{"id":16791,"date":"2012-12-03T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=16791"},"modified":"2012-12-03T09:02:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T14:02:13","slug":"volume_three_hundred_thirty_five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_three_hundred_thirty_five","title":{"rendered":"Volume Three Hundred Thirty Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hittin'Happy December golf fans, and welcome to Hittin’ the Links<\/em>. Q-School is heating up with one round to go. There are several big names fighting for their card this year including non other than Camilo Villegas. And it’s not looking so great for Camilo right now, we might have to watch Spiderman on the Web.com Tour in 2013.<\/p>\n

In this edition of HtL we begin with a look at Micheal Phelps’ aspirations, then look at the belly ban, and check out what Tiger did to keep his World Challenge afloat. Also, we investigate an idiot calling someone a cheater, look into some golf games, and do a wrap-up of the week’s events. Read on!
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\nHole 1: Lofty Goal<\/strong>
\nAlong the lines of our thread on becoming scratch<\/a>, Micheal Phelps is looking to achieve that very goal. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: Banned<\/strong>
\nAnchoring the putter will be banned starting in 2016. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: Money Talks<\/strong>
\nTiger Woods puts up his own money to cover the operating costs of his World Challenge golf tournament.[Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: Disappearing Act<\/strong>
\nJason Day is looking to forget his less than stellar 2012 campaign. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Cheater?<\/strong>
\nKeegan Bradley gets heckled for using a belly putter. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Winter Golf<\/strong>
\nHere is a list of 10 golf game apps to get you through the winter. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: Martin Kaymer<\/strong>
\nMartin Kaymer gets his first win of 2012 at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: Q-School<\/strong>
\nSteven Bowditch holds the lead going into the final round of Q-School. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: World Challenge<\/strong>
\nGraeme McDowell wins Tiger’s silly season event. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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