I hate when this happens, especially when I’m attending a tournament in person. Why can’t they just put the stars in separate groups so that people can follow them easier without having to fight an enormous crowd?
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Photos of Rory McIlroy’s Withdrawal
Rory does **not** look happy.
Pretty hilarious. I especially like “he picked the wrong day to get a tooth ache, everyone knows dentists don’t work on Friday.”
This is going to be interesting.
I vote for Dustin Johnson.
The PGA Tour really does have some great personalities.
A comprehensive preview for one of the most underrated events in golf. Also, the event itself starts in about 5 minutes.
Lydia Ko is doing what people thought Michelle Wie might do when she joined the tour. She is going to be really good, for a really long time.
Nike really has been nailing it with these new commercials.
Too bad. I was hoping he would announce he was moving out of California to a state with a better tax code.
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Ben Crane Takes Things Slow
I give Ben credit for making this video that pokes fun at his slow play. Well done[^fn1].
[^fn1]: Now, if he could just putt the stupid ball when he’s on the course. I mean, seriously, just PUT THE STUPID BALL!!
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A Solid Start to Dustin Johnson’s Season
This might be a big, breakthrough year for him.
I am posting this just because it involves both golf and a lawsuit. I have not read the complaint, but the numbers quoted look enormous.
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17 year old Makes it Through Q-School
> Si Woo Kiim, a 17-year-old South Korean, played an incredible six days of golf in Palm Springs, Calif., this past week, finishing tied for 20th place in the final stage of Q-School to earn his PGA Tour card for next season.
> But not really. That’s because the PGA Tour has an age restriction on players becoming full members on tour, denying anyone under the age of 18 a card. Kim, who got through arguably the most grueling challenge in all of golf, won’t be able to use his earned PGA Tour card until he turns 18 on June 28. That will be more than 75 percent of the way through the PGA Tour season, and that’s just ridiculous.
I agree with Shane Bacon. Let the kid play. He earned it.
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Wave Goodbye to the Belly Putter
The proposed rules that would prevent “anchoring” the putter when putting. The main effect of these rules: no more belly putters.
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Mega-Deal for Rory
200 million dollars. Is there any doubt that he is now the face of golf?
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Rory Mcilroy is on the Clock
Well played Rory. Well played[^f3648].
[^f3648]: If you need context, see [Rory almost misses his tee time because he does not understand timezones](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/video-rory-mcilroy-rushes-tee-time-showing-183135857–golf.html).
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America’s Collapse at the Ryder Cup
It was painful to watch. The only “positive” I can take away from it is that Davis Love III will now be remembered as the Ryder Cup captain who presided over such a historic collapse[^f2929].
[Jay Busbee](http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/golf-devil-ball-golf/sizing-individual-winners-losers-39th-ryder-cup-143521302–golf.html) on *Yahoo*, writing about the “losers” from this year’s Ryder cup:
> **Davis Love III:** Let the second-guessing begin! Should Love have picked Hunter Mahan over Furyk? Should he have played the unbeatable team of Bradley/Phil Mickelson on Saturday afternoon? Should he have switched up the order of his singles to “hide” certain of his captain’s picks? Plenty of questions, with no answers
Dan Levy also [has a solid column of what happened at the Ryder Cup on Sunday](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1353622-ryder-cup-making-sense-of-an-epic-american-collapse-and-more-epic-euro-comeback).
[^f2929]: When I was younger, I was at a golf tournament where Davis Love was talking about how much he disliked playing in front of people and how he liked the tournament in, I believe, Phoenix, where he said “people got so drunk before the tournament they never make it out to the course”. I have rooted against him ever since.
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Getting Rowdy at the Ryder Cup
What a great moment. I cannot imagine how popular a golfer would become if he/she did this on every first tee.
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Meet the US Ryder Cup Team
I am really looking forward to this. The ideal story, of course: Tiger v. Rory on Sunday with the whole thing on the line.