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Pavin, Gray, Poor Play: Tiger Woods Should Go Away

If we can feel sorry for a man who threw away something close to a perfect life, just so he could sleep with bimbos, then this is the time. Eldrick Woods -- I no longer see anyone resembling Tiger -- is so lost as a golfer and discombobulated as a human being that he now must rely on a captain's pick to make the U.S. Ryder...

Ready or Not, Stricker Back for Colonial

Steve Stricker is not certain his appearance in this week's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is the smartest thing. A shoulder injury has had the world's No. 4 ranked player on the shelf for the past six weeks -- since the Masters in early April -- and as recently as late last week he was still hurting. "It just...

Without Tiger and Phil, Accenture an Imperfect Match

A week of notes, quotes and golf gossip ...The Accenture Match Play Championship is a World Golf Championship event, which, according to the PGA Tour, makes it a big deal, but this week's 64-player field at Dove Mountain, that begins Wednesday outside Tucson, Ariz., will not include world No. 1 Tiger Woods or No. 3 Phil...

Who Is Ready for the Masters?

Because the Masters is the best time of the year for golf, FanHouse has strung together a list of some interesting facts about the Masters and some of the players teeing it up this week. Dive in, enjoy, and add any extra tidbits you have in the comments.-- As a professional, Tiger Woods has played in 12 Masters and has...

Is Rory McIlroy the New Sergio Garcia?

If you spent any time this past week watching golf, you probably caught some of Rory McIlroy at the Honda Classic.Well, it isn't a coincidence that McIlroy, just 19 years "young," is from a place in Northern Ireland properly named "Holywood," as the golf world is already treating him like the second coming.McIlroy's game...

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05/30/12 Q&A: Bob Rosburg on the Olympic Club and 1955 U.S. Open Source: Armchair Golf Blog (Editor's note: This is another in a series of stories and interviews about how I wrote THE LONGEST SHOT: Jack Fleck, Ben Hogan, and Pro Golf's Greatest Upset at the 1955 U.S. Open.) They're all gone now, but I had the pleasure of interviewing them, along with several other legends, as I researched and wrote THE LONGEST SHOT.
05/25/12 VIDEO CLIP: âFollow the Sun: The Ben Hogan Story' Source: Armchair Golf Blog IT ' S COLONIAL WEEK ON THE PGA TOUR, so it ' s only fitting to pay homage to Ben Hogan, a nine-time major winner who lived to dig golf balls out of the dirt.
05/25/12 M. Golf. No. 8 Seed Huskies On The Road To The Riviera Source: GoHuskies.com SEATTLE - he Husky men's golf team will be a No. 8 seed for the 2012 NCAA Men's Golf Championship to be hosted May 28-June 3 at The Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
05/23/12 New World Order: Covering nine with the ghost of Ben... Source: CBSSports.com There are eight books relating to the life, times and swing of Ben Hogan on the bookshelf outside my man-cave office, and while each provides some insight into the mythic man, none are fully illuminating.
05/22/12 Golf loves its legends Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada There is no other sport that cherishes its legends like golf.

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William Ben Hogan (August 13, 1912 – July 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer, generally considered one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

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