.s.Open News From the Web

06/01/12 Golf: 'Fatigued' Mickelson withdraws Source: CNN International Four-time major winner Phil Mickelson withdrew from the Memorial Tournament on Friday, citing fatigue as the reason behind his decision.
06/01/12 M. Golf. Chris Burger to Tee Off Monday Morning at US... Source: GoXavier.com 2012 Xavier graduate and former men's golfer Chris Burger is set to tee off Monday morning at the 2012 U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier to be held at Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Ohio. Burger will tee off at 8:20 a.m. from the first tee.
06/01/12 Cheyenne Woods, niece of Tiger, earns U.S. Open spot Source: FOX - KTXL 40 - Sacramento CA Cheyenne Woods , the 21-year-old niece of professional golfer Tiger Woods , is following in her uncle's footsteps - thankfully, just in the world of golf.
05/31/12 Golf in Marin: San Rafael mayor plays big part in plan... Source: Marin Independent Journal - Novato CA SHOULD YOU find yourself traipsing around the Olympic Club's Lake Course in San Francisco in a couple of weeks, watching the world's finest golfers duke it out for the U.S. Open Championship, and marvel at how seamlessly you entered the grounds and how nice the volunteers were, you can thank Gary Phillips for that.
05/31/12 Jim McCabe on with the U.S. Open Source: Golf Observer Dustin Johnson's return to the PGA Tour after being sidelined for more than two months with a back injury has re-introduced more than the birdies and bogeys.