Articles filed under Golf
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Bob Frisk’s favorite sports quotes of 2012Dec 27, 2012 10:57 am - The calendar doesn’t lie. Another year has raced by in my fourth year of retirement from the Daily Herald. That calendar also brings me to what you see here today. When ...
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Lombard plans to sell ‘Rory McIlroy car’ on eBayDec 13, 2012 1:09 pm - The unmarked Lombard police car used to rush European golfer Rory McIlroy to his game-changing performance on the final day of the Ryder Cup in Medinah is heading to the...
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Tom Watson returns as 2014 Ryder Cup captainDec 13, 2012 8:40 am - NEW YORK — Weary of two decades of defeat in Europe, the Americans are breaking from precedent with a captain uniquely suited for the 2014 Ryder Cup in Scotland. Tom Wat...
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Signs point to Watson as Ryder Cup captainDec 12, 2012 8:59 am - In the two months since a stunning loss in the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America talked about doing things differently when selecting its next captain. Tom Watson certainly ...
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2 local golfers take different pro tour pathsDec 07, 2012 6:10 pm - Rarely does a Chicago golfer get through a qualifying school for any of the professional tours. This year, though, two did — and their roads to success couldn’t be much ...
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McIlroy voted PGA Tour player of the yearDec 04, 2012 12:09 pm - LA QUINTA, Calif. — Rory McIlroy sure didn’t feel like the PGA Tour player of the year when he arrived at Kiawah Island for the final major of the year. He had missed th...
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Long putters to go belly up in 2016Nov 28, 2012 1:52 pm - THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Golf’s governing bodies, worried that players will turn to long putters as an advantage instead of a last resort, proposed a new rule Wednesday t...
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USGA, R&A expected to ban long, belly puttersNov 27, 2012 6:00 pm - THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Webb Simpson and Keegan Bradley, two of the major faces in the debate over belly putters, said Tuesday they would not fight a change in the rules...
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McIlroy wins Dubai World Championship by 2 strokesNov 25, 2012 12:42 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy made five straight birdies down the stretch to overtake Justin Rose and win the Dubai World Championship on Sunday, ending a h...
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College-bound standouts ink letters of intentNov 20, 2012 6:05 pm - Conant’s Miranda Cavin, Prospect’s Noelle Johnston and Hersey’s Abby Fesl and Amanda Petro recently made official their college plans. Cavin, a standout softball player,...