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Phil takes all from Tiger on 22nd hole

Phil takes all from Tiger on 22nd hole

Golf Channel LAS VEGAS — Ninety-three yards for $9 million. That’s how The Match was determined. It was an appropriate ending – a contrived finish to a contrived event. Phil Mickelson, on the 22nd hole of [...]

Action, not bets, focus of The Match

Action, not bets, focus of The Match

Golf Channel It was entertaining, even if contrived. Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods baiting each other with what would normally be obscene amounts of money – with Lefty throwing down $100,000 that he birdies the first [...]

What the Fall Season tells us

What the Fall Season tells us

There were eight tournaments, and eight winners, from the East Coast to the West Coast to Asia. The best golfers in the world played it safe (Safeway Open) and gambled (Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in [...]