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Monday Musings
Golf   Conventional wisdom has long held that playing the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with Bill Murray is a recipe for failure. Murray’s on-course shtick is simply too distracting to the task at hand. It...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Monday Musings
Golf   With apologies to John Wayne, if they were to make a movie about Mark Wilson’s golf career, they’d call it “The Searcher.” Wilson has spent much of his journeyman career on a quest f...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Monday Musings
Golf   The nickname “Bubba” conjures the image of a carefree good ol’ boy who whistles his way past the graveyard. Bubba Watson’s got the good ol’ boy part down, but the carefree part? No...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Monday Musings
Golf  He’s risen to No. 2 in the World Golf Ranking, but there’s little evidence to suggest that Martin Kaymer isn’t the best golfer in the world right now. Kaymer dominated a world-class field, win...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Monday Musings
Golf  There are probably worse things than playing 36 holes on a Sunday in Hawaii and getting paid handsomely to do so. Playing 36 holes without a bogey, though, means you’ve earned your paychec...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Monday Musings
Golf  Jonathan Byrd is what golf scribes call a flatliner. Nothing gets this guy ruffled, least of all a playoff to win the first event of the 2011 PGA Tour season.Byrd won for the fifth time in an un...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Here Come the Young Guns
Golf The start of a new PGA Tour season is only four short weeks away. I know you can barely contain your excitement, so here's a developing story line to tide you over. The era of Tiger and Phil is ov...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

A Long Strange Trip
Golf I know — for most of you, the 2010 golf season ended the moment Hunter Mahan conceded in the final Ryder Cup match. But someone forgot to tell the PGA Tour, which continued to grind through its ...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Battle for No. 1
Golf It's a virtually meaningless designation spit out by a computer. You have to admit, though, that No. 1 in the world means something. An elite quartet of golfers will decide this weekend who owns t...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Kolb's Huge Weekend
NFL Kolb or Vick? Does It Matter?Michael Vick leads the NFL in passer rating. Kevin Kolb has three 300-yard games in five career starts, including yesterday’s 23-of-29, 326-yard, three touchdown mas...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: NFL

Who's Number 1?
Golf With the FedExCup season and the Ryder Cup in the rear-view, the remaining bit of intrigue professional golf, circa 2010, is this question: Who's the number 1 player in the world? Lee Westwood see...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Tiger Making Progress
Golf POY? How about DJ? And I don’t mean Trahan. Dustin Johnson’s pursuit of the 2010 FedExCup is coinciding with his late push for PGA Tour Player of the Year honors, as a summer of lost oppor...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Pavin Makes his Picks
Golf The DecisionCaptain Corey has made his picks. Now it’s up to this mixed bag of talents — some untested, some inconsistent, some publicly disgraced — to make him look like a genius.Co...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Furyk Wins FedExCup
Golf The PGA Tour’s FedExCup playoffs were like the reverse of a Stephen King novel — the payoff vastly outshone the build-up.After weeks of confusing mathematical calculations and countless pe...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

The High Cut Lob
Golf Instructor: Tom Ness Many amateurs envy the ability of pros to hit that nice, high lob that lands softly. A safe way to play this is the high cut lob. One way to think of this shot is as an...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

A Balanced Way to Lower Scores
Golf Instructor: Mark WoodA sure-fire way to lower scores is to improve your ball striking. Better yet — how about your efficiency rating with all clubs? Well, your balance is the first area you had ...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Don't Hit Down on the Ball
Golf Instructor: Kip PuterbaughThere are many areas where I take issue with common instructional tips, but the thought behind “Hit Down on the Ball” is near the top of the list. If you look at ...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Ice the Slice
Golf Instructor: Dr. Gary WirenThe slice is almost a universal problem for golfers, but it doesn't have to be.I’ve spoken at banquets and taught lessons all around the world, and the one common n...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

The 9 o'clock Drill
Golf Instructor: Charlie KingTake your 58-degree wedge, your 52-degree wedge and a pitching wedge and his enough shots to get a good working knowledge of how far the ball's going to go with a half swin...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Lock and Rock
Golf Instructor: Dr. Gary WirenToo many times, people get their hands involved in their putting. The shaft wobbles, and the clubhead flips or delays. I want you to lock the position of your hands when you ...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

The Natural Grip
Golf Athlon SportsAdjust font sizeInstructor: Rob AkinsThe grip is obviously the No. 1 fundamental in golf. I would say that 90 percent of the problems that amateurs have come with the position of the left...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Posture Makes Perfect
Golf Instructor: Hank JohnsonWith proper setup, you bend in two places — at the knees and at the hips. Using your driver, you can get a feel for the amount of bend you need at the waist. Place the cl...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

The Push Drill
Golf Athlon SportsAdjust font sizeInstructor: Craig ShanklandYou can strike the ball solidly every time. Solid is the key word.To accomplish this, you need to keep the shaft leaning toward the target prior...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

NU's Final Stand
College Football Huskers Begin Farewell Tour With A Bang Nebraska opened its farewell tour of the conference with no trace of sentimentality or fondness for those who have shared the brotherhood of the Big 12. Never...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: College Football, Big 12

Palmetto Upset
College Football The Stephens at South Carolina deserve apologies. Both Stephen Garcia and Stephen Spurrier were told they couldn’t win a big game with the Gamecocks. Garcia’s in his fourth year at the sch...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: College Football, SEC

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