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McNulty: Debacles scar Tiger's character bc-glf-tiger-badbuzz(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 20, 2013 11:50 AM By RAY MCNULTY Golf is supposed to be a game of honor, so much so that players keep each others scores, serve as their own referees and assess penalties against themselves for violating the rules -- even if the transgression was inadvertent

Caddy John Dunn's book focuses on delights of golf courses bc-glf-caddy-life(sh) | By: MARK HERRMANN | Source: Newsday | Books (EB), Golf (GF) May 16, 2013 11:55 AM By MARK HERRMANN John Dunn has played one of the most spectacular, and probably the most exclusive, par 4s in the world. He and a buddy hit from the forward tees on No. 10 at the National Golf Links of America, hit over the trees, into the third f

Graham: Tiger's recipe for golf success bc-glf-tiger-secret(sh) | By: MIKE GRAHAM | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 14, 2013 12:45 PM By MIKE GRAHAM I know the secret to Tiger Woods' recent success. Woods, a Martin County, Fla., resident, has won four of seven 2013 starts and seven of his past 21 PGA Tour stroke play events. Woods has earned $5,849,600 this year alone ($106,800,

McNulty: Tiger Woods notes lack of young black golfers, friend Ahmad Rashad says bc-glf-tiger-blacks(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 13, 2013 11:40 AM By RAY MCNULTY Ever wonder if Tiger Woods notices that, after all he has accomplished and all the worldwide recognition he has received across all these years at the top of his sport, he remains the only black American playing on the PGA Tour? "T

McNulty: Former NFL star, sports broadcaster Ahmad Rashad competes with Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan bc-glf-rashad(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 10, 2013 11:50 AM By RAY MCNULTY If you're a recreational golfer who enjoys a little competition on the course, you want to be Ahmad Rashad. He gets to play -- sometimes daily -- with the two fiercest competitors on the planet. Michael Jordan. And Tiger Woods. "

McNulty: Sorry, but The Players isn't a major tournament bc-glf-players-may(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 9, 2013 11:30 AM By RAY MCNULTY This will be the seventh year The Players Championship is played in May, a strategic move concocted by the PGA Tour to give its crown-jewel event another nudge toward recognition as one of golf's "majors." And, to be fair, it's too s

McNulty: Kaat disputes Greg Norman's story of golf club spat bc-glf-norman-spat(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) May 6, 2013 12:00 PM By RAY MCNULTY When Jim Kaat's eyes hit the front page of Florida's Stuart News recently, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Was Greg Norman still trying to convince everyone he was treated unfairly, even shabbily, by the people now running the

Greg Norman says he's being pushed out of the Medalist Golf Club he founded bc-glf-norman-ousted(sh) | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Apr 26, 2013 12:07 PM By CRAIG DOLCH Greg Norman said it "brought a tear to my eye" when recent Masters champion and countryman Adam Scott credited Norman for helping him become the first Australian to win the green jacket. "It was almost like having my son win the Maste

Sergio Garcia could take attitude lesson from 14-year-old bc-glf-garcia(sh) | By: JIM SOUHAN | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | People & Celebrities (EP), Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Apr 12, 2013 10:50 AM It was hard to pick the more compelling story during the first round of the Masters -- the brilliant play of the immature golfer, or that of the 14-year-old. A year after saying he would never be able to win a major, Sergio Garcia for the first time

Masters champ Watson returns to the scene of the cry bc-glf-bubbawatson(sh) | By: JIM SOUHAN | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Golf (GF) Apr 11, 2013 12:12 PM During practice rounds at the Masters, competitors hit shots on the 16th hole, then carry irons to the edge of the pond in front of the tee box and attempt to skip golf balls across the water and onto the green, creating the loudest cheers on the qui

Moulton: It's time for Tiger Woods to prove he's back bc-glf-tigertime(sh) | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Apr 11, 2013 12:06 PM Nearly five years have passed since a golfing god named Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate and the field on a broken leg to win the 2008 U.S. Open. A lot has happened since. We all know the story. Now he's back. He's healthy. He's playing well, winning t

Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player reunite at Masters bc-glf-openingshots(sh) | By: GERRY DULAC | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Golf (GF) Apr 11, 2013 10:27 AM Saying he never gets tired of it, Arnold Palmer joined his old pals Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player for the ceremonial opening tee shots Thursday morning to start the 77th Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club. Palmer, dressed in white golf shirt a

Is China's latest teen sensation part of a golf trend? bc-glf-teensensation(sh) | By: MARK HERRMANN | Source: Newsday | Golf (GF) Apr 10, 2013 12:29 PM By MARK HERRMANN You would think that Tianlang Guan, a 14-year-old from China who qualified for the Masters, is a big story because he is one of a kind. Think again. The bigger story is that he is not. He is the second 14-year-old from China to ma

Seve Ballestero's style, influence play on at Masters bc-glf-masters-seve(sh) | By: BOB BUTTITTA | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Apr 10, 2013 11:34 AM By BOB BUTTITTA Bubba Watson's hooking shot out of the trees on No. 10 at last year's Masters, and Phil Mickelson's laser shot between two trees on No. 13 in 2010. They are two of the most memorable shots in Masters history, and ones that would ha

McNulty: Watch out for rejuvenated Tiger at the Masters bc-glf-tigerrevival(sh) | By: RAY MCNULTY | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Apr 8, 2013 11:57 AM By RAY MCNULTY There's every reason to believe that Tiger Woods will end his 4-1/2-year major-championship drought this weekend at Augusta National. So that's where the smart money is going: Several Vegas oddsmakers have Woods teeing off Thursday

Dolch: Errie Ball the last living link to first Masters in 1934 bc-glf-errie-ball(sh) | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Apr 4, 2013 12:10 PM By CRAIG DOLCH Like most golf fans, Errie Ball can't wait for next week's Masters. Unlike most golf fans, however, Ball has a connection with Augusta National that most can only dream about. How many people can say they played in the first Masters,

Dolch: Tiger Woods has a lot to smile about these days on and off the course glf-tiger | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Mar 21, 2013 11:10 AM You don't have to look at Tiger Woods' ever-expanding trophy case to know he's in a better place these days. Sure, he's won five tournaments in the last year, moving him within six wins of matching Sam Snead's career PGA Tour record of 82 victories.

Rory McIlroy, in pain from wisdom tooth, withdraws from Honda Classic glf-mcilroy | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Mar 1, 2013 1:35 PM Defending champion Rory McIlroy withdrew Friday during the second round of the Honda Classic. The world's No. 1 ranked player was seven-over after eight holes -- including a triple bogey on the par-4 16th -- when he walked off the course after hittin

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy more than golfing buddies -- for now glf-tiger-rory | By: CRAIG DOLCH | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Golf (GF) Feb 28, 2013 12:40 PM Tiger Woods plays golf to win championships, not make friendships. And he did plenty of the former and not much of the latter during his first 14 years on the PGA Tour. Whether his rival was Greg Norman, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh or Serg

Moulton: Putter ban doesn't address golf's different levels of play glf-putterban | By: DAVID MOULTON | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Sports Columns (TN), Golf (GF) Feb 27, 2013 3:35 PM So the Royal & Ancient Golf Club and the United States Golf Association, the two accepted governing bodies of golf worldwide, have issued a proposal to ban the use of so-called "belly putters" beginning in 2016. The PGA Tour has indicated it is again

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