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Mickelson out to end US Open drought

Despite having both a Masters and a title under his belt, Phil Mickelson will be hoping to end his long wait to win his first US Open title when the tournament gets underway on June 16th. Having finished second on a number of occasions, most recently in 2009, he will be hoping to add this [...]

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Birthday boy Lee Westwood claims Indonesian title

Lee Westwood celebrated his 38th birthday with a three-shot victory over the rest of the field to claim the Indonesian Open title. The victory will go a long way towards the Englishman’s quest of reclaiming the world number-one spot after dropping to second behind Martin Kaymer last year. Westwood’s fellow Englishman Luke Donald had his [...]

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Golf Clothing

The golf season is now well and truly under way after the annual US Masters Championship at Augusta National. For golfers in the UK it’s the first time many pick up their interest in the great game for the new season as the manicured fairways and greens of Augusta encourage droves of golfers back onto [...]

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Can Poulter live up to his own hype?

Ian Poulter is not afraid to speak his mind or talk up his chances of success. However, with no success to his name in Major Championships, Poulter knows that he needs to go out there and start performing at the kind of level that can turn that chat into tangible success. With Poulter having performed [...]

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Padraig confident of success

Having recently secured an eighth-place finish at the Shell Houston Open at Redstone Golf Club, Padraig Harrington’s all-round game appears to be in pretty good shape as he looks forward to this week’s US Masters tournament. Whilst the Irishman will need to be at the very top of his game to beat Phil Mickelson – [...]

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Laird continues to impress in Masters run-up

Martin Laird managed to come through a poor final round to hang on for the victory at last week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. The Scot started the final day at Bay Hill top of the leaderboard on 11-under but had to come from behind after Steve Marino had taken the advantage. Three bogeys on the front-nine [...]

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Danish Golf Union talking balls

Golf ball litter is becoming an environmental concern on this planet. CNN Says: “Research teams at the Danish Golf Union have discovered it takes between 100 to 1,000 years for a golf ball to decompose naturally. A startling fact when it is also estimated 300 million balls are lost or discarded in the United States [...]

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Golf Clothing for Women

To the apparent delight of woman golfers everywhere, ardent Golfer Alison Doorst has opened the doors to www.PinksandGreens.com to fill a void in the women’s golf apparel market. As well as providing an online boutique for women who love golf, Alison hopes to establish a community and blog (The Back Nine) around the site to [...]

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Women in Golf

Golf Datatech, a golf trend, research company unveiled its first-ever Women’s Golf Market Study. Among the revealing results of attitudes of women golfers to the game, is startling fact that the average golf course is considered to be “a very male oriented place”…. no shit! All this, despite the fact that 50% of the U.S. [...]

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Golf can damage your hearing

In a new article in the British Medical Journal ear specialists have claimed that golfing can damage your hearing…..I said,”CAN DAMAGE YOUR HEARING!” The doctors’ suspicions were aroused when they treated a keen golfer (3 times a week for 18 months) who had unexplained tinnitus and reduced hearing.   Further tests confirmed that his symptoms were [...]

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