Rookie Golfer Struggles With Past
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Four tournaments into his PGA Tour career, and Sean O'Hair is done talking. Not about golf, because he'll gladly tell you about the 30-footer that went in on No. 7, or the drive he drilled down the left side of the fairway on the ninth.
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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Along the way, each man has had to assess his lot in the world of golf. One had to examine his nerves, the other his spirit.
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He is fine. James Driscoll wants people to know that up front. The play hasn't been as sharp as he'd like, certainly not up to his standards, and he knows there's a local following that is curious, but a lot of it has to do with this game called golf.
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Legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus had Vijay Singh in mind recently when he talked about why some players endured and others did not. &quot;There are some guys who play as a means to an end,&quot; Nicklaus said.
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Self-taught with a 10-finger baseball grip, Tommy Gainey hit his first golf ball at 15. Now heâs trying to make a name for himself on the PGA Tour.
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Pros: Fits the recent profile (44, past PGA champion, fiery Ryder Cup player); the job is his if he wants it. Cons: Might be too young to be willing to burn two years of play on tour.
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Tiger Woods had more trouble on the practice tee yesterday than he did in his 3-and-2 singles victory over Europe&#39;s Paul Casey.
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Stripped to its core, the game of golf remains an individual quest, not as much for perfection as for satisfaction. To that degree, golf is always a work in progress -- for grizzled veterans who embrace a child's passion to play, just as it is for young men who have attained historic achievements.
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With a major championship in her grasp, Suzann Pettersen never flinched. Not at the furious charge from 18-year-old Na On Min, who made four straight birdies to pull within one shot. Not at the relentless pressure from Karrie Webb, who birdied the last two holes. And not at memories of a major meltdown 10 weeks ago.
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Jeff Brehaut first tried to qualify for the U.S. Open at 18, and he figured it was only a matter of time. Just not this much time. He has lost track of the trips to local and sectional qualifying during a career that stretches over two decades and has taken him to 385 tournaments on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour, probably a hundred more on the mini-tours. His last victory was five years ago when he was the medalist at Q-school.
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The highlight of Ryan Palmer&#39;s rookie season on the PGA Tour came seven months ago across town at Bay Hill, when he met Arnold Palmer for the first time.
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Brett Wetterich, a near washout as a professional golfer just a few years ago, is the leader of the Deutsche Bank Championship after Sundayâs play.
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Phil Mickelson is finishing off a record season for himself this week at The Tour Championship, but mentally he&#39;s been through for a while.
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This yearâs first major tournament was a reminder that the desire born of economic despair and cultural upheaval is a powerful motor for an athlete.
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PGA tour rookie of the year Brandt Snedeker has fought off a case of the quick-hooks with the driver, a condition that has driven most of those afflicted by it out of the game.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - How fitting it was that a rookie, a second-round draft pick, no less, was the difference-maker down the stretch last night in a game between teams stocked with veterans, and one of them oozing in playoff experience.
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On top of the leaderboard at the Chrysler Classic of Greensboro, he began having visions of his first PGA Tour victory. But Ogilvie struggled with his putting the rest of the