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As a way to boost participation in the sport, the R&A has announced that 30 amateur golfers will play a nine-hole event at Royal Troon on the eve of this year’s Open Championship.
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Australia’s Adam Scott, the No. 7 ranked player in the world, will not be competing in the Rio Olympics this summer because of other “personal and professional commitments.” So much for love of country huh? Golf hasn’t been played at the Olympics since 1904.
Diary of a USGA Rules Official: Score Card Incident
Argentina’s Roberto De Vicenzo was all set to battle Bob Goalby in an 18-hole playoff at the 1968 Masters when he got the news that he’d signed an incorrect score card. What’s worse, De Vicenzo, who’d won the Open Championship the year before, was celebrating his 45th birthday that Sunday at Augusta. As noted USGA Rules
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Finals Week…
This week marks the final few days we’ll be wandering the halls of the Golf Academy of America in Phoenix. Our 16-month journey is almost over, but for those of us who elected to take a full course load in this our 4th and final semester (and at times have regretted our decision), we have nine final exams.
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Steve Stricker and Nick Price have been named as the captains for the 2017 Presidents Cup.