R&A proposes to lengthen the famous "Road Hole" No. 17 at St. Andrews by 35 yards, to make it 490 yards. Not sure how we feel about fiddling with this masterpiece.


Someone has started an online petition to stop it. Here's the link to the Petition.

A year since being diagnosed with brain cancer, and undergoing several surgeries, Seve Ballesteros agreed to his first on-camera interview with BBC reporter Peter Alliss.

It's not clear what Seve's prognosis is, but he looks remarkable in the video. He is strong, in good spirits, and keeps his sense of humor. What an inspiration! Live strong, Seve!

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A back nine meltdown cost Australian golfer Andrew Buckle a chance to secure his return to the US PGA Tour in 2010.

Scot Martin Laird has won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals Open, beating George McNeill with a birdie at the third play-off hole for his first US PGA Tour victory.

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Anthony Kim is in the news again, this time not for his late partying. The Golf Channel reports that Kim fired his caddie Eric Larson because he wanted a change. Supposedly the firing was in the works before the President's Cup and had nothing to do with the inciden involving Robert Allenby, who somehow knew that AK was out partying until 4 a.m. (More)

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Wow, Robert Allenby got a little bit testy after being demolished by Anthony Kim at the President's Cup. Allenby criticized AK for coming back to the hotel the night before at 4 a.m., a little "sideways." Allenby called AK a "loose cannon" and the "new John Daly." (More)

Hmm... we don't know all the facts, but even if Allenby's allegations are true, they seem totally out of line. Unless it's established that AK has a drinking problem, then going out partying till 4 a.m. sounds like what twentysomethings do. It's really not Allenby's business what AK does at night. Just play golf, and shut your trap.