Life Getting Tense on the Golf Circuit Tightrope
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European and U.S. golfers enter the  final laps of their seasons over the next few weeks, a time for  the top players to preen and count their millions and the  also-rans to pray for overdue inspiration.
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Just try to survive. That was the mantra among those who participated in the second round of the New England PGA Championship yesterday at Belmont Country Club and Pine Brook CC in Weston.
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Phil Mickelson is not ready to be anointed on the Monterey Peninsula, but he's getting close.
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Allen Doyle is starting to feel comfortable on the golf course again even if it doesn't look that way.
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The meltdowns? The fact that the two-time defending champion did not take her third straight title? But the place to start is on the 18th fairway at Columbia
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ALTHOUGH the morning players yesterday awoke to a bit more breeze than their first day counterparts, conditions grew progressively tougher at Coolum in the second round of the PGA Championship, and the later starters found themselves battling a stiff wind
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KAPALUA, Hawaii -- The winds picked up and the scores went down. Go figure. Actually, don't bother, because golf is a game that rarely can be explained, and yesterday's second round of the $5.3 million Mercedes Championships at the Plantation Course is the latest example.
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1 Mickelson&#39;s tee shot - All square with Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood on the 18th tee in the Friday foursomes, Mickelson sliced his tee-shot way off target and up against a fence, forcing partner Tiger Woods to take a penalty drop before he could play
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Wet, windy weather would generally be seen as unsuitable golfing weather. Not so in Scotland.
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If PGA Tour officials were to ask Brianna Laflamme how to solve the slow-play problem that sometimes plagues the sport, she would be prepared with an answer.
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âThe challenge is to continue to grow in every way. Itâs a tricky game.â
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For rule officials who get PGA Tour courses ready for play, the most crucial decision is setting the hole locations, which determine how aggressive or conservative the golfers can be.
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Sometimes, the Rules of Golf make you scratch your head. Case in point: Last Friday, when Dudley Hart got disqualified from the Buick Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.
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ATHENS, Greece - Walking down the 18th fairway at Augusta National Golf Club in April, I looked wistfully across the course as the sun was fading into the pines, creating a surreal mixture of light and shadows.
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MAYBE itâs the inherent difficulty of autumnal golf in the British Isles. Maybe itâs the eternal unpredictability of the Irish weather.
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By Jeff Kiger, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Feb. 1--"It is quite frustrating." That's how Somerby Golf Club pro Dave Nordeen describes the yips, the involuntary muscle jerks that happen to some golfers during short, high-pressure putts or other delicate shots.
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The chief executive of a Bear Stearns hedge fund maintained his golf habit through the weeks when his firm was struggling to keep one of its funds afloat.