Given the economic circumstances of the moment, it was trumpeted with all the fanfare that the state of West Virginia and the PGA Tour could muster.
After the long-lived Buick Open abruptly went belly up in the middle of 2009, the tour soon located a viable tournament site that not only was willing [...]
With a few days remaining before the most daunting s many will play seven times in CBSSports.com senior writer Steve Elling and golf writer and columnist Scott Michaux pass the popcorn and do their weekly Siskel-and-Ebert act.
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the release of the movie . Universally panned [...]
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If theres one thing that enlivens an otherwise mundane, middle-tier tournament, its staggering scores being shot by guys breaking records. That has been the case for three killer weeks on the PGA Tour, where records have been eviscerated by a run of scoring usually reserved for the [...]
Dean Wilso and his long friendship with Canadian star Mike Weir.
Relying on his past champion status to get into tournaments after finishing 152nd last year o received a sponsor exemption into the Canadian Open.
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“I really appreciate that,” Wilson said Saturday after shooting his third straight 5-under 65 [...]
The pack of roving American journos walked down the quaint street, lined by centuries-old stone buildings and rich with ghosts from the games past, when a familiar face appeared. That, in itself is hardly unusual at St. Andrews, which is to the global golf scene what the atom is to molecular makeup.
During [...]
It rained buckets, the wind blew at 40 mph and a thick fog even rolled over the Old Course at one point last week. But those conditions are hardly surprising during the summer at St. Andrews. The performance of South African Louis Oosthuizen clearly was, however. CBSSports.com writers Steve Elling and Ross Devonport go [...]
After a week along the Scottish seashore, absorbing all that Mother Nature has to offer and tracking her impact on the worlds oldest major championship, CBSSports.com senior writer Steve Elling is wringing out his clothes and his notebook and adding up the aftermath. Cheers.
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The clipped accent and animated tone on the other end of the phone was immediately recognizable.
Especially if you are a native South African.
Louis Oosthuizen completes the biggest margin of victory in the Open since Tiger Woods in 2000. (AP) Particularly if you know anything about golf in that nation.
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On the windy seaside links at historic St. Andrews, the army of Americans came ashore full of confidence, strong in numbers and, given their history hereabouts, fairly assured about the outcome.
Then they red, white and blew it.
Going a long way toward validating the opinions of a particularly vocal European star and [...]
Soggy by the seashore after three straight days of rain, what better player to emerge at the top of the Old Course swamp than a guy with perhaps the funniest nickname in professional golf.
Maybe its the gap-toothed grin or the large ears. Either way, easygoing South African Louis Oosthuizen answers to the nickname [...]