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My Town: Erik Compton's Miami

Variety is the spice of local life for this Tour rookie and South Fla. native.

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By Addressing His Weaknesses, McIlroy Strengthened His Game

Has Rory McIlroy's victory brought about a change of the guard?

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The Style Blog: Easy Fashion

When I was eight years old my father taught me how to knot a tie by showing me how to make a double Windsor (he never really liked doing anything the easy way). I picked...

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How He Hit That: Rory's Stellar Bunker Shots

Editor's Note: Every Monday Kevin Hinton, Director of Instruction at Piping Rock Club in Locust Valley, N.Y. and one of Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers, tells you how a tour player hits a key...

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A century after his birth, Ben Hogan still fascinates

By Bill Fields A century since his birth, on Aug. 13, 2012 in Stephenville, Texas, Ben Hogan still fascinates. He was a man -- and most especially a golfer -- different from most. Hogan came up hard and played hard, and he saved his soft side for a few. To think of Hogan is to think of a quest to get better and the effort, the physical and mental sweat, that it took. Writers (James Dodson, Curt Sampson, even the LPGA player Kris Tschetter in a memoir of the "Mr. Hogan" she knew) have effectively probed behind the curtain to reveal the man in recent years. We know more now than did those who marveled at his technique and perseverance -- his singularity -- in the middle of the 20th century, but some things still cause pause. How could Hogan have won six of his nine majors after the 1949 car-bus accident that nearly killed him, devastating his body? It doesn't seem possible, yet he did so by applying himself to a pursuit of perfection that wasn't a slogan, but a way of life. There was no mystery nor secret to the toil on the journey to the trophies. As Lanny Wadkins says on "American Triumvirate," a solid Golf Channel documentary about Hogan, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead that premieres today at 9 p.m. EDT, "I never saw him take a shot off." That's simple praise for a complicated man, advice as valuable in this century as the last. I was lucky enough to spend a bit of time around Nelson and Snead in their later years, more with the latter, as they happily got more recognition for their groundbreaking achievements. The two men, as different as Texas and Virginia, were pleasures in their distinctive ways to be around, proud someone wanted to poke around their accomplishments and acknowledge the way it had been. Related: Ben Hogan's timeless swing tips As for Hogan, I regret I never got the chance to talk with him, shake his hand, sense the powerful presence, get fixed in his stare. The closest I got to him was in Pinehurst, 1974, at the opening of the World Golf Hall of Fame, when I was kid standing amid pine trees observing a man in suit who had dressed up competitive golf as few ever have. On the centennial of Hogan's birth, I have to be content to know people who knew him. A hundred years from now, no one will be able to have even that opportunity. But golfers will still care about the golfer who cared so much. 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");

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Cigar holder of choice for golf's 'world's most interesting man'

By John Strege (Getty Images) Those watching the PGA Championship on TNT on Sunday morning might have seen a close-up of a cigar in some sort of golf ball cigar holder staked in the ground....

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Video: Highlights from Rory's latest romp at the PGA

By Alex Myers Rory McIlroy ran away from the field at Kiawah's Ocean Course to win the 94th PGA Championship by eight shots. The result broke Jack Nicklaus' tournament record for margin of victory and gave the 23-year-old a second major title in blowout fashion. Related: The shots that defined the PGA Championship McIlroy entered Sunday's final round with a three-shot lead, but after scrambling from wood chips to make a birdie on the par-5 second and following that up with a birdie on No. 3, there was never much drama. He closed with a bogey-free 66. Here are the highlights of the final round that include Tiger Woods stalling again at a major and Ian Poulter making an incredible charge up the leader board early: McIlroy is the youngest player since Seve Ballesteros to get to two major titles and he joins a small group of golfers that includes Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Gene Sarazen to win multiple majors before turning 24. Related: Sunday's winners and losers from Kiawah The man from Northern Ireland also ascended back to the top spot in the Official World Golf Rankings. After this latest dominant performance, something tells us there aren't going to be many people objecting to that. 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");

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PGA Championship: The Shots That Defined the PGA Championship

These are the shots that shaped the outcome at Kiawah

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Immelman emerges from trying few years to get another major shot

By Pete McDanielKIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- In the pre-tournament conversation dominated by the difficult Ocean Course and the players most likely to challenge for the title in the 94th PGA Championship, fading lights like Trevor Immelman were no more than an after-thought. Fifty-four holes later, the 2008 Masters champion has thrust himself firmly into the discussion.Immelman shot a two-under 70 in the rain-delayed third round to earn a spot in the penultimate group alongside Adam Scott and Steve Stricker. If not for a missed par putt on the 18th Sunday morning, he would have been in the final pairing with leader Rory McIlroy (7 under) and Carl Pettersson (4 under).Related: Trevor Immelman's swing sequence"I actually just misread that putt,'' Immelman said. "I hit it exactly where I wanted. I was expecting it to just fall left and it went the other way. So, not ideal but all in all I came back and played pretty solid this morning.''Solid is a word that has been missing from Immelman's vocabulary in recent years, mainly because of a stubborn wrist injury that affected both his play and mental outlook."There were times when I wondered if I'd ever get back to playing the way I like to play,'' admits the 31-year-old.The dark cloud over Immelman's career began building the year after his three-stroke victory over Tiger Woods that made him only the second South African to win the coveted green jacket (Gary Player was the first). Because of the wrist injury, he played in only 13 events in '09. Although he played in six more tournaments in 2010, he finished 163rd on the money list. Last year, however, both his wrist and game began showing signs of being fully mended as he improved to 81st in earnings."To be honest with you, the last year the wrist has been a non-factor,'' said Immelman, "and my health is the best it's been. Like I've said during the week, I've been working my butt off trying to get back in this situation. So, it's nice to be here.''Immelman, who still uses older brother Mark as a compass for his swing, made his reputation on consistent ball-striking and a better-than-average short game. Both have served him well this week.Related: Trevor Immelman's tips for blasting it out of the sand"I came here this week with some fresh ideas and my confidence started growing,'' said Immelman, ranked 156th in the world. "I started hitting shots that I was familiar with. More importantly, I was familiar with the misses I was hitting. And I was kind of understanding why they (the misses) were happening. And my short game has been real good. I've made some putts and I've chipped in a couple of times.''He believes continued good form and the experience of being in a major championship cauldron on Sunday afternoon just might make him the main topic of conversation come dinnertime. Sorry, I mean, suppertime."At the end of the day I look forward to these,'' he said. "I've won one of these before, so I can go out there and have a go and see what happens. I've got that in my back pocket. I know what it's going to feel like. I know what it takes. And, if things go my way, you never know what happens.''

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Woods fights his way back into picture

By Dave KindredKIAWAH ISLAND,  S.C. -- He's not out of it yet, Tiger Woods insisted Sunday morning. After finishing a storm-delayed third round with his best back-nine score of the week, a two-under-par 34, he stood five shots behind leader Rory McIlroy and said, "I fought my way into it."(Photograph by Getty Images)Though Woods has never come from behind in the last round to win any of his 14 major championships, he said, "Absolutely, I'm right there. I was at one point six back, and we had a lot of holes to play. So I was very encouraged the way I dug down deep and got this thing turned around and gave myself a chance going into this afternoon."  Woods's third-round 74 followed days of 69 and 71 that gave him a tie for the 36-hole lead. As he let slip good halfway scores at both this summer's U.S. and British Opens, Woods finds himself in need of an unprecedented comeback in Sunday's last 18 holes. He found encouragement in his strong iron play on the back side where he made three birdies on short putts and had looks at three more from 25, 20, and 18 feet.Related: Tiger's footwork fuels good iron playWoods began the morning play missing an 8-foot par putt at the 8th hole. He finished the front at four-over-par 40. He had made only one birdie in his last 23 holes and none in the previous 15. That changed at the par-5 11th when hed dropped a wedge to eight feet and made the putt. He also birdied the 13th from 12 feet and the 16th when he left a 20-foot eagle putt a foot short.Related: Tiger's stalled comebackHis plan for the afternoon: "Just give myself chances, give myself looks. This golf course, you can take a double and a triple in a heartbeat without hitting bad shots. Just keep myself there where I'm right in it with a few holes to go because, as we saw at the last major championship we played, anything can happen." Follow @DaveKindred !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");