B San Francisco on NBC produced: the most-watched final round in four years; the most-watched third round in a decade; and the most-watched combined Saturday-Sunday coverage in
four years.
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In an interview in the July issue of Golf
Magazine, Ernie Els said David Feherty’s jokes
about Els’ putting stroke were “a low blow” and
called the CBS Sports analyst a “shock jock.”
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The caddie for Jose Manuel Lara was
banned by the European Tour after hiding an
extra club from Lara’s bag in a bush at the
BMW International Open in Germany on Thursday. Lara was disqualified after European Tour
officials discovered that his caddie, Mathias
Vinson, created a ruse on the second hole of
the round to dispose of the 15th club.
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Rory McIlroy has missed
four cuts in his past five
tournaments and, according to one observer,
wafted at his final putt
in the U.S. Open with an
absent-mindedness to
suggest he could not wait to
board the latest departure of
“Wozilroy Airlines” fast enough.
His belle, Caroline Wozniacki,
meanwhile, has lost four of
her past six matches and is
without a WTA title in 10
months. From entering
this season’s Australian
Open as the world
No. 1 in women’s
tennis, Wozniacki
enters Wimbledon on Monday
barely scraping a
place in the
top 10.
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University of Alabama freshman
Justin Thomas was named winner of the 2012
Haskins Award as the nation’s top collegiate
golfer.
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The European Tour has reminded players
that they face disciplinary action for breaching social media rules after James Morrison
of England recently criticized the Wales Open
in an online post.
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Nick Faldo has been named the 2012
Rory McIlroy:
wrong ball
