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Happy Golf Dog Should Be Atop The Open Leaderboard
Who's a good doggy? Who? Who? Not you! Because you...are a great doggy....

That's Not How Putting Works, Ernie Els
Hi there, Ernie Els. I understand that you are successful professional golfer, so I hesitate to overstep my bounds here by telling you how to do your job. Still, I think you should know that this isn't how putting is supposed to work:...

Michelle Wie Twerks, Refuses To Turn Down After U.S. Open Win
Michelle Wie won the first major of her career on Sunday, shooting a final-round 70 to claim the U.S. Open title. Afterward, she got together with some friends to celebrate the victory, and oh man did they have they have a party....

Meet Lucy Li, The 11-Year-Old Golfer Playing This Year's U.S. Open
Lucy Li, just 11 years old and still in sixth grade, teed off for her opening round at the U.S. Women's Open earlier this morning. Li is the youngest golfer to ever qualify for the tournament, and she is also cute as hell....

Zach Johnson Sinks Hole In One At U.S. Open
Zach Johnson didn't take long on the par-3 ninth hole at Pinehurst today, achieving a hole in one at the U.S. Open....

Golf Cart Driver Arrested At U.S. Open For Driving Into Officer's Leg
Tommy Lineberry, a golf cart driver for NBC Sports analyst Roger Maltbie, was arrested at the U.S. Open Saturday for hitting a North Carolina state trooper's leg with his cart....

David Attenborough Narrates Bird Taking A Shit On Memorial Golf Course
Golf Channel cameras caught a bird taking an enormous shit on the course during the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio earlier today. This is video of that bird shitting, with some spliced in narration provided by famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough....

Phil Mickelson Investigated For Insider Trading
Update, June 11: The New York Times rows it back a little:...

Rory McIlroy Did Not Let Caroline Wozniacki Down Easy
The reigning sports power couple publicly split a week ago, when Rory McIlroy announced his wedding to Caroline Wozniacki was off, just after sending out wedding invitations. The timing was rough; the method was rougher. ...

Golfer's Shot Bounces Off Of Bird In Flight
Jimmy Walker's shot on the 17th hole during the second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational appeared to have deflected off a bird gliding over the course. But because he didn't call "bird" before the shot, he got docked another stroke. Sorry, it's in the rules....

Golf Fan Wrecks Motorized Wheelchair Into Tree At Byron Nelson Classic
Some poor old man wrecked his Rascal into a tree today at the HP Byron Nelson Championship, and we can't stop laughing about it because it was all captured live on Golf Channel and we are horrible people....

Richard H. Lee Duffs An Easy Shot Not Once, But Twice
The 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass was one to forget for poor Richard H. Lee, as he whiffed twice in a row during the Players Championship....

Geoff Ogilvy Sounds Like A Real Asshole
Geoff Ogilvy hasn't won on the PGA tour in four years, and after hearing how the Australian golfer treated a local radio station during the Players Championship this week at TPC Sawgrass we can't say we're looking forward to him hoisting a trophy anytime soon....

College Golf Team Qualifies For Nationals, Celebrates By Dufnering
The Parkland College (Illinois) golf team qualified for nationals this year and will compete for a national championship. Here's the postseason-bound squad celebrating with a pretty great Dufnering picture....

European Golfer Jumps Into Lake To Escape Hornet Attack
Pablo Larrazabal was just minding his own business, playing through his second round at the Malaysian Open on Friday, when all of a sudden—HORNET ATTACK!...

John Daly Drives A Golf Ball Out Of A Woman's Mouth
John Daly's still got it, if "it" is trick shots from a tee in a woman's mouth....

The Masters Is Better As Minigolf
This is a remarkably well-done reimagining of The Masters in an infinitely more entertaining, putt-putt form. I would watch this. I would play this. I would wreck this....

Bubba Watson Went To Waffle House To Celebrate His Masters Win
Bubba Watson, everyone's favorite Southern chillbro golfer, won his second Masters in three years yesterday, and he celebrated the achievement exactly as you would expect him to. After claiming his second green jacket, Watson and his crew made a late-night Waffle House run, because Waffle House is a...
