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Todd Anderson: Sand Made Simple (March 2013)

Golf Digest Teaching Professional Todd Anderson offers advice to help you get out of the bunker.

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Feb
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Snow? Practice your golf indoors with this net

By John Strege The nor'easter that buried New England states in snow last week need not have kept golfers from working on their golf games. ProAdvanced Sports has introduced a portable net for practicing...

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Feb
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Golf World Monday: Singh plays under cloud

By Dave Shedloski From the February 11 issue of Golf World Monday: Vijay Singh told Golf World at the Sony Open in Hawaii that he was so excited for the season that he planned to play the PGA Tour's entire West Coast schedule. "My attitude is like I'm 30 again," he gushed. Photo by Getty ImagesThat was before he obtusely admitted in a national magazine that he used a deer-antler spray containing a substance prohibited under the tour's anti-doping policy. Singh's admission, which he later confirmed in a statement, is tantamount to a positive drug test. Singh met with tour commissioner Tim Finchem last week at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, presumably to give his explanation. Related: Was Vijay Singh's biggest crime ignorance? Singh looked out of sorts on the Monterey Peninsula, but he was allowed to play, and he is entered in this week's Northern Trust Open. The obvious question is: Why is Singh permitted to keep competing? The answer is that a decision-making process, and possible appeal, are underway. What seems like a clear-cut case from the outside probably is much less so from where Finchem sits, because the tour is given huge discretion in the severity of sanctions, from maximums of a one-year suspension and $500,000 fine to a minimum of rehab with no suspension or fine. The tour is required to make public any suspension under its anti-doping policy (with the discretionary exception of "drugs of abuse"), but until or unless that happens, the process is confidential. 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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Feb
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Podcast: Paul Azinger on Snedeker's win at AT&T

Listen to the podcast: Zinger's Corner During his win this weekend at Pebble Beach, Brandt Snedeker showed not just prowess on the greens but improved ball-striking skills. In this week's Zinger's Corner, Paul theorizes that Snedeker may be one of a handful of players set to dominate the PGA Tour in 2013."I just believe that this may be one of those years where... these guys that know how to win [will] have a stranglehold on the tour," Azinger says. "Five or 10 guys may hog all the wins." Also mentioned: Rocco Mediate's debut win on the Champions Tour and amateur Lydia Ko's youthful march to victory in another pro start. Download and subscribe to the Zinger's Corner series in iTunes Photo by Getty Images

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USGA announces big shakeup of its championship schedule

By Ryan Herrington For the first time since 1987, the USGA will be adding an event for individual golfers to its championship calendar. And for the first time ever, it will be retiring tournaments. In a simultaneous announcement Feb. 11, the governing body unveiled the creation of men's and women's four-ball championships to be played starting in 2015 while disclosing it would no longer be conducting its men's and women's Amateur Public Links tournaments after 2014. Photo by Getty ImagesThe U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship and U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball Championship will be two-person team competitions played annually between mid-March and late May. There will be no age requirement for eligibility, and partners won't be required to be from the same club, state or country. Each male competitor must have a USGA handicap index of 5.4 or lower. Competitors in the women's event must have indexes of 14.4 or lower. Sectional qualifying will consist of 18-holes of better-ball play with 128 teams reaching the men's championship and 64 reaching the women's. (many qualifiers will be held the previous fall or winter). Related: An inside look at the new USGA After 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying at the championships proper, the fields will be reduced to the low 32 teams that will compete at match play to determine a winner. According to Thomas O'Toole, chairman of the USGA Championship Committee, the popularity of similar events at the state and regional level -- in 2012 more than 150 events, either strictly four-ball or as part of a competition format were held in the U.S. -- made the creation of a national championship seem appropriate. "We've been pretty mindful and steadfast that we would not just jump into something that may be a fade or not have some longevity," O'Toole told Golfdigest.com. "And we think the four-ball is certainly a very well accepted format in this country, and we think it's ripe for a national championship." Conversely, USGA officials concluded that the APL, started in 1922 and currently the USGA's fourth oldest championship, and WAPL (begun in 1977) no longer seemed to be serving the purpose for which they were originally created -- the establishment of a national championships for public, working-class golfers. You have to go back to 1996 and 30-year-old Tim Hogarth to find the last APL champion who wasn't a college-age golfer. And the last everyday golfer who won the event was in 1984 when Bill Massey, a 29-year-old truck driver from Hayward, Calif., took the title. Meanwhile the oldest WAPL champion in the history of the event was Amy Fruhwirth, who was just 23 when she won in 1992. "What it all boiled down to was an essential question: If we were starting over today and founded the USGA, starting the championships, would we created these two championships today?" noted John Bodenhamer, USGA senior managing director, rules, competitions & equipment standards. "And the answer is no because the original mission is no longer needed." Related: How things have been shaken up at the USGA "I think it was part of what I'll call a new vision or new directive from the USGA," said O'Toole since the start of Mike Davis' tenure as executive director in 2011. "We want to govern and make decisions for the right reasons. And if it makes sense to retire this championship from an administrative perspective, then lets do the right thing for the USGA and amateur golf and not avoid or shy away from a hard decision. . . . And this was a hard one." Follow @GWcampusinsider !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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Feb
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Rock of Ages

A trip to remote Scotland reveals more of the game's mysteries.

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Rocco Mediate Is A 'Perfect Fit' For The Champions Tour

Why Rocco the lovable mess is exactly what the senior circuit needs.

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Our Favorites Golf GIFs

A compilation of the best animated golf GIFs.

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Feb
Sun

West Coast trifecta: Woods, Mickelson, Snedeker

By John Strege CBS' Konica Minolta Bizhub SwingVision Camera has never been necessary to identify the weakest swing in golf, historically a distinction belonging to the West Coast portion of the PGA Tour schedule. The couch in January and February is a popular destination for many of the game's elite who toil into December. It wasn't that long ago that the tour season was said to start at Doral, at one time the opener of the Florida swing that served as the run-up to Augusta. And back when half-a-million dollars meant something, the tour attempted to lure them back to work with a $500,000 King of the Swing bonus to the player with the best record on the West Coast. Today, no one is maligning the Arizona-California swing. Brandt Snedeker's three-stroke victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday helped lay waste to the notion that it's golf's equivalent of spring training. Snedeker's victory follows those by Tiger Woods in the Farmers Insurance Open and Phil Mickelson in the Waste Management Phoenix Open, a trifecta of America's three best players and three of the top 10-ranked players in the world. The bonus, then, has been replaced by a penalty for those who chose to take two months off. They're now having to play catch-up, chasing a formidable triumvirate in a season that is only six weeks old. At that, they might be chasing Snedeker all the way to September and the FedEx Cup playoffs. Already this year, Snedeker has finished third (Hyundai Tournament of Champions), tied for second (Farmers Insurance Open), second (Waste Management Open) and first. He also has finished in the top 10 is seven of his last nine tournaments dating to late August, with two victories, three seconds, and a FedEx Cup championship. "He believes in himself now," NBC's Johnny Miller said the week before. "I think he's got a shot at maybe being the best in the world at some point. I think he's just a notch away right now." Heady talk, but not off the mark. Snedeker\ arrived in Pebble Beach sixth in the World Ranking and was expected to move to fourth with his victory. CBS' Jim Nantz noted that since the start of the 2011 season, Snedeker is tied with Woods in PGA Tour victories with four, second only to Rory McIlroy's five wins. "To think what's happened the last four months has been pretty crazy," Snedeker said. "Finishing a tournament like this off with the lead gives me a ton of confidence going into the Masters, the U.S. Open, all the great venues we have. That's next on the list. I've won five times out here now. The important thing now is to win majors." Snedeker closed with a 65 that was borderline flawless to match the near perfection of the winter weather at Pebble Beach. His round on a sun-splashed day included six birdies, an eagle and a lone bogey to extend the tour's streak of marquee winners. Woods to Mickelson to Snedeker is an emphatic and impressive reminder to those on the sidelines that the season starts in January, not in March. 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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Feb
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Champions Tour rookie Rocco looks to end his first event in victory

By Bill Fields BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Rocco Mediate believes the Champions Tour ought to use a simple marketing slogan: These Guys Are Still Good.Mediate, making his senior debut this week at the Allianz Championship, one of the game's best talkers, is walking the walk. He shot an 11-under 61 at the Old Course at Broken Sound Saturday to take a three-shot lead over Tom Pernice Jr. into the final round. A 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole provided the finishing touch, putting Mediate at 16-under 128 after 36 holes.Related: Rocco Mediate at 50Pernice backed up his opening 66 with a 65 to keep himself within striking distance as Mediate, who turned 50 last December, attempts to become the 16th golfer to win his first event on the Champions Tour. Interestingly, Pernice was the most recent player to pull off the feat, at the 2009 SAS Championship.Bernard Langer is in third place at 11 under, followed by David Frost at nine under.Many eyes will be on Mediate Sunday. For his part, he is looking forward to being in contention again and trying to prove himself under pressure."You get to see what you have," said Mediate.He certainly had plenty on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Follow @BillFields1 !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");