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On this date: Beatles began, Charlie's Angels ended
1848: The first report of the California gold strike was published in the New York Herald. 1909: The first race was run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. 1960: The Russians sent two dogs into Earth orbit in a satellite. 1964: The Beatles...Tags: PGA Championship
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Golf Writer Berlet Looks Back At His Courant Career
Courant Staff WriterIt hardly seems possible nearly four decades have passed since the phone rang on a cold Monday night in February 1970 in the cottage I shared with three UConn fraternity brothers on Bolton Lake. It was Courant sports editor Bill Lee, who I met while...Tags: Bobby Murcer, Hartford Wolf Pack, David Letterman, Rebecca Lobo, Transportation
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Lakers Choose Mony Over Ronny
Senior Sports Producer, KTLA Prime NewsSo even in the lazy summer of a sleepy July, Laker fans ask me: Why didn't the team re-sign Ronny Turiaf? He's French, he's fun, he's got a big heart, a great smile and real cool hair, and he plays with such flair and passion, which is how you say it...Tags: National Football League, Jesse Jackson, Roger Clemens, State Budgets, George Steinbrenner
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If it's Jenkins' book, there are laughs aplenty
Since Tiger Woods can't do much these days, he might want to catch up on his reading. He should check out the latest from Dan Jenkins. The 78-year-old legend is out with his 18th book, "The Franchise Babe." If you have read his previous books, the...Tags: Bing Crosby, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus
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Rose's quest: Restore roar
Chicago Tribune NewspapersSOUTHPORT, England—Against the Irish Sea and between such menacing foliage as sea buckthorn, common polypody and the always-malevolent gorse, major golf has returned to the site of one of its all-time roars. That roar belongs in any roar...Tags: Johnny Miller, Nick Faldo, Greg Norman, Cancer, Diseases
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Minus Woods, golf will just putter along
There's a lot of justifiable hand-wringing going on among those associated with golf that without Tiger Woods, the profile index of the PGA Tour will slip to something approximating that of pro bowling or curling.
As a result, there's talk among golf...Tags: Don January, Billy Casper, NBC, Milwaukee Brewers, Jay Gibbons
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U.S. OPEN PLAYOFF HISTORY
Retief Goosen (70) d. Mark Brooks (72), Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Okla. 1994 -- Ernie Els (par) d. Loren Roberts on the second hole of sudden-death playoff (Els and Roberts were both tied at 74 through 18-hole playoff; Colin Montgomerie was...Tags: Mark Brooks, Fuzzy Zoeller, Billy Burke, Billy Casper, Curtis Strange
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Golfers hold nothing back in thriller
The comparisons between journeyman pro golfer Rocco Mediate and film myth Rocky Balboa are inescapable after yesterday's epic battle in the U.S. Open between the likable 45-year-old and Tiger Woods coming down to a sudden-death finish on the 91st hole....Tags: Movies, Jack Fleck, Jack Nicklaus, Rocco Mediate, U.S. Open Golf
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Golf's popularity problem was only masked by Tiger
O, by the WayThere's a lot of justifiable hand-wringing going on among golf enthusiasts that without Tiger Woods, the profile index of the PGA Tour will slip to something approximating that of pro bowling or curling.There's talk among golf commentators about how the...Tags: Payne Stewart, Don January, Billy Casper, NBC, Chi Chi Rodriguez
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Trevino driven to be dad
Sentinel Staff WriterLee Trevino seemingly could talk all day about his son Daniel, his partner in this weekend's Del Webb Father/Son Challenge at ChampionsGate Golf Resort. Daniel, 15, is a great lacrosse player, Trevino says, good power in his shots on goal, overall...Tags: Fuzzy Zoeller, Billy Casper, NBC, Curtis Strange, Clubs and Associations
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Fore!
Newsday Staff WriterAt the western edge of Long Island, just off the Queens border, there is an acclaimed golf course: Fresh Meadow Country Club. Way down at the other end is an acclaimed golf course: Montauk Downs. It is geography's little way of describing the sweep of...Tags: History, Religious Leaders, State University of New York, Marc Gellman, Robert Moses
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How to hit a hole-in-one
Tribune staff reporterThe odds Two aces in the same round: 67 million to 1 Three aces in a single round, same player: 2 trillion to 1 Getting a hole-in-one in 1,000 rounds: 5 to 1 By a PGA Tour professional: 2,500 to 1 By an average golfer: 12,500 to 1 Hole-in-one vital...Tags: Mark Wiebe, Dwight David Eisenhower, Tiger Woods, Bob Hope, Arnold Palmer
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