Archive for September, 2006
23rd 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup: US team in serious trouble, down 7 1/2 to 4 1/2
Posted by mulligan in at 8:57 am |
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The European team continued to outplay the U.S. team at the Ryder Cup. In the marquee matchups in the morning, the U.S. team was routed. (Full recap here).
Sergio Garcia, paired with Jose Maria Olazabal, beat the power team of Phil Mickelson and Chri…

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22nd 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup: Is Sergio Garcia the best Ryder Cup player ever?
Posted by allCarry in at 12:10 pm |
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After soundly beating Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk in foursomes, Sergio Garcia commented with satisfaction: “It’s always nice beating Tiger.”
USA Network flashed the highest winning point percentage for the Ryder Cup, all time. Sergio Garcia is ranked No…

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22nd 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup match of the day: Tiger/Jim Furyk v. Sergio Garcia/Luke Donald
Posted by allCarry in at 9:01 am |
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Alternate shot. Any predictions?
UPDATE: Here’s how the first hole went down: “Furyk’s drive sailed right and left Woods under a tree. Donald also put Garcia into the rough on the right. Woods was forced to swing left-handed to try and punch out, but …

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22nd 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup: Tiger gets to square off against Sergio after “smack” talk controversy
Posted by allCarry in at 8:21 am |
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The matchup that everyone wants to see — Tiger Woods v. Sergio Garcia — is about to happen. Woods will be partnered with Jim Furyk, while Sergio has his formidable partner Luke Donald for the afternoon foursomes matches.
The match has been intensif…

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22nd 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup: Friday morning results - Euros pull 1 point lead
Posted by allCarry in at 8:08 am |
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There’s always a difficulty in knowing what to cover when the TV coverage is tape delayed and live scoring is available on the Internet. Because we imagine most of our readers are not watching the TV coverage, we’ll go with the Internet coverage as it…

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22nd 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup: Tiger Woods tees off into water
Posted by allCarry in at 7:22 am |
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Maybe it was first hole nerves — Tiger Woods hit a duck hook 3-wood straight into the drink. He may have learned that shot from Phil Mickelson. Partner Jim Furyk just stuffed his approach, closest to the pin, however, and converted the birdie putt….

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21st 2006f September, 2006
Ryder Cup: Fourball matches, 8 a.m. Friday
Posted by mulligan in at 9:19 pm |
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Fittingly, the USA Network will be covering the Ryder Cup all morning and afternoon tomorrow. So will The Golf Blog, for those of you who have to go to work. We can’t wait! The first and last matches look very huge. It will be the first event that Dar…

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21st 2006f September, 2006
Who would you want for a Ryder Cup mascot?
Posted by JFB in at 8:24 am |
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This weekend The University of Colorado is trailering their 900lb mascot Ralphie IV , and bringing her to represent their football team as they go up against the Mighty Bulldogs of Georgia. The Bulldogs, with Uga VI, is an equally impressive mascot whi…

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21st 2006f September, 2006
When you are in love with a beautiful woman, it’s hard…
Posted by The Golf Blog in at 6:40 am |
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I suppose I am showing my age when this story about Tiger’s reaction to fake and real pictures of his wife reminds me of the 1970s Dr. Hook classic. Here are some basics:
First, a Dublin magazine published rehashed topless photos that were wrongly id…

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19th 2006f September, 2006
Vitamin T…it’s what’s for breakfast
Posted by JFB in at 8:07 am |
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This past weekend, Shaun Micheel had an unbelievable run during the World Match Play Championship only to lose to an equally impressive Paul Casey. Shaun’s pinnacle of the week was knocking off a Tiger.In fact Shaun has had a very impressive run of lat…

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