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    Link Five to watch @ The Mercedes-Benz Championship External website

    Jan 8, 2009

    Golf has to be the only sport where the season opener is met with "hey, is it time for golf again?" rather than "hide the kids and bar the doors, the season's starting!" But it's time...

  • Link Rough Putting: Five Things To Watch In 2009 External website

    Jan 7, 2009

    Golf season starts tomorrow, which means it is time to actually start thinking of the best game with dimples. While the giants take a nap, others will play at the Mercedes Championship, and golf will be...

  • Video Release Loud Golf Clubs Can Damage Hearing

    Jan 7, 2009

    Of all the mind numbing, ear drum bending, noise pollution that bombards us, who would have thought that the impact of a flattened composite on a one and half ounce sphere could hurt your hearing?

  • Link Teeing off with Ark and JB: Should everyone play in Hawaii? External website

    Jan 7, 2009

    Welcome to the 2009 version of Teeing Off, where Yahoo! Sports golf editor Michael Arkush and Devil Ball editor Jay Busbee smack a discussion all over the course. Today's topic: whether we should...

  • Link Rough Putting: Five Young Whippersnappers to Keep an Eye on in '09 External website

    Jan 7, 2009

    Golf season starts tomorrow, which means it is time to actually start thinking of the best game with dimples. While the giants take a nap, others will play at the Mercedes Championship, and golf will be...

  • Link Rough Putting: Five Golfers Whose 2009 Will End Up Disappointing Everyone External website

    Jan 7, 2009

    Golf season starts tomorrow, which means it is time to actually start thinking of the best game with dimples. While the giants take a nap, others will play at the Mercedes Championship, and golf will be...

  • Link Tiger and the 49ers: No. 1, Tiger Woods External website

    Jan 7, 2009

    Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...

  • Link The clown's mouth: Financial woes and Fijian knees External website

    Jan 7, 2009

    Every weekday morning, we'll serve up some of the best in the day's golf writing. Read it on your way to the first tee. Over at Mostly Harmless, The Constructivist wraps up his series on the LPGA's greatest...

  • Link Sergio on the Ryder: the showers were bad, Paddy was worse External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Remember how everyone was saying that Sergio Garcia had turned a corner in his career because he wasn't whining so much, and he was accepting that defeat occasionally comes your way no matter what you...

  • Link Morgan Pressel gets swamped by golf equipment a lot External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Should you happen to find yourself anywhere near Morgan Pressel, I'd recommend covering your head and running away. The woman's head apparently attracts golf equipment like some kind of blonde magnet,...

  • Link Titanium Clubs Could Lead to Hearing Loss External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Here's something you don't hear every day (see what I did there) -- golf, a true example of sport by most accounts, can also lead to hearing loss.A new study by the British Medical Journal shows that due...

  • Link Tiger and the 49ers: No. 2, Padraig Harrington External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...

  • Link Goydos on golf: Why I'm home and not in Hawaii External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Someone asked me the other day if I had spent any time this winter thinking about my playoff loss to Sergio Garcia back in May at the Players Championship. Here's what I told the guy: "Every day."...

  • Link The clown's mouth: Tiger banks easy green; clubs with wings External website

    Jan 6, 2009

    Every weekday morning, we'll serve up some of the best in the day's golf writing. Read it on your way to the first tee.Tiger Woods just made $65K for doing nothing. "Tiger Woods is still on the injured...

  • Link The Devil Ball Golf Fantasy League is now open to everyone! External website

    Jan 5, 2009

    Last week, we opened the door to Year 1 of the Devil Ball Golf Fantasy League, and the league filled up almost instantly. So we've changed things a bit -- we've got ourselves one of those fancy "Fans...

  • Link Vikings kicker lauds all praise on Tiger Woods; still loses External website

    Jan 5, 2009

    Okay, so, you know when you're at the gym, there's always that dude (or dudette) who's lifting more than you, working harder than you, dunking on your head, and towel-snapping you in the shower? (Come...

  • Link Tiger and the 49ers: No. 3, Anthony Kim External website

    Jan 5, 2009

    Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...

  • Link Finchem calls for golf in the Olympics. Hey, why not? External website

    Jan 5, 2009

    PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, suffering away in the dreadful confines of Honolulu in preparation for the start of the season, has decided that maybe it's time for golf to make a run at joining the...

  • Link The clown's mouth: Michelle Wie, Casey Martin, 2009 predictions External website

    Jan 5, 2009

    Every weekday morning in The Clown's Mouth, we serve up some of the best in the day's golf writing. Read it on your way to the first tee. Golf Digest on Casey Martin: Remember Casey Martin, who...

  • Article In the Hole Over Hole in One Prizes

    Jan 5, 2009

    Man wrestles with the state after being accused of illegally offering insurance for hole-in-one games without a license.

  • Link Tiger and the 49ers: No. 4, Vijay Singh External website

    Jan 4, 2009

    Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...

  • Link Tiger and the 49ers: No. 5, Phil Mickelson External website

    Jan 3, 2009

    Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...

  • Link Expect a more mature Sergio in 2009 External website

    Jan 2, 2009

    So far, Sergio Garcia's promising career has been filled with unfortunate behavior. The highlights (more precisely, lowlights) include spitting into the cup after missing a par putt and blaming the golf...

  • Link Tiger and the 49ers: No. 6, Sergio Garcia External website

    Jan 2, 2009

    Welcome to Tiger & The 49ers! It may sound like a Holiday Inn lounge band, but it's Devil Ball's list of the Top 50 golfers playing in the world today. Ranked based on past performance and future potential,...

  • Link Blasting a golf ball through a watermelon? Hey, why not? External website

    Jan 1, 2009

    Check this video. After an insanely long runup, you'll get to see long drive champ Jamie Sadlowski -- a strapping 165 pounds -- drive a golf ball right through a watermelon: I would love to see "driving...