PGA TOUR FANTASY: Philadelphia

Here are my fantasy picks for this week’s AT&T National: A: Jim Furyk (Backup: Nick Watney) B: Bo Van Pelt (Backup: Justin Rose) B: Erik Compton (Backup: Hunter Mahan) C: Gary Woodland (Backup: Patrick Cantlay)

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 26

This week on the PGA Tour it’s Tiger Woods’ event, the AT&T National from Aronimink Golf Club outside of Philadelphia. Tiger, obviously, is not playing this week but they still have a very good field. Justin Rose is the defending champion. TV Coverage is Golf Channel, Thursday-Friday 3-6pm ET, Saturday-Sunday 1-2:30pm ET, and CBS, 3-6pm [...]

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PGA TOUR: PGA Tour Announces Barclays Course Rotation, Includes Bethpage Black

The PGA Tour announced today that The Barclays, the first event in the FedEx Cup held in the NYC metropolitan area, will enter a course rotation beginning next year: Bethpage Black — 2012 Liberty National — 2013 Ridgewood — 2014 Plainfield — 2015 Bethpage Black — 2016 Good news for the NYC area golf fanbase.

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TIGER WOODS: Will Be Sponsored by a Japanese Pain Cream

Tiger Woods finally has his first post-scandal sponsor. The problem: for most people, they’ll probably respond who? Tiger signed a three-year deal today to promote “‘Vantelin Kowa,’ a heat rub used to relieve muscle and joint pain.” Tiger will be in commercials promoting the product airing in Japan. According to the article, Mark Steinberg, Tiger’s [...]

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TIGER WOODS: Press Conference Update — No Timetable for Return

We learned the following in Tiger Woods’ press conference at the AT&T National today: 1) The Tiger Woods Foundation is opening up a new Learning Center campus in Philadelphia. 2) His knee and Achilles are feeling better. 3) He is no longer using the crutches and walking boot. 4) There is no timetable for his [...]

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TENNIS: How ESPN and NBC Decides What’s Live and On Tape During Wimbledon Week 2

This is the week every year where this blog gets inundated with people furious with how ESPN2 and NBC show Wimbledon week 2 matches — some on tape, some live, and some stuff that won’t get shown until 9 hours after its happened. USATODAY.com’s Michael Hiestand took a look at the whole decision making process [...]

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TIGER WOODS: Press Conference Tuesday

Tiger Woods’ AT&T National is this week, and while he won’t be playing in it due to injuries he will still be there to fulfill his hosting duties. As a result, he is having a press conference which probably won’t produce much news of anything — but hey, you never know, and with the British [...]

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PGA TOUR What It Means: June 26, 2011 — Hartford

(This post originally appeared on Prosportsblogging.com) A new PGA Tour winner starts this week’s What It Means: 1) Fredrik Jacobson won the Travelers Championship in Hartford today. He used a clutch par putt at 17 and a timely missed par putt by Ryan Moore on 18 to seal his first PGA Tour victory after 188 [...]

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PGA TOUR FANTASY: Hartford

Here’s my fantasy picks for the Travelers Championship: A: Jim Furyk (Backup: Padraig Harrington) B: Bo Van Pelt (Backup: David Toms) B: Hunter Mahan (Backup: Ian Poulter) C: John Daly (Backup: Zach Johnson)

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PGA TOUR DIGEST: Vol. 4 No. 25

This week on the PGA Tour it is the Travelers Championship just outside of Hartford at the TPC River Highlands. This was the event last year where Bubba Watson got his first PGA Tour victory in a playoff. TV Coverage is Tomorrow-Friday, 3-6pm ET, Golf Channel, and Saturday-Sunday, 3-6pm ET CBS.

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