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Tiger and others skipping the 2006 Mercedes

Tiger is going to skip the season-opening Mercedes in Hawaii. Phil Mickelson hasn’t played at Kapalua since 2001. Retief Goosen and Padraig Harrington are also skipping it this year. Guess they don’t want to waste their time traveling to Hawaii…

Category: Miscellaneous, PGA Tour

Darren Clarke leads Tiger’s tournament

Darren Clarke is playing some of his best golf of the season. Too bad this isn’t really the “official” season. But if he wins, the dough will spend just the same as “official” money does. I try to get into…

Category: Miscellaneous, PGA Tour

Ernie (Erknee) Els wins the Dunhill

Ernie Els (Erknee as I’ve been calling him lately), won the Dunhill Championship in his home country of South Africa. This was only his 2nd real tournament played since his knee surgery. I hope Ernie (and anyone else for that…

POY’s announced

Big surprises all around in the world of golf: Tiger Woods won player of the year on the PGA Tour. Dana Quigley won POY for the Champions Tour. Jason Gore, though he’s on the PGA Tour now, won the POY…

Category: PGA Tour

And the 2006 Q-School graduates are:

The “most grueling event in golf” is over and we have 32 graduates who get their PGA Tour card for 2006. Here they are, what they shot, and their winnings for the event: Medalist John Holmes 69-69-68-67-66-69–408 (24-under) $50,000 2…