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As we enter year six of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs, this highly touted series of events are finally beginning to gain some form of an identity. If you are looking for a true playoff similar to what you will find in the NFL, NBA or MLB, you should look elsewhere. Golf fans came to that realization several years ago. If you are attempting to understand the FedEx Cup point system, don’t…unless...
Published: August 21, 2012
American tennis superstar Serena Williams will come back down to earth this summer at the 2012 US Open. Williams’ recent reign of dominance in the sport will come to an end as she returns from the slick and unpredictable grass of Wimbledon, to the more demanding hard court surface. The 30-year-old has had an incredible summer of tennis. Following a first-round exit from the 2012 French...
Published: August 21, 2012
As the top players in the tennis world (minus Rafael Nadal) descend on Flushing Meadows for the 2012 U.S. Open championship, there is no player with more to prove than fourth-ranked Andy Murray. Still major-less but with the Wimbledon monkey finally off of his back after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Murray looked to be on his way to a dominant final quarter of the season. En...
Published: August 21, 2012
Most of us will never know the feeling of being asked to be a member of Augusta National Golf Club. It’s a difficult process just obtaining a ticket to attend the Masters each year. Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore are both very accomplished women and the world learned of their admission to Augusta National as the club’s first women members just yesterday. Augusta National broke from...
Published: August 21, 2012
The PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoff begins this Thursday with the Barclays, and Tiger Woods will attempt to pave his way back to the No. 1 spot in golf. If the 2012 regular season has been any indication of where Tiger stands in his comeback to professional golf, he is off to a respectable start. By no means, however, have golf fans witnessed the Tiger of old. Since the FedEx Cup’s debut...
Published: August 21, 2012
Sergio Garcia‘s roller-coaster career will not come to a close without him posting a major victory on his resume. His gutsy win at the Wyndham Championship on Monday—there was a rain delay—proved that he does indeed have the mental game to pull off a major. Garcia had a one-shot lead entering the final round, and he held that through his first four holes of his final round...
Published: August 20, 2012
Most golf fans will remember that several years back, some yahoo named Martha Burke set out to ruin The Masters by protesting the fact that the club did not have any female members. Yet as soon as the tournament began, poor old Martha was sent to a small patch of grass away from the action, where she was eventually forgotten (by most). To be honest, it was reminiscent in many ways to the occupy Boston...
Published: August 20, 2012
The 2012 Olympic Games are done and dusted and the women’s international game is about to begin a three-year lull without a major tournament. In the 2011 Women’s World Cup, the USWNT suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Japan on penalty kicks in the final. Two weeks ago, the U.S. was able to exorcise those 2011 demons by defeating Japan 2-1 for Olympic gold. Now looking forward to the 2015...
Published: August 20, 2012
Sergio Garcia‘s golf career has been a picture of frustration and near-misses, but he came roaring back from oblivion at the Wyndham Championship on Monday, capturing his first PGA Tour victory since the 2008 Players Championship. Garcia, who has had trouble finishing tournaments over the years, ended with an 18-under 262 at Sedgefield after a rain delay caused the Wyndham Championship to conclude...
Published: August 20, 2012
Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters, has been a men-only private club since its inception in 1932. Just because it has decided to add two female members, don’t expect the famous Green Jacket to suddenly turn Pink. Founding members Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts envisioned a club steeped in southern hospitality and charm. A club based on the morals and culture of the...