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Pete Dye featured on '60 Minutes Sports'

Steve Kroft and Pete Dye
Courtesy of 60 Minutes Sports
'60 Minutes' correspondent Steve Kroft caught up with course architect extraordinaire Pete Dye at Harbour Town.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

I suspect we're all familiar with the ''Real Sports'' program that's a long-running staple on HBO.

Recently, HBO rival Showtime has gotten into the act with a program called ''60 Minutes Sports'' that is, as its name suggests, a sports magazine show based on ''60 Minutes'' and produced by the ''60 Minutes'' production group.

The fourth episode of this program debuts on Wednesday, and will feature a segment on golf course designer Pete Dye.


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The lesson we learn from D.A. Points' equipment

D.A. Points at the Shell Houston Open
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D.A. Points' victory in Houston came with what can only be described as a mixed bag of equipment.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

If you're a major golf equipment company, the Shell Houston Open surely left you with mixed feelings.

D.A. Points waited out a long rain delay Sunday afternoon, then grinded out a one-shot victory that also earned him a spot in the Masters. In his bag was a mix of clubs from TaylorMade and Ping – but most of those clubs were several years old.


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Would two tournaments be better than one?

Marcel Siem and Ariya Jutanugarn
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Marcel Siem and Ariya Jutanugarn celebrated their victories Sunday, after each won a major tour event in Agadir, Morocco, on the same day.
By john Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

This week just past was one of the most unique of the entire golf season. The reason: Two big-time pro golf tours played an event at the same time in the same city.

The setting was exotic Agadir, Morocco. The European Tour staged its Hassan II Trophy at Golf du Palais Royal, while the Ladies European Tour put on its Lalla Meryem Cup at nearby Golf de'l Ocean. It happened because both were sponsored by Morocco's Hassan II Golf Trophy Association.


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Dinner is served at Shark's and Arnie's

Arnold Palmer's Restaurant, Greg Norman's Australian Grille
Arnold Palmer's Restaurant (left) celebrates the good life, says The Daily Meal, while Greg Norman's Australian Grille features a close-up view of the Intracoastal Waterway.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

It seems like almost every city of any size has a restaurant, or more, owned or at least named after a celebrity athlete.


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Photo gallery of Dufnering

Bubba Watson Dufnering
Bubba Watson via Twitter
Bubba Watson went Dufnering in his garage with the General Lee.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

I had some real work to do tonight, but I couldn't quit looking at all the Internet photos of people Dufnering. After that hilarious photo of Jason Dufner slumping on the floor in a grade-school classroom went viral on Thursday, people from Luke Donald to Rory McIlroy to Bubba Watson to Rickie Fowler to everyday golfers far and wide began posting their own photos of themselves, celebrities and even animals engaging in the Internet's latest craze.


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Keegan Bradley's new mental coach is Michael Jordan

Keegan Bradley
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Michael Jordan is enouraging Keegan Bradley to be more cocky and aggressive in the course.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

Move over, Dr. Bob Rotella. The hottest mental coach in golf right now is -- Michael Jordan!

A few weeks ago, we ran a Buzz item about how Luke Donald had turned to His Airness for help with his on-course attitude. And now comes word that Keegan Bradley has done the same.


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TaylorMade and Callaway spar on practice green

TaylorMade Spider Blade and Callaway Versa putters
TaylorMade Spider Blade (TaylorMade) and Odyssey Versa blade (Callaway)
The TaylorMade Spider Blade putter (left) unveiled in Houston on Tuesday, immediately caught the attention of Callaway, whose Odyssey division is marketing its Versa (right) putters.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

No one has been releasing more compelling new equipment and marketing it more aggressively this year than Callaway and TaylorMade. So maybe what happened on Tuesday was inevitable.


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Mondays aren't fun days for pro golfers

Paula Creamer's dog, Studley
Paula Creamer via Twitter
Paula Creamer's dog, Studley, looks as thrilled to go through airport security as his human counterparts.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

As you might suspect, Mondays are usually hectic travel days for professional golfers. And when I'm home, warm and dry, I get a kick out of following all their various travails via social media.

Today seemed like a pretty typical Monday, judging by some of the tweets that rolled by throughout the day. Here are some examples:


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More golf course sinkholes? What are the chances?

Michael Mihal in sinkhole
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Michael Mihal was rescued from a hidden sinkhole in a fairway at Annbriar Golf Course in Waterloo, Ill.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

Most of the golfers I know wanted to put the thought of getting swallowed up by a sinkhole out of their minds as quickly as possible after that guy in Illinois plunged into an 18-foot deep sinkhole in the middle of a fairway a few weeks ago.


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Who exactly beat Georgetown?

Florida Golf Coast newspaper
Charles Warren via Twitter
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

With so many big college basketball games in such a short period of time these days, it's a little difficult to keep up with exactly who's beating whom.

One of the biggest upsets of the NCAA tournament so far was Friday's loss by vaunted Georgetown to upstart Florida Gulf Coast. One newspaper's proofreader clearly had his eye on the little white ball instead of the big orange one, though, as the headline above shows.


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