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Posts about: Hunter Mahan

Sympatico Column: Ames’ Win and Foley’s Role

My latest column examines the role of Sean Foley in Stephen Ames’ win at Disney on the weekend. Given that many think I’ve been pretty hard on Foley — though I’m not sure that’s actually true — I’ll say I really enjoyed my hour-long conversation with him. I’ll post some of that conversation at a [...]


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 [...]


O’Hair, Mahan and Goosen Coming to RBC Canadian Open

The Announcement
The RCGA will host a conference call tomorrow to announce a couple of key players for the field in a couple of week’s time — these include Sean O’Hair, #13 in the world and likely the top-ranked player in the field; Hunter Mahan, #39 in the world; Nick Watney, currently #33 in the world, [...]


Woods Won’t Be In Kentucky; Mahan Backtracks

Apparently Tiger Woods can show up at NFL games, but don’t expect him to rally the  troops at Valhalla. Reports say Woods is staying home, but that if Paul Azinger is looking for advice, he can put Tiger on speed dial:
The closest Tiger Woods will get to the Ryder Cup is in front of [...]


NatPost Column: Zinger Goes To Long John With Ryder Cup Picks

My latest National Post column, on Paul Azinger’s picks for the Ryder Cup team, is now online (and a full day earlier than the print edition!).
Here’s a taste:
Paul Azinger used his Ryder Cup captain’s selections Tuesday to pick a heck of a scramble team.
Problem is, the Ryder Cup hasn’t added the scramble to the formats [...]