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Ben Crane: A retrospective look at the frazzled mind of a champion

One of the things I really like about reading the player transcripts at tournaments is that they tend to be much more personal, much more intimate than the two and a half minute “standup” just outside of scoring. The whole … Continue reading

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Ben Crane: Inside the Mind of a PGA Tour Winner

Ben Crane did just enough to win his fifth PGA Tour victory, the 2014 FedEx St.Jude Classic at the TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Just enough. He began the fourth round at 13-under with a 3-shot lead over Troy Merritt. … Continue reading

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FedEx St. Jude Classic Stalemate

The TPC Southwind has been hammered by rain for two days. That caused the second round to have to roll into Saturday to complete and a re-pairing that ended with the leader, Ben Crane, only getting in six holes. With … Continue reading

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Ben Crane: On Swing Changes, Being Lost, Perseverance and Faith

Ben Crane is on quite a run. As I reported yesterday in, “Ben Crane: Showing Signs of Life,” he’s had quite a tough stretch with a chronic bad back, swing changes and not a lot to show for it. But … Continue reading

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Ben Crane: Showing Signs of Life

The first round of the 2014 FedEx St. Jude Classic ended at sundown with half the afternoon wave still on the course due to a 3½ hour rain delay. Everyone was at least through ten holes. They begin again Friday … Continue reading

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James Hahn: Dipping Into the Seve Ballesteros YouTube Library

The first round of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor (Tampa), Florida, was a bit of a surprise to the players. Well, maybe more like a big surprise. The day dawned cold and blustery and many players were … Continue reading

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Justin Leonard: Trying Not to Be So Perfect

Sunday at the Waste Management Phoenix Open dawned as Phil Mickelson’s day. He had a six-shot lead, the love engendered by the hometown boy and two worthy chasers in Brandt Snedeker and Padraig Harrington. I figured that it would be … Continue reading

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Slow Play Scourge III

Morgan Pressel took a slow-play penalty in Sunday’s quarter-final match against Azahara Munoz in the Sybase Match Play Championship. It turned out to be fatal to the outcome of her match. Here’s the clinical report from the Golf Channel: After … Continue reading

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“Who Are Those Guys?”

Remember that recurring line from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?” Butch and Sundance finally created so much mahem in the Old West, that the unrelenting lawman Joe Lefors mounted a posse and began the chase. Butch and Sundance had … Continue reading

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Wells Fargo Championship Update

The biggest news coming out of Friday’s second round at the Wells Fargo Championship — with apologies to the leaders — is that Tiger Woods missed the cut. He shot even par for the two days and the cut was … Continue reading

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