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Provocative Golf Images

Golf World's cover of David Feherty with his pants down got us thinking about other provocative photos of golfers

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David Leadbetter: Perfect Your Posture

Video: When your body is angled properly at the start, you have the foundation for a repeating swing.

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Swing Sequence: Lee and Daniel Trevino

Did Lee Trevino's unique style rub off on his son Daniel? View a side-by-side comparison of their swings and decide for yourself.

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Rory McIlroy, Let's See What You've Got

As Rory McIlroy begins his PGA Tour season, it's time to see if he can take his game to new heights.

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Butch Harmon: My Swing Key For Nerves

Video: Nerves typically make the backswing fast and short. Under pressure, the tendency is to freeze over the ball. To combat this, keep some motion in your fingers and feet.

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TZ: Tee your golf ball the same height every time

By John Strege Teeing the ball at a consistent height is no doubt important (albeit provided you're reasonably consistent in returning the clubhead on the same path), so a young entrepreneur with the help...

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Podcast: Paul Azinger on Riviera's 10th and Obama/Tiger's round

Listen to the podcast By Ryan Herrington With the drivable par-4 10th at Riviera CC again proving pivotal in the outcome of the Northern Trust Open, Paul Azinger recalls his approach to playing the risk/reward hole--and some of the trouble it caused him--in the latest edition of Zinger's Corner. Paul and Golf World editor Jaime Diaz also discuss the benefit of having a someone in the Oval Office who plays golf after President Obama's round yesterday with Tiger Woods at The Floridian (

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Golf World Monday: Did golf push wrestling out of the Olympics?

By Dave Shedloski From the February 18 issue of Golf World Monday: Who knew golf in the Olympics could so quickly become, ahem, a wedge issue? Although there has been no expressed correlation between golf's inclusion in 2016 and the International Olympic Committee's Feb. 12 decision to cut wrestling in 2020, that hasn't stopped wrestling's supporters and various media from making a connection. Photo by Getty ImagesWrestling, like track and field or swimming, dates back to the first modern Olympiad in 1896. Advocates can make several salient points in wrestling's favor, but denigrating golf in the process seems intellectually sketchy. Lest anyone forget, rugby also was added to the '16 Games, and the uninitiated might describe it as wrestling with an oblong ball, which would constitute redundancy. The juxtaposition of golf and wrestling stirs populist angst, as does the notion that wrestling, contested among amateurs whose biggest global competition comes every four years, better exemplifies the true "Olympic spirit." Related: A look back at golf's Olympic history Ultimately, today's IOC seems to tie a sport's relevancy to marketability. Wrestling's supporters are welcome to go to the mat fighting that contention, but golf rightly is getting another shot, having debuted in the second Olympiad in 1900 in Paris and contested again in 1904 in St. Louis. Follow @DaveShedloski !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Is Finchem opposed to anchoring ban? Stay tuned

By John Strege Here we are again, at the intersection of golf and politics, though not to bear witness to the heavyweight pairing of President Obama and Tiger Woods. Nothing so trivial as that. On Monday, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem will convene a conference call with members of the PGA Tour policy board to discuss the USGA's proposal to ban the anchoring of a putter against the body. And if former board member Brad Faxon is correct, the potential ramifications won't be insignificant. Faxon predicts that Finchem will attempt "to persuade the board that the tour should urge the USGA to withdraw the proposed ban," he wrote in a column for Golf.com. Related: What the anchor ban permits and prohibits This would put the tour in direct conflict with golf's governing bodies, the USGA and the Royal and Ancient, who have proposed the ban because they believe it necessary. "This decision gets back to the USGA and R&A feeling that fundamentally golf for 600 years has been about picking up the club, gripping it with two hands and making a free swing away from the body," USGA Executive Director Mike Davis told Golf Digest's Mike Stachura in November. It also would pit two important and powerful entities, the PGA Tour and the PGA of America, against the two governing bodies. Previously, PGA of America president Ted Bishop said that the organization opposes the ban. Faxon also predicts that the USGA won't back off its position and that ultimately the tour will acquiesce. But if it doesn't? Section I in the Rules of Golf, dealing with etiquette ("the game relies on the integrity of the individual to show consideration for other players and to abide by the Rules"), will be tested. The tour conceivably could override the USGA, allowing anchoring as a condition of play on the PGA Tour. But it would have no jurisdiction over the U.S. Open, the British Open or the Masters, none of them PGA Tour events. "If that happens there will be chaos," Faxon wrote, this an understatement. The PGA Tour is not immune from controversy, but neither is it the partner with whom other professional sports are forced to dance with alarming frequency. A solitary player confessing to his use of deer antler spray is a big deal in golf. Elsewhere, it's business as usual. But the possibility, however remote, that the most powerful and visible group in golf might unilaterally choose to play by different rules would qualify as bona fide in the controversy industry. Related: Coming to grips with the anchor ban The USGA and R&A have reserved the right to stand down and allow the status quo to prevail. Ostensibly, that's the purpose of their open comment period, to entertain all opinions before rendering a final decision. Obama beating Woods from the back tees at the Floridian on Sunday seemed more likely than the USGA backing down. As Davis told Golf World editor-in-chief Jaime Diaz recently, "If we don't do what we think is the right thing for fear of a lawsuit, then shame on us. We shouldn't be in the governance business then." All we know for certain at this point is that that Monday conference call will be a spirited one. Meanwhile, Bernhard Langer won the Champions Tour's ACE Group Classic on Sunday using a long putter anchored to his chest, and Webb Simpson was in contention at the PGA Tour's Northern Trust Open using a belly putter. The beat goes on. Follow @JohnStrege!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Barack Obama and Tiger Woods play first round of golf together

President Barack Obama's trip to Florida centered around getting tips from two of golf's top teachers, Butch and Claude Harmon. It wound up including a playing lesson with the sport's biggest name. Related: Why Obama should play more golf Golf World's Tim Rosaforte reported that Obama and Tiger Woods are playing together at the Floridian. Although the two have met before, this is the first time they've hit the links together. "The President is arriving at The Floridian range. Awaiting is Tiger Woods and club owner Jim Crane. Historic day in golf. Their first round," Rosaforte tweeted. Rosaforte later reported that the word from the Floridian pro shop was that Woods holed out from a greenside bunker on No. 1 for birdie. Related: Pictures of Obama playing golf Hopefully, the president was taking notes, though it seems like his work with the Harmons already has him more confident about his golf game. According to Rosaforte: "I don't know who was happier, @43BH (Butch Harmon) and @CH3golf (Claude Harmon) after working with @BarackObama on his swing, or The President after the Harmon tweaking." -- GolfDigest.com staff