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Muirfield Village Gets '13 Presidents Cup
As first reported by the AP last week, Muirfield Village will get the 2013 Presidents Cup. The PGA Tour made it official today and a press conference at the Memorial with Jack Nicklaus will detail the move. Muirfield Village held the Ryder Cup in 1987 and Solheim Cup in '98. Muirfield Village...
Deal for PGA Tour Event in Japan May Be Struck at Augusta
In each of the last two seasons, the PGA Tour has expanded the anterior of its schedule by tacking on an Asian-based event. Last year, the HSBC Champions was converted into a pseudo-official World Golf Championships event. This October, a co-sponsored PGA Tour event in Malaysia sets sail. Now...
Rematch: Fred Couples & Greg Norman Will Be Presidents Cup Captains in '11
This morning at the Shell Houston Open, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem announced that Fred Couples and Greg Norman will again serve as the captains of their respective Presidents Cup teams. "My year is just getting better and better by being able to be Presidents Cup captain again in Australia,"...
Robert Allenby vs. Anthony Kim: How to REALLY Settle This
We all know about the hullabaloo following the Presidents Cup match between crybaby Robert Allenby and purported 20-something drunkard Anthony Kim. After a very staged apology press release from the PGA Tour, it seemed like everything had been smoothed over (::eye roll::). Well, now we're going...
A Photoessay: In No Way is The Presidents Cup A Complete Sideshow
That's a photo of Michael Jordan and Bill Clinton from the Presidents Cup that is on the PGA Tour's Facebook page. I could not help but think of this exchange in golf.com's PGA Tour Confidential when I saw the photo. Gorant: Michael Jordan as an assistant captain also made an impression. It was...
Why Did Tiger and Phil Play So Well This Weekend?
Earlier today, I gave a decent amount of credit to the friendship and relationships that were seemingly fostered by the Paul Azinger led 2008 Ryder Cup team. The Myers-Briggs inspired concept led to some teamwork that had been kind of neglected by the rugged American individuals in the past few...
Robert Allenby Needs To Get Over Losing To Hungover Guy
At the ole GNN Blog - before I started manning the ship here at Waggle Room - I spent a decent amount of energy railing Robert Allenby. Allenby was Camilo Villegas before Villegas became an overhyped whiner. He's not a big proponent of drinking at golf events, mainly because of an incident that...
The Decider: Gimme Your Pres Cup MVPs
The American Presidents Cup team had three real major all stars this weekend. First was Tiger Woods, who went undefeated in the matches and earned five points for the Americans - the first time he had done that in his career. He punctuated the week with a 6 & 5 pantsing of YE Yang on...
The Legacy of Paul Azinger on Display at Harding Park
Remember back in 2006 when the Americans got their asses handed to them in the Ryder Cup at oakland Hills? We all - myself included - were lamenting about the future prospects of the red, white, and blue in these annual team competitions. Perhaps the guys were playing for their country too...
Presidents Cup, Day 1 - Open Thread
I wanted to kick off an open thread for comments, etc, on the first day of the Presidents Cup. We have six matches on the docket, all played in the alternate shot/foursomes format. Match 1: Anthony Kim and Phil Mickelson vs. Mike Weir and Tim Clark: Match 2: Hunter Mahan and Sean O'Hair vs....
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