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Quick news on the Michelle Wie front.

It looks as though Michelle Wie will be headed to stanford come fall where she will attend school. She won’t be able to play golf because she’s already turned pro so she won’t really be following in Tiger Woods’ footsteps.

She seems excited but I’m not sure how long she’ll last over there.

What do you think?

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Not to be outdone by Tiger Woods and his new golf course design company Annika Sorenstam will be doing a little golf course designing of her own.

It was just announced that the world’s number 1 women golfer will redesign the Patriots Point Links Golf Course in South Carolina. The original design was done by Willard Byrd in 1980 and will now be redone by Annika Sorenstam. It’s a par 72 6,925 yard course that skirts the Charelston Harbor.

Annika Sorenstam is already helping to design a new course in South Africa but this will be her first in the States.

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Tigers Woods is once again dominating the field in yet another PGA event. At the WGC American Express Championship in Chandler’s Cross England Tiger Woods shot a 63 first round and followed that up with a 64 second round.

Tiger Woods sits at 15 under par, 5 ahead of the next closest guys, David Howell, Stewart Cink, and Jim Furyk. This is it, the best golfers in the world come together, and Tiger is spanking them around.

Also of note is Vijay Singh who is 21 shots off the lead and Ernie Els, who lives not far from Chandler’s Cross, is eight behind the storming Woods.

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Following a short stint across the pond trying to bring a Ryder Cup victory to the Americans Tiger Woods has resumed his dominance over the rest of the field.

Woods shot a 63 in the first round of the WGC-American Express Championship today to start the tournament with an 8 under. He is followed by Padraig Harrington and Ian Poulter at 7 under and Stewart Cink and Ernie Els at minus 6.

This years WGC includs a stellar field with Jim furyk, Sergio Garcia coming off a great Ryder Cup performance, Luke Donald, Vijay Singh who started the tournament with a 2 over after 1 round, and a host of other great players who are all chasing the steam rolling Tiger Woods.

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Team Europe handed the US Team most convincing defeat Sunday as they hand the US team an 18 1/2 - 9 1/2 victory. That victory matched the blow out dealt to the US team in 2004 where the Europeans were victorious in convincing fashion.

The victory came with a few quirks though. Tiger Woods, who played magnificent;y during his matches was on the seventh green, just beyond the water when his caddie, Steve Williams decided to wash his 9 iron in the pond just shy of where the two were standing. Steve slipped and in went his 9 iron. The amusing thing was Williams looked back at Woods in a way that seemed as though Wiliams was just brushing off what happened. You just dropped the number one players 9 iron in the water!

Woods appeared to shrug it off and laugh a bit, which was all they could do. A diver later retrieved the club and returned it to it’s rightful owner on number 15.

Also interesting on the final day was the fact that the European team could have won in record fashion, breaking their 2004 mark. However in what would become a deciding gentlemenly gesture, Paul McGinley gave American J.J. Henry a 25 foot putt on the 18th hole which allowed the Americans an extra half point.

Although there was still players out on the course, the European team had the cup won and McGinley thought it the right thing to do. He probably will be getting some crap for that but that doesn’t erase the fact that those guys spanked the Americans.

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Tiger Woods was down by three strokes to Vijay Singh coming into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship. Vijay, who had just shot a course record, tour record, in the rain the day before. Vijay who is on any given day fully capable of challenging Tiger Woods in a golf match.

But the day belonged to Tiger, Tiger woods would shoot an 8 under 63 to top Vijay by three strokes in the tournament and leave the rest of the field where he’s been leaving them over the past few weeks, in the dust and just scraping for the leaderboard and a share of the money.

Tiger Woods showed us that Sunday’s round was just a fluke, he came out blazing and never looked back, playing the first 7 hole sin 6 under par. He was smashing second shots on par 5’s within 10 feet, like the 3 wood he dropped just 10 feet from the hole while he was 266 yards out. Most people cower in the corner while standing over a shot like that.

Tiger Woods is on a role, we can’t wait to see how he fairs in the next tournament and will be sure to keep you up to date.

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Medinah Country club, designed by Tom Bendelow and first opened in 1925 will host the 2006 PGA Championship.

Measuring 7,561 yards long, the Number 3 course is the longest course in major championship history. Located just outside chicago it’s this years last chance for the world’s best players to gain a major championship in the year 2006.

On hand will be of course Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson, last weeks International winner and Hawaii born Dean Wilson, along with over 100 other challengers who will try and take on the majestic course.

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Just found this great article from espn.com that talks of a golfer in Texas that was able to shot two holes in one, on the same hole, with the same club.

He made the holes in one in a weekend tournament on the sicth hle of the Lubbock course. 174 yards the first day and 178 yards the second day.

ESPN.com - GOLF - Two days, two holes-in-one for Lubbock golfer

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Tiger Woods was “ready to win” as he told reporters this past week during practice rounds at the course in Lemont, Illinois. However, his first round must not have been the round he was thinking about making his move.

Phil Mickelson on the other hand is keeping up his push for the top of every tournament he enters this year. He sites one back of the leaders shooting a 4 under 67 on the par 71 course. A course that measures 7,326 yards (Cog Hill). Vijay Singh also sits at 4 under with a 66 in the first round.

Tiger Woods on the other hand shot a 1 over 72 at Cog Hill, certainly not himself yet. Woods struggled off the tee thursday where he once needed three tee shots just to get a playable ball. That hole ended with a bogey, which was his second straight for the day. His putting was close but not close enough. He did however end the day with a birdie on 18.

4 share the lead after the first day of play; Joe Ogilvie, Lucas Glover, Daniel Chopra and David McKenzie shot a 5-under 66.

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J.J. Henry, not your household name, won his first PGA tour event in front of the home town crowd. The Buick Championship was held in Cromwell, Conn. this past weekend not too far from Henry’s hometown of Fairfield, Conn.

J.J. Henry won with a pretty decisive three stroke lead over secure himself a spot at this years British Open and move him into 26th on the Ryder Cup Team Points list.

His round ended with a par on the 18th hole where he launched a 361 yard drive straight down the middle of the fairway. He chipped on and two putted for par. That capped off four rounds of under par play finishing the last 36 holes with only three bogeys. With the win Henry also took home the $792,000.00 paycheck.

Not bad for your first win on tour.