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After Further Review: Don't short-change Colonial

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On Colonial and the beauty of a sho rt course : In three weeks the golf world will descend on Erin Hills for the U.S. Open, a course that can be stretched to over 8,000 yards. For the modern professional game, longer has somehow been confused for better, but on Sunday storied  Colonial Country Club  proved that adage wrong – again. At just over 7,200 yards, Colonial is the shining exception to the modern rule, with Kevin Kisner winning the event with a 10-under total over a leaderboard that included a bomber (Jon Rahm), a mid-length player ( Jordan Spieth ) and, well, Kisner. The game doesn’t need longer courses, just more layouts like Colonial. -  Rex Hoggard On the depth of LPGA field : Ten years ago, if you asked me to circle 20 players I thought could win a  PGA Tour  event, I wouldn’t be certain my picks included the winner, even if  Tiger Woods  was playing. If you asked me to do the same in an LPGA event, I’d feel almost certain I had the winner. It’s not like tha
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Langer defeats Singh to win Senior PGA, take senior majors record from Nicklaus

Bernhard Langer  took another step toward becoming the greatest senior golfer of all time on Sunday, beating  Vijay Singh  in what amounted to a one-on-one duel for the Senior PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club, Washington, D.C., in Sterling, Va., about 25 miles from the nation’s capital. Langer pulled out a one-stroke victory at 18-under 270, winning his ninth PGA Tour Champions major title to surpass Jack Nicklaus for the senior major record Langer tied last week in successfully defending his title at the Regions Tradition in Alabama. “It means a great deal to win two majors at age 59,” said the German, who has twice won the Masters and was in contention to win again in 2016. “I’m not sure many people have done that. And to surpass Jack’s record of eight majors out here is pretty neat. I’m a good friend of Jack’s and I think very highly of him and whenever you can do something just similar or close to what he’s achieved, you’ve done something pretty special.” Lock
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Kisner outlasts Spieth, Rahm, O'Hair to win at Colonial

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Kevin Kisner is out of reasons to play for second place. He’s been there way too many times, just shy of the win on the PGA Tour — eight times, in fact, including two already this season. So, on Sunday at Colonial Country Club in Ft. Worth, Texas, he was playing for nothing short of the trophy at Hogan’s Alley. In the end, his go-for-broke style paid off, winning the Dean & DeLuca Invitational by holding off defending champion Jordan Spieth, rising world-beater Jon Rahm and wily veteran Sean O’Hair by a shot with a 10-under 270 total. “You start questioning if you’re going to win again after a while,” Kisner said. “Everybody was questioning if I was ever going to win. Then I win, and then everybody questions if I was ever going to win again.” FORT WORTH, TX – MAY 28: Kevin Kisner celebrates with the Leonard Trophy after winning the DEAN & DELUCA Invitational on May 28, 2017 in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) More Kisner birdied the first th
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Ryder Cup player Overton survives spine infection, says wife

United States Ryder Cup player  Jeff Overton  has survived a "life-threatening" spinal infection after surgery, his wife Christina said on Facebook on Sunday. She used the social media networking service to explain her husband's absence from competitive golf following a period of 10 months during which Overton has played just twice. "After several months off due to a herniated disc, Jeff underwent a minimally invasive procedure in hopes of improving the area," she wrote. "Through the procedure he acquired a life-threatening infection in his spine, forcing him to have an emergency surgery. "After a month in the hospital and acute rehab center, many nights of excruciating pain and uncertainty... we are finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel." She did not say exactly when the surgery occurred. Overton, who turned 34 on Sunday, played on the losing 2010 U.S. Ryder Cup team at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, picking up two points
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Let that pathetic mugshot of Tiger Woods be a reminder

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It’s bad look in every definable way. A worn-out mugshot complete with drooped eyes, two-day stubble and the frazzled hair of a receding hairline. Twenty years and two months ago,  Tiger Woods  burst into global superstardom with a billion-watt grin, clad in Sunday red, soon cloaked in Masters green. He was the fresh-faced future of sports and entertainment and marketing and business. Now he’s 41 and a broken-down golfer, still rich and famous beyond belief, but clearly struggling to find a path in life. Memorial Day brought that new iconic image for this old iconic athlete – a painful, sad expression out of Palm Beach County, where “Woods, Eldrick Tiger” was  booked on suspicion of drunk driving . He was released Monday morning without bail, and later released  a statement  blaming the incident on an “unexpected reaction to prescribed medication.” Tiger has hit bottom before and hopefully this one is the rock. There is nothing funny or entertaining about this one, no late-ni
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Pro golfer admits to 'frustrating' on-course outburst after picture emerges

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Zach Johnson didn’t come into this week’s Dean and Deluca Invitational in the best vein of form, but his history at Colonial Country Club is so stupidly good (T-17, T-19, 73, 3, 1, 4, 1, T-9 every year since 2010), that he no-doubt thought he could turn things around this week. But, unfortunately for ZJ, it wasn’t to be. He followed an opening round 67 with back-to-back 75s, leaving him near the tail-end of the leaderboard. Then, to make matters worse, a picture began circulating from his third round appearing to show the aftermath of a temper tantrum from Johnson, ordinarily one of the coolest heads on tour. View image on Twitter  Follow Michael Martin   @michaelmartinut Zach Johnson with a major meltdown after being put on the clock. Dumped all his clubs out of the bag! 10:41 PM - 27 May 2017     283 283 Retweets     644 644 likes Twitter Ads info & Privacy Johnson, a class-act in every sense of the word, didn’t pull an
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Kim Si Woo: Ready to switch clubhouse for military barracks after Sawgrass win

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Kim Si Woo might have become the youngest ever winner of the Players Championship, but the 21-year-old from Seoul won't be receiving too much special treatment back in South Korea. That's because all able-bodied South Korean men must complete military service between the ages of 18 and 35 as the country is still technically at war with neighbor North Korea, While exemptions are offered to athletes who medal at the Olympic Games or win gold at the Asian Games, significant achievements on the PGA Tour do not yet warrant an exception. CNN Sport   ✔ @cnnsport WATCH: Rafa Cabrera Bello's stunning double-eagle at  # TPCSawgrass  - the first ever on the par-5 16th 9:01 PM - 15 May 2017     Retweets     2 2 likes Twitter Ads info & Privacy "I really wish I could have that benefit," Kim, who is only the second South Korean after K.J. Choi to reign supreme at Sawgrass, told reporters throu
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