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Sep
Mon

Choi, De Roey start fall strong

By Ryan HerringtonGolf World College Players of the WeekSept. 10-16MENAlbin Choi, N.C. StateA six-stroke win at the Tar Heel Invitational was the fifth career victory for the junior from Toronto, tying him for second on...

17

Sep
Mon

New Looks: Adjustable Drivers

The perfect driver is closer to becoming a reality, and the adjustable driver is a huge part of that

16

Sep
Sun

Jiyai Shin smiles ahead of Women's British Open field

By John Strege Only a sunny disposition could counter the horizontal rain that at times on Sunday turned the Ricoh Women's British Open into a survival test. That would explain why Jiyai Shin was smiles ahead of the rest of the field. Her countenance reflects her restored health that has her playing like the best player in the world she once was not so long ago. Shin, 24, won by nine strokes, shattering the record for margin of victory in a Women's British Open, and did so with a triple-bogey on the opening hole of a final round played on a cold, wet and windy day at England's Royal Liverpool Golf Club, hard by the Irish Sea. "This is just what you expect, isn't it, from a British Open?" ESPN's Jane Crafter said of the weather. "This is what it's supposed to be like." This is just what you expect from Shin, as well, this South Korean star who was No. 1 in the Rolex Rankings for 16 weeks just two years ago, occupying the interim between Lorena Ochoa's retirement and Yani Tseng's emergence. This was her second straight victory following nearly two years among the also-rans and delivers a stern message to the nine players that had been ahead of her in the rankings at the outset of the week: She's not only back, but she might be better than ever. Related: A wild year of majors for the men The final round resembled a victory lap, if only one were crazy enough to take a victory lap while holding an umbrella parallel to the ground to counter the horizontal rain. Shin's own umbrella was turned inside out by the wind at one point, which only evoked another smile. Thirty-six holes were played on Sunday, doubling the length of the slog (though the weather was better in the morning). And the nastiness in which the final round was played suggested universal misery. "My best guess was two, three under might win," Judy Rankin told the ESPN television audience. "Never saw double digits. Never thought of it." Shin began the final round at 10-under par, then opened with a triple-bogey 7 that seemed to have confirmed Rankin's suspicions. Instead, Shin proceeded unfazed, a product no doubt of the confidence with which she is playing in a year interrupted by hand surgery in May. A week earlier, Shin had a round of 62 and four rounds in the 60s in winning the Kingsmill Championship, and she had an eight-under par 64 in the second round here. She is known in Korea as the Queen of the Final Round and played up to her reputation at Royal Liverpool, methodically widening her lead, getting to the double digits (10-under) to which Rankin alluded, before settling on a round of one-over par 73 and a 72-hole score of nine-under 279. Related: A look back at Shin's previous Open win The victory was her 10th on the LPGA and second major championship (she won the Women's British Open at Sunningdale Golf Club in 2008), and was an artful demonstration of what is meant by weathering the storm. "If there's nae wind, it's nae golf," the Scots like to say of the game as they perceive it is supposed to be played in the United Kingdom. There was wind and it was golf, the latter played at a remarkably high level considering the elements, by one who has reclaimed her place among the best players in the world. 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");

16

Sep
Sun

Trending: The world's most dangerous golf course

By Derek EversI feel like BBC has taken a bit of liberty calling this arid plot of land in Kabul a golf course, but then again, if you're willing to play a round with armed guards in the middle of the desert, you can call it anything you want. Related: 100 best courses outside the U.S. A popular destination among western diplomats, Afghanistan's only golf course -- Kabul Golf Club -- has seen better days; pot-marked by landmine holes, tank tracks, and greens created using oil to compact the sand, if it's not the world's most dangerous course, it is definitely one of the toughest. In this "Close-up" segment, they play a few holes with the EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Vygaudas Usackas, in what I can only summarize (from afar, mind you) as the least relaxing round of golf ever. Follow @derekevers !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");

15

Sep
Sat

Are the greens aerated? You can still make a bunch of putts

By Jeff PattersonAfter Labor Day passes, it seems course superintendents across the northern states are given free passes to aerate their greens. Never is it as important for your score (and your sanity) to have...

14

Sep
Fri

Video: Ben Crane's version of a mullet

By Sam WeinmanBen Crane has won four PGA Tour events, and has placed inside the top 10 just once in a major championship. Yet when it comes to the creation of viral videos, Crane stands alone among golfers now and all time (Think about it: how many amusing YouTube videos did Hogan make? See what we mean?!).Related: The (much) lighter side of Ben Crane   The latest cinematic effort, which debuted Friday on Golf Channel, is a tale of the follicly-challenged Crane's dalliance with "hair attachments" -- giving Crane a variation of the popular mullet description. Only for him, it's NOTHING up front, party in the back.See for yourself: Follow @SamWeinman !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");

14

Sep
Fri

CI Podcast/Washington's Chris Williams

For the first podcast of the 2012-13 college season, thought it was only appropriate to have on the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world—and the No. 1 golfer on the Golf World college...

14

Sep
Fri

Fitness Friday: Is Jogging a Waste of Time?

Every week my colleague @RonKaspriske, Golf Digest Fitness Editor, presents Fitness Friday on the Instruction Blog. This week he presents the pros and cons (mostly cons) of jogging and gives you a quicker, more effective...

13

Sep
Thu

Could video games get more people to take up golf?

By Alex Myers How do we grow the game of golf? It's a question many around the sport -- from organizations like the USGA and PGA of America, to magazines like Golf Digest -- ask often. But it turns out there are a lot more people playing golf than thought. It's just that their rounds aren't being documented. The reason? The participants are playing from their couches. A recent study by the National Golf Foundation has estimated that 45.5 million Americans who don't play golf do play golf video games. Photo by Getty ImagesAnother stat of note in the study is that the percentage of females playing golf video games (44 percent) is more than double the percentage of females who actually play golf (19 percent). In other words, this virtual participation indicates that there is potential for a lot more people, especially women, to start playing golf, especially once they learn that the real thing can be more rewarding than what they're experiencing on a screen. And they might even keep it up, provided they don't get too discouraged by the scores they'd shoot when the leave the comfy confines of their homes. Related: Our beginner's guide to playing golf Not surprisingly, a large percentage of the roughly 25 million Americans who play golf (about 40 percent) also engage in golf video games. But they make up less than 20 percent of the total number of people playing those games. So why aren't all these people playing Tiger Woods Golf on Playstation showing up at actual courses? Well, the fact that nearly one third of them are younger (ages 6-17) shows that the game could be in the process of growing after all. We may just have to wait for some of these kids to outgrow their controllers. Follow @AlexMyers3 !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");

13

Sep
Thu

The Syllabus: Back to school

By Ryan Herrington If you weren't already excited for the start of the 2012-13 season, this past week should have gotten you fired up as several of the marquee men's and women's teams played their...