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2016 Year In Review: Part Nine

Previous posts: Part One – Part Two – Part Three – Part Four – Part Five – Part Six – Part Seven – Part Eight

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2016 Year In Review: Part Five

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2016 Year In Review: Part Two

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2016 Year In Review: Part One

Over the past twelve months, golf has been on one hell of a ride. The highs were absolutely dizzying. Young stars have taken over at the top of the game, but players like Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson proved that they are far from done. Dustin Johnson finally got his major win, Jason Day had […]

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Thoughts on the 2016 Masters

1. Danny Willett wins his first major Danny Willett gets the green jacket. pic.twitter.com/LDG5NbYaHc — Adam Sarson (@Adam_Sarson) April 10, 2016 Danny Willett was unbelievably close to not playing in the Masters. His wife was set to give birth on April 10th, Masters Sunday, and there was no chance that Willett was going to miss […]

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The 42 minutes that cost Jordan Spieth the Masters

I wasn’t born when Jack Nicklaus won the Masters in 1986. I don’t really have any memories of Nick Faldo taking the title in 1996 after Greg Norman slowly imploded in utterly unbelievable fashion down the stretch. I have watched both of those final rounds in their entirety though, and if I had been around […]

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Masters Memories: Scott Hoch’s missed chance

” I just thought, Well, he’s opened the door for me. Then it felt like destiny. ” – Nick Faldo Winning golf tournaments at the professional level is insanely difficult, and the difference between winning and losing in most cases is razor thin. For a lot of players, getting that win is a massive deal, […]

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On Tiger skipping the Masters

” After assessing the present condition of my back, and consulting with my medical team, I’ve decided it’s prudent to miss this year’s Masters. “ The last time we saw Tiger Woods play golf was nearly eight months ago, and with his announcement yesterday that he still has no timetable to return to competitive golf, […]

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2015 Year in Review: Part Six

Previous posts: Part One – Part Two – Part Three – Part Four – Part Five

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Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and eras

Sports fans love to debate. Check any message board or Reddit thread and you’ll see that somewhere, people are having an argument over why their team is better than someone else’s or why Miguel Cabrera is better than Mike Trout (he’s not), or even why their favourite sport is superior to someone else’s, as if […]

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