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The Manchurian Captain: Did Monty Help the US With His Picks?
Waiting with bated breath, so many of on both sides of the Atlantic awaited Colin Montgomerie's announcement of his three captain's picks for the Ryder Cup team. The announcement was originally set for 1pm ET, then minutes before the show was to go live, it was pushed back a half hour. The pushing...
Montgomerie Selects Molinari, Harrington, & Donald for Ryder Cup
Colin Montgomerie has just announced his European Ryder Cup team. Filling out his squad in addition to the 9 automatic qualifiers, Montgomerie has selected Edoardo Molinari, Padraig Harrington, and Luke Donald as his captain's picks. Molinari birdied the final three holes at Gleneagles to win the...
Reevaluating Paddy Harrington's Three Major Romp
When Padraig Harrington became the first Irishman to repeat as Open Champion in 2008, the knock on his feat was that he won his second Open without Tiger Woods in the field. The number one had just ended his season by going under the knife to repair a wounded leg that he hobbled on to win the US...
Celtic Tiger, Golfing Tiger: Both Are Hemorrhaging Money
Just as Tiger Woods has been absent from the PGA Tour during his indefinite break from the sport, it appears that Padraig Harrington will lose a primary sponsor in Bank of Ireland when their agreement ends in May. Brian Keogh has the news from the Irish Golf Desk: The bank entered the sponsorship...
Paddy Harrington Suggests PGA Tour Abstinence* Promise on Ping Wedges
Padraig Harrington's Tuesday press conference at the Northern Trust Open was a revealing read on a man who has clearly spent significant time deliberating this grooves issue. Harrington made several, almost-off-the-cuff sounding suggestions for how the Tour could get around the loophole without...
Now That He's 30, What Did You Expect From Sergio Garcia in His 20s?
It is hard to believe, but Sergio Garcia turns 30 this weekend. (I can't believe I turn 27 in April.) Since bursting into the public consciousness at Medinah in the '99 PGA Championship, Garcia has produced as solid of a career as could be had by almost any professional golfers in their...
McIlory, Bjorn Decisions Signal Clear Problems With Euro Tour
Given that the European Tour is in some serious financial trouble at the moment - in part, thanks to the sponsor that he wears on his cap - Rory McIlroy has decided to play in the United States on the 2010 PGA Tour, according to the Daily Mail. The report says that McIlroy will announce the...
Gotcha! Paddy Harrington Punks Stewart Cink
There were a little bit of hijinx down at East Lake yesterday on the eve of the Tour Championship. Two-time Open Champion Paddy Harrington engaged in some shenanigans with current Open Champion, nice guy, and Tom Watson-party pooper Stewart Cink. From Jay Busbee at Yahoo!: On Tuesday morning,...
With Half the Field Set, Looking Ahead to the Tour Championship
On Golf Channel, Kelly Tilghman just confirmed what one could probably predict mathematically if they were so inclined: any player entering Cog Hill in the top 15 in the FedEx Cup standings is already qualified for the Tour Championship. So, since guys sixteen through 30 that get into Tour...
Clockgate Referee Has A Good Sense of Humor
John Paramor is serving as an official at the PGA Championship this weekend. Can you imagine the hilarity that would ensue if Harrington & Woods play together over the weekend and Paramor - by complete "coincidence" - officiates their match? I digress. Golfweek reports in their PGA...
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