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Few changes as PGA Tour announces 2010 event schedule

The PGA Tour announced its 2010 schedule on Tuesday, with one new tournament and few changes to its schedule of 37 regular-season events. The major championships are in their same calendar slots as in 2009, and also preceded and followed by the same ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  3 Nov 2009
Related Topics: FedEx,  AT&T Inc.,  Bridgestone,  Vijay Singh,  Celtic FC

PGA Tour suspends Doug Barron one year for positive drug test

Doug Barron became the first player on the PGA Tour to violate its performance-enhancing drug policy and has been suspended for one year. Barron, 40, a veteran who played just four times this year on the developmental Nationwide Tour and once on the ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  ESPN The Magazine,  Robert Allenby,  Anthony Kim,  Ian Poulter

Harig: Colliding circumstances doomed Viking Classic

The sun was out in Madison, Miss., a seemingly beautiful day for golf. Randy Watkins could only wish it had come out sooner, for longer, and did a better job of drying out a saturated golf course still unfit for play on Monday. Golf fans in ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  2 Nov 2009
Related Topics: PGA,  David Duval,  AT&T Inc.

Harig: With Masters invite, Asian Amateur Championship rises in status

When the Masters gets involved in a worldwide golf initiative, you can't help but take notice. When the club's chairman, Billy Payne, leaves the Augusta National grounds with green jacket in tow, it speaks volumes. And when a coveted Masters ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  28 Oct 2009
Related Topics: ESPN The Magazine,  PGA,  David Duval,  FedEx,  Will MacKenzie

Harig: High stakes events at end of 2009 carry significant implications

It is all about job security. In the real world, for sure. But in the golf world, too. This time of year, that is always the case. Unless you are one of the biggest names in the game, a player who has secured future exemptions through victories or ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Justin Leonard,  Fred Couples,  Tim Clark,  Phil Mickelson

Presidents Cup: Tiger Woods exacts some revenge in clinching win

Jason Sobel breaks down all the action from the final day at the Presidents Cup Tags: Golf SAN FRANCISCO -- Once inside the ropes, he is all business. There is no debating that point about Tiger Woods, no matter the venue, the stakes, the size of the ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  11 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Mark O'Meara,  Shigeki Maruyama,  Greg Norman,  Phil Mickelson

Presidents Cup: Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker prove the perfect pairing

SAN FRANCISCO -- Corey Pavin has been taking in the sights and sounds this week at Harding Park, soaking in the atmosphere, getting a feel for festivities he will preside over less than a year from now in Wales. Pavin is the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  10 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Steve Stricker,  Tim Clark,  Corey Pavin,  Shigeki Maruyama

Presidents Cup: Ryo Ishikawa right at home on world's stage

SAN FRANCISCO -- Ryo Ishikawa must hear the click of cameras in his sleep. Even when the shutters are not screaming in his ears, the feeling that the noise will pierce through the air at any moment is always there. It lurks around doglegs and in ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  9 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Tiger Woods,  Sean O'Hair,  Greg Norman,  Kenny Perry,  Y.E. Yang

Presidents Cup: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson end Day 1 on positive note

USA has won five of the last 7 cups SAN FRANCISCO -- They cannot win this thing by themselves, nor can any perceived advantages they possess give the American team any more points. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson can only win the matches they play, and ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Phil Mickelson,  Tiger Woods,  Steve Stricker,  Geoff Ogilvy,  Anthony Kim

Presidents Cup: Tournament history simply a mismatch

SAN FRANCISCO -- The critics were out in full force, lamenting the lineups, picking apart the pairings, wondering what went wrong. It is the nature of the competition, with criticism and consternation a big part of the deal for the losing side. That's ...

From BOB HARIG, ESPN,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Geoff Ogilvy,  Greg Norman,  Ernie Els,  Jim Furyk,  Steve Stricker

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