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We’ve talked about the PGA pros and how well they can putt, but I’ve started thinking about the fundamentals of my swing. My husband always tells me to watch the ladies in the LPGA. He says they don’t need much power (although I think they indeed have it!), because their swing is so smooth. They [...]

Donald Trump has announced that he is looking for 100 golfers to enroll in the Trump Million Dollar Invitational. The Trump Million Dollar Invitational is expected to be held during May 2006 at the Raffles Resort, Canouan Island, The Grenadines. During his press conference Trump stated, I am going to personally give one million dollars [...]

Golf Digest just recently posted an article titled “Golf’s first Billion-Dollar Man” in which they talk about Tiger Woods becoming the first ever golfer to earn a billion dollars. Since Tiger started winning PGA Tour prize money ($66 Million over his 9 years thus far), and has achieved endorsement deals ($481.8 Million thus far) from [...]

Australian Stuart Appleby was successful in winning the PGA Tour’s Mercedes Championship three years in a row. The last player to win this tournament three years in a row was Gene Littler from 1955-1957. Appleby is quoted as saying, “This one was the hardest. The course was the hardest. There really wasn’t any momentum this [...]

During the Mercedes Championship today, Lucas Glover smoothly aced a par-three eighth hole during the third round. In doing so, Glover was awarded a Mercedes-Benz. At the start of the day, Glover was tied at 11th place. He was able to hit a five-iron from 203 yards, and after bouncing the ball dropped into the [...]

I spent a couple hours yesterday watching the PGA Mercedes Championship. One of the first things I noticed was how large some of the greens are on the Plantation Course in Maui, Hawaii. The good thing about larger greens is that it’s easier for those pros to get their ball on the green – given [...]

ESPN has released its PGA Tour Predictions for 2006 on its website. The panel consists of Bob Harig (ESPN.com), Jason Sobel (ESPN.com), Ron Sirak (Golf World), and Brian Wacker (GolfDigest.com) giving their predictions on who they feel is favored to be Player of the Year, the Comeback Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, [...]

One of the most dreaded shots in all of golf is hitting out of a fairway bunker. But it need not inspire such fear. Following just a few simple tips will have you playing this shot with confidence in no time. There are two reasons why this shot scares so many amateur golfers. First, how [...]

If you watch enough pro golf coverage, the word ‘backspin’ is probably etched into your golf brain. Pros will often hit an approach shot past the flag on the fly, then we all get to watch it land, sit still for a second or two, then start running back toward the hole. It’s fun to [...]

Well the PGA Tour is set to get underway starting tomorrow at the Mercedes-Benz Championships at Hawaii’s Kapalua Resort, with at least four of its top players who will not be attending. At the start on Thursday, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Retief Goosen, and Padraig Harrington have sent their regrets that they will not be [...]