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Presidents Cup Sunday Singles — Yang V. Woods; Weir Takes on Leonard

Sunday singles matches — all 12 of them — have been posted at PGATour.com. Interesting:
Here’s the list with some quick thoughts:
9:10 a.m. – Camilo Villegas INT (0-3-0) vs. Hunter Mahan US (1-1-1)
Villegas has been lousy all week. Americans off to a quick start.
9:21 a.m. – Stewart Cink US (0-3-1) vs. Adam Scott INT (1-3-0)
Surprising that [...]


Five Questions with Ian Andrew on Bethpage: “The hardest course I have ever played.”

Restoration expert and Weir Golf Design partner Ian Andrew played Bethpage Black last fall on a trip to Long Island. As I’ve never played the state park course that will host this week’s U.S. Open, I asked Andrew to sum up his experience and give us a flavor of what to expect.
1) You played Bethpage last year [...]


Augusta Green: Day One at the Masters

Of course there’s lots to read about the first day at the Masters while you’re waiting for the telecast to start. ScoreGolf editor Bob Weeks caddied the Par-3 contest yesterday – and learned something about his loop, Stephen Ames, that perhaps you don’t want to know:
Before I left Dean, I asked for any last-minute advice. [...]