By Todd Hartley on August 15, 2003
It is a tradition at the PGA Championship, which is under way this weekend at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y., to have the winners of the year’s first three major golf tournaments play together in a threesome for the first two rounds.
Typically, this matchup of the year’s Masters, U.S. Open and British Open champions turns out to be the grouping that draws the big galleries on Thursday and Friday. There is almost always a golf superstar involved, and oftentimes there are three. Continue reading »
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By Todd Hartley on August 23, 2002
I’ve been feeling a little scatterbrained lately, and the best I could do for this week’s column was to compile a random assortment of thoughts from last weekend’s PGA Championship. I beg your forgiveness, as well as your indulgence, as I sweep out the cobwebs of my mind just a smidgen. With luck I’ll be in top form again next week. Thank you.
• As a rule, I have my suspicions about people who would choose to live in places like El Paso, Texas, the home of new PGA champion Rich Beem. But it’s hard not to like a fellow who needs only a bogey to win on the ultimate hole of a major tournament and nevertheless pulls out his driver and crushes the ball. Continue reading »
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