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Today in Sports History: June 11th
(The iconic photo of Hogan on No. 18. Photo by Hy Peskin) 6/11/1950 - Hogan wins US Open At the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore Pennsylvania, Ben Hogan beats George Fazio and Lloyd Mangrum in an 18-hole playoff to win the US Open. Hogan had gotten in a serious car accident 16 months earlier, and many...
Stewart Cink Will Not Become the Modern Jack Fleck
Tom Watson walked up the 72nd fairway of Turnberry facing an up and down from just off of the green to win his sixth Open Championship at the age of 59. An hour before that, though, Stewart Cink holed a twenty foot putt on the same hole for birdie to become the clubhouse leader at -2. It capped...
Fantasy Crystal Ball: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
Be sure to check out the Waggle Room Fantasy Golf sponsors, 14stix.com and GolfStakes.com! (I've been wearing my shirt and you should be, too!) This week, the Texas Swing enters the Ben Hogan tribute part of the Tour with the playing of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. It's a World War...
The Playoff King Is Dead
Long live the Playoff King. The Playoff King is - make that was - Robert Allenby, who before Sunday was a remarkable 10-0 in playoffs in his career. Granted, only three of those playoff wins were on the PGA Tour, but 10 playoff wins without a loss is 10 playoffs without a loss. I don't care where...
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