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Tiger Woods identified three ways to improve the Ryder Cup team: (1) get younger players on the team who can play, (2) start making some putts, and (3) pick US sites to host the Ryder Cup that are played regularly by the PGA.
“They have a younger cro…
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The U.S. team has lost 3 Ryder Cups in a row. So what? Sure, they got drubbed 18 1/2 to 9 1/2 in the last two Cups. Sure, the U.S. team got outplayed again. But I don’t think it’s as bad for the U.S. as people are making it out to be.
You have to …
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Cliff Kresge won the Oregon Classic for his third career Nationwide Tour victory Sunday, beating former U.S. Amateur champion Ricky Barnes with a par on the third hole of a playoff.
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The 2006 Ryder Cup concluded this weekend as most expected. The European team delivered a complete shellacking to the American team. While the Europeans were favored, it wasn’t even close.
Aside from being one of the most lopsided contests in the hi…
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Tennessee left-hander Eric Axley won the Texas Open for his first PGA Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-over 71 for a three-stroke victory.
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Ahead by five strokes after a third-round 66, Karrie Webb parred the final five holes Sunday for a 2-under 70 and one-stroke victory over Annika Sorenstam, who made things interesting with a 65.
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Best Player: Sergio Garcia (4-1)
Worst Player: Phil Mickelson (0-4-1)
Best Shot: Paul Casey, ace on 14; Scott Verplank, ace on 14
2d Best Shot: Darren Clarke’s 100 foot putt Sunday; Darren Clarke’s chip in on 16 Saturday
Worst Shot: NBC showing…
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It used to be the conventional wisdom that the Europen team was better at the team play format in the Ryder Cup, but were much weaker in the singles format — where the U.S. team typically dominated. After today’s routing of the U.S. team in singles, …
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Without taking away from Darren Clarke’s loss, I wonder why the US team did not rally around each other in similar fashion. I was really surprised that the US team did not rally around the fact that Woods’ father and DiMarco’s mother were lost this y…
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With the US going into the Ryder Cup singles trailing 10-6, I have these three quick thoughts:
1. A quick glance at the singles pairings should suggest anything is possible; were this not to Ryder Cup, the US player might be favored in most of the m…
