Hogan showed the best can achieve greatness after absence

From The New York Times Magazine: If Tiger Woods wins the Masters in his return to professional golf, he will have matched a feat seen just once before. To return from such a long layoff and win a major championship would prove that Woods actually can turn his game on and off at will. Both Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer said they could not imagine being away from the tour for so long and winning a major. But one golf great has done so before. Ben Hogan won the 1951 Masters after nine months away from competitive golf. Hogan's feat...

Source: http://blogs.golf.com/golf-truth-rumors/2010/03/hogan-showed-the-best-can-achieve-greatness-after-absence.html

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Fantasy Preview: The Farmers Insurance Open

By Gary Gramling, SI.com Welcome to the world premiere of Advice For You Concerning Fantasy Golf. Too dry? Alright, how about Fantasy BackSpin? We're getting started just in time for Tiger's 2011 debut at a Torrey Pines course that he...


Source: http://blogs.golf.com/fantasy_golf/2011/01/fantasy-preview-the-farmers-insurance-open.html

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Wie still striving with 'gruesome' workload

From NY Times: Michelle Wie's career is still driven toward golf, but it has diversified of late. In the past year, Wie has stepped outside the lines of her paint-by-numbers life, pushing her limits and pursuing other interests. She prepared for her second full season on the L.P.G.A. Tour by cramming 20 units into her winter quarter at Stanford. Wie cheerfully described the workload as "pretty gruesome, actually" but necessary if she is to take off the spring quarter to play golf and graduate as planned in 2012, with a communications degree. Read the entire story at nytimes.com Comment, share...

Source: http://blogs.golf.com/golf-truth-rumors/2010/03/wie-still-striving-with-gruesome-workload.html

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Aging Couples to be in contention at Masters

From USA Today Fred Couples is looking to make another run . No matter what he says, Couples isn't done on the PGA Tour. He's a past champion at the Shell Houston Open and was T14 at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera and T37 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale earlier this year. Next week, the 1992 Masters champion will play at Augusta National, one of his favorite golf courses in the world. If on form, and if his back is not acting up, Couples could certainly contend in the first major of the season. Read...

Source: http://blogs.golf.com/golf-truth-rumors/2010/03/aging-couples-to-be-in-contention-at-masters.html

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Fantasy Preview: Transitions Championship

This week it?s off to the Innisbrook Resort and Golf Club for the Transitions Championship. The Copperhead Course at IR&GC (as the kids call it) is a par 3-heavy course (five of 'em) featuring the kind of tight fairways that...


Source: http://blogs.golf.com/fantasy_golf/2011/03/fantasy-preview-transitions-championship.html

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