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Dubai to host the richest tournament in 2009

Another “the race to” tournament… just great The world’s richest golf tournament in 2009 will be in Dubai. A $10 million purse with a $1.66 million prize for first place is the prize money. This is the European Tour’s answer…

Category: Golf Media, PGA Tour

Curtis Strange inducted into the hall of fame

Curtis Strange won the US Open two years in a row. Not an easy thing to do. He won 17 times and was the first to break the $1,000,000 mark on the PGA Tour. Now you barely make the top…

Category: European Tour, Golf Media, PGA Tour

2008 PGA Tour playoff schedule changed for Ryder Cup

There’s been a lot of speculation about what would happen in 2008 with the FedEx Cup playoffs ending right before the Ryder Cup. Would that long grind make all the USA players “tired” and produce another ass-whooping by the European…

Category: PGA Tour

PGA Tour drug testing should begin in July 2008

The PGA Tour’s new drug testing policy will be starting around July, 2008. Penalties for failing the tests vary from a one-year suspension for first offense, to a lifetime ban for a three-peat offense. Once again, I say that performance…

Maybe ESPN covering The Masters isn’t a good thing after all

When I first heard the announcement that ESPN was going to be covering The Masters I posted a comment saying it was a good thing. My thought was, given ESPN’s HD capability we’d be seeing Augusta National on TV better…