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Pro Golfer: Who Needs a Coach? I Have YouTube

Y.E. Yang spends a lot of time watching video clips of other pros

(Newser) - South Korean golfer Y.E. Yang made a surprising revelation to reporters today: He split with his coach more than a year ago and replaced him with YouTube, reports AFP . "I've tried to put a lot of methodology into it," he said. "I've researched quite...

Tiger Woods' Ex-Caddy Hits Golfer With Racial Slur

Steve Williams' remark shocks awards ceremony

(Newser) - Tiger Woods' old caddy shocked the professional golfing world yesterday by calling Woods "that black arsehole," Deadspin reports. Accepting an award for "best celebration" yesterday in Shanghai, Steve Williams was asked why he called Adam Scott's win at the Bridgestone Invitational the greatest victory of Williams'...

Brandon Kelly Threw Hot Dog at Tiger Woods to 'Do Something Epic'
Man Threw Hot Dog at Tiger to 'Do Something Epic'
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Oct 12, 2011 8:16 PM CDT

Man Threw Hot Dog at Tiger to 'Do Something Epic'

Brandon Kelly was also inspired by the movie 'Drive'

(Newser) - Some people are inspired by Tiger Woods. Others are inspired to throw frankfurters at him. In the case of Brandon Kelly, the 31-year-old who launched a hot dog in Tiger Woods' direction on Sunday, inspiration also came compliments of Hollywood. "I threw the hot dog toward Tiger Woods because...

Tiger Woods Falls Out of Golf's Top 50

It's the first time in 15 years Woods has not been in top 50

(Newser) - What a difference a few years and too much exercise between the sheets can make. For the first time in 15 years, Tiger Woods is no longer in golf's top 50, reports CNN . Woods had been tied for 50th with Louis Oosthuizen, but Oosthuizen tied for fifth in a...

Before Speech, Biden and Boehner Talk About ...

Yep, golf, as hot mic reveals

(Newser) - Moments before President Obama's big jobs speech, a hot mic caught a private conversation between John Boehner and Joe Biden. Secret strategy? Tense words? Nope, just golf, and a lot of it, as Boehner regales with tales of a recent outing. Also: Boehner greeted Biden by joking, "I'...

Hate Golf? Try Playing it Just Once Annually

As Jason Gay discovered, the method can make you love it again

(Newser) - Jason Gay once had the "golf plague." "I met enthusiastic friends at 6:30am and schlepped out to New Jersey to play at drab suburban clubs happy to charge us $150 to hack their crowded turf. We would dodder around for hours, drink stale $9 beer, lose...

6-Year-Old Golfer Sinks Hole-in-One

Poor Braden Hill now wants an ace every round

(Newser) - After sinking a hole-in-one at a Maui golf course last month, 6-year-old Braden Hill has a new opinion of the game: He thinks holes-in-one are easy ... and thinks he should get one all the time, the Detroit News reports. Hill picked up his first golf club at the wee age...

Time's Up for Tiger Woods, Tag Heuer

Swiss watch firm ends sponsorship deal after sex scandal

(Newser) - If you thought the fallout from Tiger Woods' sex scandal had long since ended, well, you'd be wrong. Tag Heuer has become the sixth firm to end a sponsorship deal with Woods following the revelation of his many affairs , the Telegraph reports. The Swiss luxury watch maker reportedly exited...

Tiger Woods Fires Caddy Steve Williams
 Tiger Fires Longtime Caddie 
Jul 21, 2011 2:25 AM CDT

Tiger Fires Longtime Caddie

'It's time for a change' after 12 years, Woods says

(Newser) - Tiger Woods parted ways yesterday with Steve Williams, the man who’s been lugging his clubs around for 12 years. “I want to express my deepest gratitude to Stevie for all his help, but I think it's time for a change,” Woods said in a statement. He...

N. Ireland's Clarke Hangs on to Win British Open

Phil Mickelson had given chase

(Newser) - On another windy, wet and wild day at the British Open, Darren Clarke endured to win the British Open by three shots and give Northern Ireland another victory in one of golf's signature events. Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell have won the last two U.S. Opens. Now, it'...

Meet Most Overlooked Babe in Sports

New book looks at the life of multi-sport athlete Babe Didrikson

(Newser) - Arguably the greatest American athlete named Babe would have turned 100 this weekend, and it's not the Babe you think. Babe Didrikson—the only woman in the top 10 of SI's list of the top 100 athletes of the 20th century—won two gold medals and one silver...

Larry David: I'm Terrible at Golf


 Note to Self: 
 I'm Hopeless 
 at Golf 
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Jun 27, 2011 1:43 PM CDT

Note to Self: I'm Hopeless at Golf

Comedian comes to terms with his deepest flaw

(Newser) - Larry David has been playing golf for years, and now, he’s finally acknowledged the fact that he’ll never be good at it. But acceptance didn’t come easy for the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, he writes in the New Yorker . In fact, it was “the final stage...

Obama, Boehner Tee Off in Golf Summit

They hit the links with Joe Biden, John Kasich

(Newser) - Who knows what they'll talk about in the cart— foreign policy , maybe?—but President Obama and John Boehner have begun a round of golf together at Andrews Air Force Base, reports Politico . They're joined by Joe Biden and Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, notes AP . "Did...

Injured Tiger Woods Will Skip US Open

Leg will keep him out for first time since 1994

(Newser) - Another rough milestone for Tiger Woods: He will miss the US Open for the first time since 1994 because his leg still hasn't healed, reports USA Today . Woods messed up his left knee at the Masters in April while hitting from an awkward spot, and he says it'...

Trump Fences Scot&#39;s House, Bills Him for It


 Trump Fences 
 Scot's House, 
 Bills Him for It 
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Jun 5, 2011 2:57 PM CDT

Trump Fences Scot's House, Bills Him for It

'I'm not paying any attention to it,' says golf course neighbor

(Newser) - Donald Trump is used to picking fights with the media, would-be apprentices, and the president of the United States, but now he's throwing daggers at quite a different target: David Milne, a Scottish neighbor of Trump's planned "best golf course in the world," who refuses to...

Golf Diplomacy: Boehner, Obama Will Hit the Links

Bigwigs will play a round together next month

(Newser) - Maybe a little two-person best ball to decide the debt ceiling? John Boehner has accepted President Obama's invitation to go golfing, reports Politico . The two avid duffers will head out June 18, though the remaining two in the foursome haven't been announced. ( Rush Limbaugh probably won't...

It's Official: Tiger Woods, at No. 12, Is No Longer in Top 10 World Golf Ranking
 Tiger Woods 
 Sinks to No. 12 
May 23, 2011 11:30 AM CDT

Tiger Woods Sinks to No. 12

New golf rankings place Woods outside of Top 10 for first time since 1997

(Newser) - It's official : Tiger Woods is no longer in the top 10: Woods fell from 8th to 12th in world rankings published today. The golfer, who is out with left knee and Achilles injuries, hasn't won a tournament since the Australian Masters 18 months ago. Lee Westwood of...

End of an Era: Tiger Woods Losing Top 10 Golf Rank

It will be the first time since 1997

(Newser) - When the new world rankings in golf come out Monday, the name Tiger Woods won't crack the top 10 for the first time in 14 years, reports AP . Woods has been on a steady decline in the rankings since his scandal, and he had to drop out of his...

Seve Ballesteros Dies: Golf Great Succumbs to Brain Cancer
 Golf's Seve Ballesteros 
 Dead at 54 
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May 7, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Golf's Seve Ballesteros Dead at 54

Golfer succumbs to brain cancer, 'mulligan of my life'

(Newser) - Seve Ballesteros, a five-time major champion whose passion and gift for imaginative shot-making invigorated European golf and the Ryder Cup, has died from complications of a cancerous brain tumor. He was 54. A statement on Ballesteros' website early today said the golf great died peacefully at 2:10am local time,...

Non-Golfer Will Practice 6 Years, Try to Turn Pro

All to test 10,000-hour theory of greatness

(Newser) - In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell popularized the notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become great at something. Portland's Dan McLaughlin is testing the theory in a remarkable way: The 31-year-old quit his job in June 2009 and devoted himself to practicing golf six hours...

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