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Tight Putt, Danny Willett
Englishman Danny Willett had an opportunity to earn an eagle on the par-5 13th hole at the Masters today, and he converted it with a perfect, extremely long putt. Willett read the green perfectly. ...

Bad Company Man Jeff Van Gundy Brings Up Augusta's Discrimination
Beginning tomorrow, ESPN will broadcast the first two rounds of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, so during tonight’s NBA contest they ran a little promo for it. Unfortunately for ESPN and the Masters, play-by-play man Mike Breen went off-script and imagined a world in which Jeff Van Gundy...

<i>Golf Digest</i> Is Running Creepy Photos Of Women Watching Golf Now
It’s not news that the slideshow is a poor (but lucrative) method of framing a story on the internet, but the topic of this Golf Digest effort—“The Hottest Patrons at Augusta”—is just awful. For a magazine that recently banked on side boob on the cover, this is still quite lazy. ...

Jack Nicklaus Sinks Hole-In-One In Par-3 Contest
Old man’s still got it. Jack Nicklaus got a hole-in-one on the fourth hole of today’s par-3 contest at the Masters. The Golden Bear’s 75 years old and still better than you. ...

Patrick Reed Hits Hole-In-One, Loses Watch While Celebrating
Controversy seems to follow PGA golfer Patrick Reed wherever he goes, so it will no doubt bring some joy to his critics that even in his moment of joy after acing the 16th hole at the Houston Open, he suffered a loss: specifically, that of his watch. ...

<i>Golf Digest</i> Embraces The Power Of Men Leering At Boobs
The cover of this month’s issue of Golf Digest features LPGA tour golfer Lexi Thompson wearing a—golf towel? Cut up shirt? Weird scarf?—and not much else. It’s the “Fitness & Power Issue,” which I guess has something to do with side boob....

Never Mind The Man Who Appears To Be Urinating Next To The Fairway
This weekend's Hassan II tournament on the Euro PGA tour wound up today in Morocco with Richie Ramsay taking home the trophy—but not before his tee shot on 17 appeared to come very close to a man, possibly a TV crew member, who looks to be taking a piss in the woods along the fairway....

Aaron Baddeley Hits Hole-In-One On Par 4, Only Earns A Birdie
For only the second time in PGA tour history, a golfer has hit a tee shot into the hole on a par 4. Unfortunately for Aaron Baddeley, the shot came after he took an unplayable lie from his first attempt and ended up with just a birdie on the TPC San Antonio 17th hole....

Patrick Reed Takes A Swing At Defending Himself, Slices Into The Woods
A month ago we republished a feature by Shane Ryan about golfer Patrick Reed's tumultuous college career. The story was an adapted version of material that will appear in Ryan's upcoming book, Slaying The Tiger, and had previously appeared on the site Tobacco Road Blues. The article told of how Reed...

Bummed-Out Rory McIlroy Tosses Club Right Into The Damn Lake
During his round at the WGC-Cadillac Championship today, Rory McIlroy yanked his second shot on the par-5 eighth hole into the water. Then he did that thing that a lot of us who golf would probably do if we were extremely rich and could afford to buy new clubs all the time....

PGA Tour Denies Claim That Tiger Woods Failed A Drug Test
Tiger Woods isn't golfing. He's taking some time off to rest, to heal, and to work on his game. But according to one dude who probably doesn't know anything, it's all a coverup, and Woods is actually serving a secret Tour suspension for a failed drug test. Today, both the PGA Tour and Woods's agent ...

Report: Miserable Old Man Michael Jordan Wants A Private Golf Course
According to a report from Golf.com, Michael Jordan, who has now apparently reached the Old-Man-Potter stage of his life, is considering building his very own golf course in Florida because the country club that he frequents is no longer living up to his standards....

Police: We Still Have No Idea What Happened To Robert Allenby
For a while there, it looked like we had a pretty good idea of what actually happened to Robert Allenby, the pro golfer who last month claimed that he was kidnapped, beaten, and robbed after leaving a Honolulu wine bar. But now the local police have released a statement, and everything is apparently...

Bad Golfer Tiger Woods Taking A Break From Golf
Tiger Woods, last seen doing a very realistic impression of a terrible chipper, will take a break from tournament golf, he announced on his website. Woods withdrew from last week's Farmers Insurance Open with a back injury, but says it is unrelated to the surgery he had last March to relieve a pinch...

How To Survive A Round Of Golf With Your Boss Or Father-In-Law
Anyone who plays golf and has been stupid enough to tell other people that they play golf—"Oh, you play? That's wonderful! Lisa's dad would love to take you out for a round when you guys visit for Thanksgiving! Isn't that right, Herb?"—is at some point in his or her life going to have to play golf...


Tiger, What The Fuck, Man?
Holy shit! This is Tiger Woods's third shot on the par-4 tenth (his first of the day) at the Farmers Insurance Open. Jesus Christ, he just bangs this thing like a railroad spike, less like a chip shot than Miguel Cabrera rocking a line drive up the third base line, or any Dwight Howard hook shot eve...

Francesco Molinari Sinks Hole-In-One; Gallery Throws Beers To Celebrate
Italian golfer Francesco Molinari nailed a lovely hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole in the third round of the Phoenix Open today, and the spectators celebrated by tossing beers everywhere. Rowdy golf is fun golf....

How Patrick Reed Became Golf's Latest Villain
The following article is adapted from material that will appear in the author's upcoming book Slaying the Tiger, which is now available for order; it originally ran at Tobacco Road Blues....

Robert Allenby Spent $3,400 At A Strip Club On Night Of Alleged Attack
GolfChannel.com has managed to piece together a few more bits of information from the night pro golfer Robert Allenby claims he was kidnapped, beaten, and robbed in Honolulu, Hawaii. Allenby's story has been springing leaks almost from the moment it became public, and GolfChannel.com has just poked ...