Monthly Archives: January 2014

Waste Management Phoenix Open: No Way to Pick a Winner

The great thing about the PGA Tour is that its winners are not always who you think they’ll be. Take, for example, the 36-hole leaderboard at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Here are the names at the top of the … Continue reading

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Inside the Ropes With Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland and Patrick Reed

One of the cheap thrills in life is being able to obtain an Inside The Ropes media credential. This allows you to follow any group you want in an up close and personal way. The basic restriction is that you … Continue reading

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Waste Management Phoenix Open Putting Aides

My bias is to spend time watching the players’ swings on the range at the Waste Management Phoenix Open because that’s where I can learn the most. You may recall my writing many times before that when I was Monday … Continue reading

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The Coliseum of Scottsdale – Redux

This is how my post for the 2012 Waste Management Phoenix Open began: If it’s Super Bowl weekend, it must be time for the Super Bowl of golf, the Waste Management Phoenix Open. If you haven’t been to this thing … Continue reading

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Tuesday Scenes From the Waste Management Phoenix Open

John Huh was testing driver shafts on the range. It can be a tedious affair; one drive after another launched into orbit. His swing was so precise, the tee barely moved. His caddie would roll another ball over to him, … Continue reading

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Jessica Korda Wins Pure Silk Without Thinking About It

Jessica Korda had no idea how she hit some of her winning shots in the Pure-Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic. She beat Stacy Lewis by one for her second LPGA victory, birdieing three of the last four holes including 17 and … Continue reading

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Farmers Insurance Open: Scott Stallings Wins In The Middle of a Swing Change

Scott Stallings came out of nowhere to win the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open on the South Course at Torrey Pines by one shot over the five guys who finished T2: K.J. Choi, Graham Delaet, Jason Day, Pat Perez and Marc … Continue reading

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Farmers Insurance Open: The January U.S. Open

You don’t have to have your ear too close to the ground to find out that most of the players think that the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Club and host of the 2014 Farmers Insurance Open, is set … Continue reading

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Farmers Insurance Open: Jordan Spieth Going From Rags to Riches

Last year, Jordan Spieth set out to play in his first professional golf tournament by Thursday qualifying to Monday qualify for the Farmers Insurance Open at the Torrey Pines Golf Club in La Jolla, California. He made it through…and then … Continue reading

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Farmers Insurance Open: The Real Leaderboard

This week’s Farmers Insurance Open is being played at fabled Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. They have two courses, the South and the North. The South is the one that everybody knows; it’s the host of the Farmers and … Continue reading

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