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Tiger Woods Got Famous…

March 7, 2010
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Tiger Woods Got Famous…

The Tiger Woods scandal has long overrun its course, IMHO. To me, it's just another story about a somewhat normal person who became corrupted by the trappings of fame and fortune. Irene Folstrom, his ex-college girlfriend describes the pre-famous Tig...
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Is Phil Mickelson a Cheater?

February 3, 2010
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Is Phil Mickelson a Cheater?

Phil Mickelson has long been rumored to be one of the least popular players amongst his peers on the PGA Tour. But now his popularity is dipping to new lows over his use of 20-year-old Ping Eye2 square-groove wedges that sidestep the new groove rule. ...
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Tiger Woods Rumors Lure the Tabloids to Golf…

December 2, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Tiger Woods Rumors Lure the Tabloids to Golf…

The tabloid media has grown in prominence dramatically over the last several years. Gossip around the private lives of celebrities has overtaken actually substantive topics across America's water coolers. Nothing is more telling than the simultaneous...
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Whad’Ya Know? Wie Actually Won!

November 25, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Whad’Ya Know? Wie Actually Won!

Well, it finally happened. Michelle Wie actually won a legitimate professional golf tournament. It occurred at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational over some of the top women golfers in the world.While I've always thought that Michelle would win on the pro ...
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The FedEx Cup Still Sucks

September 24, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
The FedEx Cup Still Sucks

I don't know about you, but I could care less about the FedEx Cup. I know that they made some major changes this year to avoid last year's debacle where the winner was decided before the final event even started (a disaster many people including mysel...
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Rancho Park’s Arnold Palmer Tribute?

May 15, 2009
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Rancho Park’s Arnold Palmer Tribute?

A couple years ago, I moved about 20 miles west to the beach town of Santa Monica, CA. As a result, my home course went from the Rose Bowl parking lot to Rancho Park, former home of the L.A. Open. On the par-5 18th tee, there's an interesting plaque ...
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Congrats to The Golf Space!

April 25, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Congrats to The Golf Space!

The golf blog community is generally composed of kind and supportive people who simply want to write about that crazy game we somehow love. One of the best golf bloggers out there is my friend Tony K. who created the Hooked On Golf Blog. It is defini...
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Sally Jenkins’ Premature Prognostication

March 29, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Sally Jenkins’ Premature Prognostication

A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine emailed me an article written by Sally Jenkins about Tiger Woods' post injury return to golf.What shocked me most about this article was the writer's prematurely drawn conclusions about Tiger's golf game. Just r...
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Henrik Stenson, Golf’s First Male Underwear Model?

March 17, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
Henrik Stenson, Golf’s First Male Underwear Model?

There were a couple of important things we learned from the 2009 CA Championship at Doral Golf Resort & Spa:Mickelson's game is in top form heading into the MastersTiger Woods' swing is the best it has looked since perhaps 2000Henrik Stenson wears tigh...
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SwingVision – Tiger Woods Driver

February 23, 2009
By Golf Grouch at Grouchy Golf Blog
SwingVision – Tiger Woods Driver

To commemorate Tiger Woods' return to the tour this week at the Accenture World Match Play Championship, I dug up a SwingVision video from a couple of years ago showing him hitting driver off the tee. As you can see, Tiger tees the ball low for greate...
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