{"id":17438,"date":"2013-03-18T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=17438"},"modified":"2013-03-22T19:54:18","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T23:54:18","slug":"volume_three_hundred_forty_three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_three_hundred_forty_three","title":{"rendered":"Volume Three Hundred Forty Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hittin'Hello again golf nuts and welcome to yet another edition of Hittin’ the Links<\/em>. Even as the nation develops a case of March Madness the world of golf keeps trudging along. This week’s PGA Tour event was a little anti-climactic as many of the most popular players decided to stay home and fill out their brackets. Even so, there was still plenty going on to write about, let’s see what happened.<\/p>\n

In this volume of HtL<\/em> we begin with a look at Stacy Lewis’ penalty, then check out a Twitter war, and find out what’s going on between Sergio and the IRS. Also, we investigate a golfer who was swallowed by the course, take a peek at Bubba’s golf grips, and do a wrap-up of the week’s events. Read on!
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\nHole 1: Testing?<\/strong>
\nStacy Lewis’s caddy gets his boss a two-stroke penalty at the LPGA Founders Cup. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: Twitter War<\/strong>
\nKeegan Bradley and Jason Dufner spent the week jabbing at each other on Twitter. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: Garcia Owes<\/strong>
\nSergio Garcia lost an attempt to shield himself from a U.S. tax burden. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: Is That Considered Ground Under Repair?<\/strong>
\nA sinkhole opened up and swallowed an Illinois golfer mid-round. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Bubba Like ‘Em Big<\/strong>
\nBubba Watson’s golf grips are as unique as he is. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Mad Skills<\/strong>
\nCheck out this 21 month old golf protege. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: New Number One<\/strong>
\nStacy Lewis takes over the #1 spot in the world with a win at LPGA Founders Cup. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: Toshiba Classic<\/strong>
\nDavid Frost breaks the tournament record in route to winning in California. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: Tampa Bay Championship<\/strong>
\nKevin Streelman gets his first PGA Tour win at the Tampa Bay Championship. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Streelman breaks through, Sergio owes some money, and would someone let Stacy Lewis’ caddy borrow a rule book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume Three Hundred Forty Three (Hittin' the Links) - 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