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Player comments on playing conditions at PGA Championship

August 11, 2011 By
Good news/bad news: Bad news first? I only had time to get three interviews done today. Good news? The interviews were with the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 7 golfers IN THE WORLD. As always, these interviews are 1-on-1, ...

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Exclusive: photos of damage to No. 14 green

August 10, 2011 By
The PGA just announced that there was damage to two greens. Previously it was mentioned that No. 17 had sustained damage, but only now has it become public that No. 14 green was also damaged. I happened to be at ...

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Press release from the PGA of America regarding greens damage

August 10, 2011 By
From the release: During this evening’s golf course greens maintenance at the Atlanta Athletic Club, there was minor damage caused to the edges of both the 14th and 17th greens. This damage is believed to be the result of a ...

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"You won’t even be able to tell."

August 10, 2011 By
After months — no, years — of preparation, it had to happen on Wednesday night. There was the maintenance crew on The Golf Channel, surrounding a chunk of damaged turf on No. 17 green. The TV crew chuckled, “that’s cutting ...

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No train? No pain.

August 10, 2011 By
One photo I have not — and will not — get at the PGA Championship is the “fairway mower train” shot that I’m so fond of. You know the photos. A string of 8 fairway mowers or more, chopping down ...

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Tour players comment on Atlanta Athletic Club conditions

August 10, 2011 By
As always, these are all 1-on-1 interviews straight from my voice recorder to you — you won’t find these sound bites anywhere else. Here we go: JIM FURYK: (The course is) perfect. I don’t think we’ve played a course in ...

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