The 89th PGA: Getting Back to Basics

Tiger mixes old school common sense with his modern power game to win at Southern Hills.

Thrash TalkOther than the fact that Tiger Woods removed any doubt about his place in the hierarchy of golf, is there anything we can learn from the PGA Championship at Southern Hills? I think so, if you’re willing to keep an open mind and scratch below the surface, that is. Pick your favored quote – “things aren’t always as they seem,” or “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Either way, the season’s final major reinforced some of the lasting truths about golf, and don’t let some golf prophet of doom tell you otherwise.

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Golf Talk [Episode 068]

Stephen Ames and Sergio Garcia: two of our favorites. One’s full of himself and one seems to have an empty head. Can you guess which is which?

Golf Talk PodcastThe 89th PGA Championship has come to a conclusion with a familiar winner: Tiger Woods. Woody Austin and Ernie Els gave him a run, Sergio Garcia was DQed, Phil Mickelson was a non-factor, and Zach Johnson and Angel Cabrera missed the cut. Full PGA discussion and more in this week’s episode of Golf Talk.

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Ping Introduces i10 Irons, G10 Series Woods, Irons, and Hybrids

The last time anyone released this many new clubs they were named “TaylorMade” and it had been two months since their last new product release.

Bag DropPing has long been one of the top club manufacturers of game-improvement clubs. Their latest innovations continue along this track as they plan to release two new sets of cavity-back irons, the G10 and i10, along with a new addition to the G-series of drivers with the G10 and G10 Draw Drivers. And that’s not all: Ping is also releasing new fairway woods and hybrids to accompany the drivers and irons.

Let’s take a look at Ping’s latest clubs.

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Volume One Hundred Ten

Will 13 be a lucky or an unlucky number for Tiger? We won’t get to find out for eight long months.

Hitting the LinksVirtually everyone thought Tiger winning was a foregone conclusion. Woody Austin and Ernie Els made us rethink that conclusion several times, but couldn’t quite prove us incorrect.

This week, we have several links from Glory’s Last Shot, not one of which includes the Presidents Cup, now only about a month away.

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2007 PGA Championship Final Round Live Blog

Will Tiger make it 8-for-8 with a second-round lead and 13-for-13 with a third-round lead? Or will someone finally overtake Tiger on the final day of a major?

2007 PGA Logo18:54 – That does it – a lucky 13th for Tiger Woods. Though many suspected he’d win, I doubt many would have predicted he’d have quite this much trouble. Congratulations, Tiger Woods.

18:47 – Tiger’s approach at the 18th finds the back center of the green. He has three putts to win the 89th PGA Championship. But first he has to wait for Stephen Ames, currently back to +6 for the day. His ball stops within two feet of Tiger’s.

18:44 – Nicklaus won his 13th at 35 years old. Tiger will win his 13th at 31 (and will turn 32 this December).

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Cleveland CG12 Zip Wedges Review

Cleveland’s CG12 with new “Zip Grooves” promise to put a new spin on your short shots. Do they?

Cleveland Zip Wedges HeroRoger Cleveland founded Cleveland Golf in the 1970s on the strength of his wedge designs. They’ve long been renowned as some of the best in the game, but Cleveland has been slipping in this category since Roger’s departure in the mid-1990s. Bob Vokey at Titleist, Roger’s new employer Callaway, and even TaylorMade have made great inroads in the wedge game and the top spot now belongs to Titleist’s Vokey line of wedges.

That has not stopped Cleveland, of course, and they’re looking to get back on top with their new CG12 wedges with “Zip Grooves™” – deeper U-grooves than found on previous models (like the CG11s we reviewed) that aim to add juice to your wedge shots much like TaylorMade’s “Y” grooves, Callaway’s “Mack Daddy” grooves, and Titleist’s Spin Milled grooves.

As a long-time Vokey fan, I put these wedges to the test: I took my Vokeys out of the bag and played with these for a month straight. Did they pass the test? Read on to find out…

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Five Things You Might not Know About the FedExCup

144 Players. Four Tournaments. One Champion. A whole lot of questions.

Trap Five Logo“If you don’t know what to say, it’s easy to say something derogatory.” That’s a line from Stewart Cink regarding criticism of the FedExCup.

Although the final major of the year is taking place this week, there’s this other reportedly big golf story right around the corner. So I thought I’d take a few minutes to start sorting out this FedExCup deal we’ve been hearing so much about.

By the way, if the PGA Championship is “Glory’s Last Shot,” what does that make the FedExCup? “Glory’s Mulligans?”

When you mention the FedExCup, it seems like people have more questions than answers. How is it going to work? Why do 144 players make the Playoffs? How come Tiger is going to start the playoffs with more points than he’s earned?

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The 2007 PGA Championship: Staff Predictions

It’s time for our prognostications for the final leg of the slam.

Thrash TalkThis week brings us the final major championship of the 2007 golf season, and the Sand Trap staff is once again poised to deliver you the winner… and a few other things. Okay, so we’re oh-for-three on calling the majors so far this year (thank you, Tiger and Phil), but I have a good feeling about this one. After all, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

Read on to hear our thoughts, and feel free to add your own!

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Golf Talk [Episode 067]

If you want Tiger to beat you, just insult him. That seems to do the trick. Stephen Ames and Rory Sabbatini now know better.

Golf Talk PodcastIt’s a week of firsts and manys. Lorena notched her first major while Natalie Gulbis won her first tournament. Tiger won his sixth event at Firestone and Tom Watson won his third Senior British Open. Plus, wins from Steve Flesch, Andres Romero, Jim Furyk. Rory Sabbatini mouths off and more in this week’s episode of Golf Talk.

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