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The Women’s Australian Open is cosanctioned by the LPGA this year, which means that when the tournament tees off on Thursday, so does the 2012 LPGA Tour season. Some of the big names are playing Down Under: Yani Tseng, Cristie Kerr, Morgan Pressel, Brittany Lincicome, Jiyai Shin. Turning-17-year-old pro Lexi Thompson and 14-year-old amateur Lydia Ko. Others are waiting until next week’s Honda LPGA Thailand tourney to tee off their seasons (including Na Yeon Choi, Paula Creamer, I.K. Kim, Ai Miyazato, Suzann Pettersen and Michelle Wie). Regardless of whether the stars begin in Australia or Thailand, they are all chasing [...]

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Tiger Woods believes long putters should be banned, and he’s even talked to the head of the R&A about how do it. Woods dropped that news into a press conference at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Tuesday, immediately sending a ripple across Pebble Beach’s practice putting greens, where more and more tour pros can be seen using long putters – both belly and broomstick – each year. Woods said that he’s a traditionalist when it comes to putting, and believes the putting stroke requires moving both hands and the end of the putter. So Woods’ idea is that anchoring [...]

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The PGA Tour is at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week, while the European Tour plays the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Tiger Woods switched up his early season schedule this year and is playing at Pebble Beach. Some fans might have the impression that Woods loves Pebble Beach Golf Links; it’s an iconic course, he’s won this tournament before, and he dominated the 2000 U.S. Open on this course. But this is the first time since 2002 that Woods is playing the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Scuttlebutt over the years was that Woods hated the bumpy poa annua greens [...]

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Last week at the Farmers Insurance Open, Kyle Stanley – trying for his first PGA Tour victory – suffered a final-hole meltdown. Needing just a double-bogey or better to win, he made a triple-bogey 8, then lost in a playoff. Confidence shattering? Not for Stanley. On Sunday, Stanley got that first PGA Tour victory at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and he did it with one of the biggest final-round comebacks in tour history. Stanley started the final round in Phoenix eight strokes off the lead, then fired a 65. He finished at 15-under 269, making a short but nervy [...]

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Your clubs will work much better for you if you are swinging clubs with shafts whose flex is appropriate to your swing. And not just your swing speed, but how smooth your swing is, too. What happens if you choose a shaft flex that doesn’t match your swing – a flex that is too stiff or not stiff enough? Check out the effects of using the wrong shaft flex and see if anything sounds familiar. See also: MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more golf news see: Effects of Using the Wrong [...]

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The PGA Tour heads to Arizona for the Waste Management Phoenix Open and the European Tour stays in the Persian Gulf region for the Commercialbank Qatar Masters this week. On Sunday, Kyle Stanley blew a 3-stroke lead with one hole to play at the Farmers Insurance Open, then lost the playoff to Brandt Snedeker. Stanley’s chance at redemption begins this week; he, as well as Snedeker, is in the field in Phoenix. Stanley should talk to Robert Garrigus about final-hole meltdowns and how to forget about them. At the 2010 St. Jude Classic, Garrigus also blew a 3-stroke lead at [...]

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Yes, Tiger Woods won the last tournament he played in 2011, and when you haven’t won in two years – when you’re struggling to return to form, to the form of the greatest player on the planet, from swing changes, injuries and personal troubles – any win is a good win. But Woods’ win in his own Chevron World Challenge was not a tour win. Can Woods finally get another tour win on Sunday at the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship? He ended Saturday tied for the lead with Robert Rock at 11-under. Woods’ scores have improved each [...]

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Tiger Woods hasn’t won a European or PGA Tour tournament in more than two years, and Robert Rock (and his hair) have made Woods wait at least two more weeks. Rock won the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday by one stroke over Rory McIlroy, with Woods among a group tied for third, two behind Rock. Woods and Rock shared the third-round lead, but in the final round Rock carded a 2-under 70 to Woods’ even-par 72. Woods started the back nine with a bogey, then made eight straight pars to the finish. Woods won in his [...]

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