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Lee Westwood Can Play 14 Holes Now - Just Enough for Losing
Good news, European golf fans! Your best player can safely get through 14 holes of a golf course now without having to drive a cart. Lee Westwood hit the course today for the first time since before the PGA Championship to try and shake off some rust. Westwood says he made "six birdies and an...
Agent: Westwood Will Play in Ryder Cup
Last week, Waggle Room tried to contact Lee Westwood's management team for comment on his progress in rehabbing the calf that has kept him out of action since mid-August. No such luck. Maybe no decision had been made yet, but it appears Westwood is ready to pronounce he will play. Through a...
Lee Westwood Withdraws from Bridgestone & PGA Championship
After playing two rounds at Firestone in +7, it was clear that Lee Westwood was in some kind of pain at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. In the weeks leading into the Open Championship, Westwood announced he was suffering from a strained, now ruptured plantaris muscle. Two weeks prior to the...
The Other Open Champion? Chubby Chandler
David Cannon/Getty Images While we will all be lauding the great on-course performance of Louis Oosthuizen for winning the Open Championship, another man came out of the Open as a big, big winner. Chubby Chandler is the agent & manager for three men that finished atop the medal stand in this...
Why Didn't Robert Karlsson Take the Free Read in the Playoff?
The final stretch of the St. Jude Classic on Sunday was extremely baffling. From how Robert Garrigus chose to play 18 the first time to his lucky bounce the second time, he was an enigma unto himself. The other Robert in the playoff, though - Robert Karlsson - did something equally mind-blowing...
Chokin' in Memphis: Robert Garrigus Coughs Up First PGA Tour Win
Robert Garrigus played three solid rounds at TPC Southwind to position himself to pick up his first PGA Tour win at the St. Jude Classic in Memphis. 67-66-66 in hot, sticky conditions will do that on this track. Coming to the last hole at -2 on his day, Garrigus held a three shot advantage over...
Once-Shunned Westwood Now on 59 Watch at Memphis
A little more than a month ago, after Lee Westwood had just put on a great performance at the Masters, he sought to get a sponsor exemption into this week's PGA Tour event in Memphis. Westwood, sponsored by UPS, was not given the exemption because of Memphis-based FedEx's influence over the city...
The Players Championship Final Round Game Thread (Caps Optional)
We are about an hour away from the final group teeing off at TPC Sawgrass in the last round of the Players Championship. Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the event with a neck injury, but had no prayer of catching leaders Lee Westwood and Robert Allenby. It may well be difficult for any player...
UPDATED: What Can Brown Do for Lee Westwood? Not Much in Memphis, Until Bad PR Sets In
A few months ago, we here made fun of Lee Westwood for donning a patch on his garb to commemorate winning the inaugural Race to Dubai title last season. Surprisingly, there was some serious comment backlash about that piddly, little joke. But it's not the only patch that Westwood wears. He also...
Easy Thursday, Tough Friday: The New Masters MO?
Last year in the Masters, Thursday pin locations last year were set up in the easiest possible locations on several holes. In some ways, it artificially lowered scoring and quickly quieted the murmurs that Augusta National had become too long and too penal. Last year, Chad Campbell led the...
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