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Daly Tells Golf Channel He is "Done" With Golf, Explains on Twitter
After a second round 71 at Torrey Pines and having missed his second cut in two tries on the PGA Tour in 2010, John Daly told Golf Channel that he is done with golf. "I'm done. I'm done." Asked, "Done with what?" Daly answered, "Golf. I can't compete. I can't play like I used to. I can't keep...
Fantasy Crystal Ball: Farmers Insurance Open (at Torrey Pines)
Phil Mickelson is the headliner this week at Torrey Pines as the PGA Tour heads to San Diego. (For the record, the Farmers Insurance Open is the official, true beginning of Tiger's self-imposed absence.) He has and will draw a lot of attention this weekend. But you may want to consider not...
Why the Bob Hope Classic Has No Sponsor
In today's Desert Sun, Larry Bohannan makes his case for why the Bob Hope Classic - going unsponsored for the second consecutive year - is worthy of an $8-10 million investment by a title sponsor. He highlights the tradition, the crowd, the pro-am experience, and other goodies that made the event...
The San Diego Open May Have A Title Sponsor
A few weeks ago, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem talked about a few tournaments on the 2010 schedule that would be operating without title sponsors. One of those was the former Buick Invitational, run by the Century Club of San Diego. The event is currently known as the San Diego Open and is...
Charger Fans! Save Some Sorrow & Watch the LPGA This Weekend!
I don't know if you were able to force yourself through watching the second half of the Monday Night Football doubleheader the other night. Between Mike & Mike doing the play by play or the paper match up of the Oakland Raiders against the far superior San Diego Chargers, it was tough to get...
Buick & PGA Tour Make Official Their Awkward Break Up
Reggie Bush & Kim Kardashian made quite a splash last week in the sporting world when they announced that they had amicably split after two years of dating. Supposedly, the rationale behind the break up was that they never saw each other. Reggie was busy with filming Subway ads and not living...
Have the Shirt Right Off of Tiger's Back
The folks at Upper Deck contacted me about an interesting trading card and memorabilia opportunity for golf fans. (I still have my 1989 Upper Deck Ken Griffey Jr. rookie card.) From Jay Busbee's report, since he did a good job with it: Upper Deck and Tiger Woods creating some instant five-figure...
The 19th Hole Golf Show - 3/11/09
On this week's show: We kick off the program talking about the great weekend for Korean golf, and why YE Yang's victory at the Honda seemed to be met with such boredom. Then, GolfWorld Executive Editor Ron Sirak joins us to talk about his interview with Barney Frank and how golf has come under...
LPGA on GNN - 3/10/09
On this week's episode: We start by talking about what Ji Yai Shin accomplished in her fourth LPGA Tour win. We also wondered how come players are having such a hard time holding leads early on this season. Finally, we close with San Diego Union-Tribune golf reporter Tod Leonard to talk about...
Samsung Moves To Torrey Pines
The 2009 Samsung World Championship will be played on Torrey Pines' famed South Course in September, the LPGA announced today. The press release does not mention whether this is a one-time deal or a multi-year agreement, so I would assume the former. First St. Andrews, now Torrey Pines, what's...
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