Posts Tagged ‘ Farmer’s Insurance Open ’

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Global Golf Post: It’s Just Not the Same Without Tiger

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

LA JOLLA, CALIF. — The girls from Deja Vu missed him, and were moved enough to go to great extremes to tell him so. That’s Deja Vu, the strip club in San Diego’s Midway District, not deja vu all over again, as Yogi Berra often is quoted as saying. The ladies wanted Mr. Eldrick Woods, a.k.a. Tiger.

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Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Global Golf Post: Grooves Stay on Cutting Edge

By Art Spander
For GlobalGolfPost.com

LA JOLLA, CALIF. — One thing about the PGA Tour, it doesn’t like a lot of bad news about the PGA Tour, self-imposed or not.

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Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

PGATOUR.com: Sim could be next star product of Aussie pipeline

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO — He’s part of the Aussie Pipeline, the kids who grow up Down Under with thoughts of playing golf Up Over, across the Pacific and in the other hemisphere.

We’re so accustomed to the success of Australian golfers in America, from Bruce Crampton to David Graham to Greg Norman to Geoff Ogilvy, that Michael Sim should be absolutely no surprise.

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Friday, January 29th, 2010

PGATOUR.com: Mickelson’s use of old wedges stirs groove rule debate

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO — This is what Phil Mickelson said. That all the clubs in his bag are approved for play. Including the ones some other players say he should not be using, wedges from Ping which if not older than dirt are old enough to create a controversy.

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Thursday, January 28th, 2010

PGATOUR.com: Tidland’s career interweaves with Tiger, Torrey Pines

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO — Oh, what Chris Tidland didn’t know. That golf could be such a frustrating game and yet such a rewarding one. That he would reach the final stage of q-school 10 times and gain his card only twice. That the 13-year-old kid he couldn’t defeat would turn out to be the best player in the world.

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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

PGATOUR.com: With Woods gone, Mickelson brings shot in the arm to event

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO — This is his town, San Diego, where the waves sweep in and world seems nothing but blue skies and Mexican food. This is the place Phil Mickelson was always The Man, even when he was a boy.

And now, with the absence of the other guy, and is there any reason to mention names, there’s a new responsibility for Mickelson as he plays for the first time in 2010.

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