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The Most Overlooked Babe in Sports History

Jun 27, 2011 5:24 PM CDT

Meet Most Overlooked Babe in Sports

New book looks at the life of multi-sport athlete Babe Didrikson

(Newser) - Arguably the greatest American athlete named Babe would have turned 100 this weekend, and it's not the Babe you think. Babe Didrikson—the only woman in the top 10 of SI's list of the top 100 athletes of the 20th century—won two gold medals and one silver...

Note to Self:
I'm Hopeless
at Golf

larry david

Jun 27, 2011 1:43 PM CDT

Note to Self: I'm Hopeless at Golf

Comedian comes to terms with his deepest flaw

(Newser) - Larry David has been playing golf for years, and now, he’s finally acknowledged the fact that he’ll never be good at it. But acceptance didn’t come easy for the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, he writes in the New Yorker . In fact, it was “the final stage...

Golf Summit: John Boehner Joins President Obama for a Round of Golf

Obama,
Boehner
Tee Off in
Golf Summit

Jun 18, 2011 12:04 PM CDT

Obama, Boehner Tee Off in Golf Summit

They hit the links with Joe Biden, John Kasich

(Newser) - Who knows what they'll talk about in the cart— foreign policy , maybe?—but President Obama and John Boehner have begun a round of golf together at Andrews Air Force Base, reports Politico . They're joined by Joe Biden and Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, notes AP . "Did...

Tiger Woods Will Skip US Open, Says Leg Still Hasn't Healed

Injured
Tiger Woods
Will Skip
US Open

Jun 7, 2011 4:02 PM CDT

Injured Tiger Woods Will Skip US Open

Leg will keep him out for first time since 1994

(Newser) - Another rough milestone for Tiger Woods: He will miss the US Open for the first time since 1994 because his leg still hasn't healed, reports USA Today . Woods messed up his left knee at the Masters in April while hitting from an awkward spot, and he says it'...

Trump Fences
Scot's House,
Bills Him for It

HIGHLAND FEUDS

Jun 5, 2011 2:57 PM CDT

Trump Fences Scot's House, Bills Him for It

'I'm not paying any attention to it,' says golf course neighbor

(Newser) - Donald Trump is used to picking fights with the media, would-be apprentices, and the president of the United States, but now he's throwing daggers at quite a different target: David Milne, a Scottish neighbor of Trump's planned "best golf course in the world," who refuses to...

President Obama and John Boehner Will Play a Round of Golf Together June 18

Golf Diplomacy: Boehner, Obama Will Hit the Links

Jun 3, 2011 5:41 PM CDT

Golf Diplomacy: Boehner, Obama Will Hit the Links

Bigwigs will play a round together next month

(Newser) - Maybe a little two-person best ball to decide the debt ceiling? John Boehner has accepted President Obama's invitation to go golfing, reports Politico . The two avid duffers will head out June 18, though the remaining two in the foursome haven't been announced. ( Rush Limbaugh probably won't...

It's Official: Tiger Woods, at No. 12, Is No Longer in Top 10 World Golf Ranking

Tiger Woods
Sinks to No. 12

May 23, 2011 11:30 AM CDT

Tiger Woods Sinks to No. 12

New golf rankings place Woods outside of Top 10 for first time since 1997

(Newser) - It's official : Tiger Woods is no longer in the top 10: Woods fell from 8th to 12th in world rankings published today. The golfer, who is out with left knee and Achilles injuries, hasn't won a tournament since the Australian Masters 18 months ago. Lee Westwood of...

End of an Era:
Tiger Woods
Losing Top 10
Golf Rank

May 18, 2011 7:18 PM CDT

End of an Era: Tiger Woods Losing Top 10 Golf Rank

It will be the first time since 1997

(Newser) - When the new world rankings in golf come out Monday, the name Tiger Woods won't crack the top 10 for the first time in 14 years, reports AP . Woods has been on a steady decline in the rankings since his scandal, and he had to drop out of his...

Golf's Seve Ballesteros
Dead at 54

OBITUARY

May 7, 2011 5:50 AM CDT

Golf's Seve Ballesteros Dead at 54

Golfer succumbs to brain cancer, 'mulligan of my life'

(Newser) - Seve Ballesteros, a five-time major champion whose passion and gift for imaginative shot-making invigorated European golf and the Ryder Cup, has died from complications of a cancerous brain tumor. He was 54. A statement on Ballesteros' website early today said the golf great died peacefully at 2:10am local time,...

Non-Golfer
Will Practice
6 Years, Try
to Turn Pro

Apr 23, 2011 12:09 PM CDT

Non-Golfer Will Practice 6 Years, Try to Turn Pro

All to test 10,000-hour theory of greatness

(Newser) - In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell popularized the notion that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become great at something. Portland's Dan McLaughlin is testing the theory in a remarkable way: The 31-year-old quit his job in June 2009 and devoted himself to practicing golf six hours...

Woman Reporter
Barred From
Locker Room
at Masters

Apr 11, 2011 4:00 AM CDT

Woman Reporter Barred From Locker Room at Masters

It's 'just wrong,' tweets banned journalist

(Newser) - A ban on female members at the Georgia golf club that hosted the Masters apparently extends to women reporters—which is teeing off journalists and sports fans. Tara Sullivan, a reporter for New Jersey's Bergen Record, was blocked from joining fellow writers in the locker room of the Augusta National...

After Wild Day,
Schwartzel Wins
the Masters

Apr 10, 2011 8:41 PM CDT

After Wild Day, Schwartzel Wins the Masters

He closed with 4 straight birdies

(Newser) - Charl Schwartzel of South Africa closed with four straight birdies today to win the Masters over a pair of Australians in one of the most dramatic finishes ever at Augusta National. Schwartzel's final putt from 20 feet curled into the side of the cup for a 6-under 66, the best...

Guess Who?
Tiger Woods
Makes Run
at Masters

Apr 8, 2011 6:08 PM CDT

Guess Who? Tiger Woods Makes Run at Masters

He's only 3 strokes back heading into the weekend

(Newser) - Tiger Woods is back to making headlines the usual way: He had a terrific round of 6-under-par today at the Masters and enters the weekend tied for third place, only 3 strokes off the lead, reports ESPN . At one point, Woods strung together birdies on six of eight holes, finishing...

I Feel Sorry for Tiger Woods

OPINION

Apr 6, 2011 11:34 AM CDT

I Feel Sorry for Tiger Woods

He's 'desperate to matter again,' but his career seems over

(Newser) - "Somebody has to say it," and Bill Plaschke figures it may as well be him: "I feel sorry for Tiger Woods." Yes, he acknowledges in the Los Angeles Times , "the odds of many folks agreeing with me are the same as Amen Corner turning atheist,...

John Daly's Ex-Wife Dishes on Sex, Golf, and 16th Hole

Mar 26, 2011 8:14 AM CDT

John Daly's Ex-Wife Dishes on Sex, Golf, and 16th Hole

And you thought Tiger was a golfer gone wild

(Newser) - Hell hath no fury like a golfer's wife spurned, and Sherrie Daly has a new book out giving her philandering ex more than a little hell, reports the New York Post. The fourth ex-wife of hard-drinking, chain-smoking golfer John Daly dishes on the temptations of the PGA tour, their nine-year...

Tiger Woods
Fined for
Spitting

Feb 14, 2011 10:41 AM CST

Tiger Woods Fined for Spitting

Another embarrassment for the golfer

(Newser) - Things continue to go awry for Tiger Woods, who was fined for spitting on the 12th green yesterday at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. The incident was caught by TV cameras, and Woods was found guilty of breaching the European Tour’s code of conduct. The Telegraph notes that the...

Court Clears Golfer
Who Didn't Yell 'Fore!'

Dec 21, 2010 7:23 PM CST

Court Clears Golfer Who Didn't Yell 'Fore!'

His shanked shot seriously injured a fellow golfer

(Newser) - Legal ruling of the day: Getting hit in the head by a buddy's lousy shot is a risk all golfers assume when they tee off—and just because he didn't yell "Fore!" doesn't mean you can sue him. New York's highest court dismissed a personal injury suit by...

Golf Has a
New No. 1

SO LONG, TIGER

Oct 31, 2010 6:59 PM CDT

Golf Has a New No. 1

Lee Westwood knocks Tiger out for first time since '05

(Newser) - For the first time in more than five years, Tiger Woods is no longer golf's No. 1 player. Lee Westwood of England took the top ranking today after PGA champion Martin Kaymer failed to finish among the top two at the Andalucia Masters in Spain. Woods had been No. 1...

Sleepy Golfer DQ'd
for Missing Pro-Am
Tee Time

Aug 25, 2010 4:59 PM CDT

Sleepy Golfer DQ'd for Missing Pro-Am Tee Time

Jim Furyk blames cellphone alarm for tardiness

(Newser) - Jim Furyk is the most newsworthy golfer of the day— sorry, Tiger —for something he didn't do: show up for his pro-am tee time. The third-ranked player's cellphone died overnight, and with it, his alarm, reports the Newark Star-Ledger . He overslept, but not by much, and was just 5...

Erica Blasberg
Death Ruled
a Suicide

Aug 25, 2010 7:08 AM CDT

Erica Blasberg Death Ruled a Suicide

Golfer died of asphyxia, OD'd on prescription meds

(Newser) - Nevada police have ruled the death of LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg a suicide, but are also charging her doctor with obstruction of justice. Dr. Thomas Hess found Blasberg's dead body in her Las Vegas home on May 9 and allegedly removed items from the crime scene before police arrived, then...