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Floridian owner impressed with Obama's game

Jim Crane
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President Obama "played well" on Sunday, said Houston Astros owner Jim Crane, who also owns The Floridian and hosted Obama and Tiger Woods.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

No official word yet from either President Obama or Tiger Woods about their round of golf on Sunday, but their host is talking.


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It's good to be Tim Rosaforte today

Tiger Woods and Tim Rosaforte
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Tim Rosaforte presented Tiger Woods with an award back in 2007; on Sunday, he broke the news of Woods' round with President Obama.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

As we all know by now, President Obama played golf with Tiger Woods down in Florida today.


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Tiger Woods and President Obama playing golf today

President Obama and Tiger Woods at the White House
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Tiger Woods and President Obama have met in the White House but, until today, never on the golf course.

While several of golf's big stars are walking the fairways at Riviera today, it's fair to say that the game's most powerful pairing is playing a round 3,000 miles away in Palm City, Fla.

President Obama, as we all know, is spending this weekend down at The Floridian, playing golf and taking lessons from the likes of Butch Harmon and his son, Claude Harmon III.


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TaylorMade RocketBallz Stage 2 Driver hotter than the original

TaylorMade RocketBallz Stage 2 driver
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The clubface on the TaylorMade Stage 2 driver is even bigger than on the original edition, which makes the Stage 2 even easier to hit for golfers of every skill level.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

No golf club created more of a sensation in 2012 than the RocketBallz driver from TaylorMade, so the 2013 introduction of its successor – called the RocketBallz Stage 2 – is a noteworthy event.

This new edition has a lower and more forward Center of Gravity, a more aerodynamic head shape and an expanded face that, TaylorMade says, all combine to generate up to nine more yards of distance for better players compared to the first-generation RBZ driver.


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Keegan Bradley's history lesson on anchored putting

Old photo of golfer anchoring belly putter
Keegan Bradley via Twitter
Keegan Bradley took to Twitter on Friday to show us this photo of a golfer from many decades ago anchoring a putter to his body.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

By now, we all know Keegan Bradley's stance on the issues of belly putters and the proposed anchoring ban.

On Friday, he let a picture do the talking in his ongoing contention that the USGA and R&A ought to drop their plans to ban the anchoring of putter strokes and, therefore, keep long putters legal and valid.


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Cleveland 588 MT irons made for medium-high ball flight

Cleveland 588 MT iron
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The clubhead length is constant throughout the Cleveland 588 MT iron set, but the height of the face increases progressively in the higher-lofted clubs to make those clubs more useful in getting the ball up in the air.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

The new 588 MT Irons from Cleveland Golf get their name from their flight pattern – the MT stands for mid-trajectory.

Engineered to product a medium-height ball flight, the 588 MT iron set blends long irons made especially to be easy to hit with more traditional short irons. The clubhead length is constant throughout the set, but the height of the face increases progressively in the higher-lofted clubs to make those clubs more useful in getting the ball up in the air.


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President Obama to get golf lessons from Harmons

President Obama
OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE PHOTO BY PETE SOUZA
President Barack Obama is headed to Palm City, Fla., for some golf instruction from Butch Harmon and son, Claude III.
By T.J. Auclair

Series: Golf Buzz

 


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Happy Valentine's Day from your favorite equipment company

Courtesy of Matrix Shafts
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

Valentine's Day prompted several of golf's most prominent equipment and accessory companies to get creative in their commemoration of love and golf. Some were blatantly commercial, but most were clever and kinda fun. We picked out a dozen or so of the best images and have assembled them in a special photo gallery.

And we closed it out with one very ''punny'' entry from one of our favorite golf characters. So be sure you go to all the way to the end for his groaner of a curtain-dropper.


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Pub Links past champions surprised

Trevor Immelman
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The 1998 U.S. Amateur Public Links champion, Trevor Immelman, was surprised by the USGA's decision to end the almost century-old event. Like all past champions, Immelman has fond memories of the tournament.
By Steve Eubanks

Series: Golf Buzz

The USGA’s recent announcement that one of its oldest championships, the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, would be eliminated after 2014 caught a lot of people off guard, including some of the event’s most prominent past champions.


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McGinley will have advantage over Watson in 2014 Ryder Cup: Ian Poulter

Ian Poulter and Paul McGinley
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Ian Poulter gives a thumbs-up to the selection of Paul McGinley as 2014 European Ryder Cup captain.
By John Holmes

Series: Golf Buzz

The 2014 Ryder Cup is still a good year and a half away, but it's already front of mind for Europe's hero of the 2012 match, Ian Poulter.

Poulter has written a column for the April edition of the British golf magazine Golf World in which he says that unheralded European Captain Paul McGinley will have an advantage over U.S Captain Tom Watson.


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