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Webb Simpson in familiar spot as he tries to repeat as U.S. Open champ
ARDMORE, Pa. — Webb Simpson's first competition at Merion Golf Club was a brief one. He lasted only two rounds into the 2005 U.S. Amateur but was mature enough to appreciate something outside of his scorecard. "I tell people all the time it is...
Tags: Webb Simpson, U.S. Open (golf), Anthony Kim, Sports, Golf
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U.S. Open looking at a soggy start
The forecast for Ardmore, Pa., calls for thunderstorms and a 40% chance of rain later Tuesday, which would actually be an improvement for Merion Golf Club. The site of the 2013 U.S. Open is slogging through a wet week that has limited practice time...
Tags: Adam Scott, U.S. Open (golf)
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Golf's two main governing bodies approve ban on 'anchor' putting
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the U.S. Golf Assn. approved a rule Tuesday that outlaws the "anchor putting stroke" that was used by four of the last six major champions. The new rule goes into effect in 2016. ''We strongly believe that this rule...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Webb Simpson, The Open Championship, Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley
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Phil Mickelson, Nick Watney are up by one shot at Quail Hollow
Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney wound up tied for the lead Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship, minus much separation from the rest of the field. Mickelson hit a shot out-of-bounds on the 15th hole and hit another shot that struck a spectator in the...
Tags: Physical Conditions, Rory McIlroy, Auto Racing, Kasey Kahne, Bojana Jovanovski
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John Paramor's stroke-penalty on Tianlang Guan was the right call
AUGUSTA, Ga. — In the aftermath of Friday's controversial slow-play penalty at the Masters, there were many dueling opinions. We'll go with "Bravo, John Paramor." He is the rules official from England, affectionately (or otherwise) known as Big...
Tags: Los Angeles Times Columnists, Masters Tournament, Nick Watney, Padraig Harrington, Jason Day
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Australian Adam Scott earns his Masters with degree of drama
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- This time, the putt didn't slip past the hole. This time, Adam Scott's world did not crumble around him by the width of a thumbnail. Ernie Els was right. It wasn't just lip service back in July, at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, when he...
Tags: Masters Tournament, Adam Scott, Bubba Watson, The Open Championship, Angel Cabrera
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Golfer Keegan Bradley is tired of people saying he is a cheater
Keegan Bradley, who won the PGA Championship in 2011 to become the first player to win a major while using a belly putter, is tired of people calling him a cheater in the wake of the U.S. Golf Assn. calling for a ban on the putters. "It's been...
Tags: Webb Simpson, The Open Championship, Keegan Bradley, Sports, Golf
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Tiger Woods plays golf with President Obama
Tiger Woods had a good reason for snubbing the Northern Trust Open again this year. It turns out he was playing in the President's Cup. Woods spent Sunday playing golf with President Obama at the Floridian, a secluded club on that state's Treasure...
Tags: Chip Beck, Charles Howell, Northern Trust Open, Sports, Golf
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No shortage of compelling third-round stories at storied Riviera
Saturday's third round of golf in the Northern Trust Open was like the line in the old TV series "Naked City." There were eight million stories at Riviera. Here are three. Barber can cut it Blayne Barber, 69-70-72—211; two under, tied...
Tags: Bob Goalby, Keegan Bradley, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Humana Incorporated, Golf
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Bill Haas trying for two in a row at Riviera
Third-round leader Bill Haas is trying to become only the eighth player to win what is now called Northern Trust Open in consecutive years. The first player to do it was Macdonald Smith in 1928-29. The last to do it was Phil Mickelson in 2008-09....
Tags: Corey Pavin, Jesper Parnevik, John Deere Classic, Golf, Northern Trust Open
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The names are there at Riviera
What an autograph-rush weekend it should be at the Northern Trust Open, with headliners such as Phil Mickelson, Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley, Adam Scott, Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Fred Couples all ... well, making the cut. Never mind the top of the...
Tags: Webb Simpson, FedEx St. Jude Classic, Keegan Bradley, Chris Dufresne, USC Trojans
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Fred Couples can tell you some Riviera Country Club history
Ben Hogan bought the fairway to heaven, Humphrey Bogart no longer stands pickled and perched beneath the sycamore on No. 12 and member Jim Murray isn't around to describe Riviera Country Club, as he once did, as "like a coquettish woman who winks at you...
Tags: Humphrey Bogart, Graeme McDowell, Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Golf
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