{"id":17754,"date":"2013-04-29T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/?p=17754"},"modified":"2013-04-29T15:56:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T19:56:45","slug":"volume_three_hundred_forty_seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_three_hundred_forty_seven","title":{"rendered":"Volume Three Hundred Forty Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hittin'Hello again golf fans and welcome to another edition of Hittin’ the Links. So what do you think Tiger had to do to get Lindsey Vonn’s parents to come out publicly and give him the thumbs up? Expensive dinner perhaps, extravagant gifts, maybe he just wrote them a blank check? Anywho, you just can’t seem to look anywhere at the supermarket checkout line and not see a picture of the two of them smiling ear to ear. Personally, I hope them the best, all we can hope for in this life is to be happy and they seem to be enjoying each others company, a lot!<\/p>\n

In this edition of HtL, we check out Tigers newest approval, then look into Greg Norman’s thoughts on drug testing, and take a peek at the three-legged beast of the Zurich Classic. Also, we peruse a recent golf memorabilia auction, find out what Jack thinks about balance, and do a wrap-up of the week’s events. Read on!
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\nHole 1: Approval Rating<\/strong>
\nIt looks like Tiger has Lindsey Vonn’s parents’ approval. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: Disgraceful!<\/strong>
\nGreg Norman doesn’t think too highly of golf’s present drug testing policies. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: They Call Him Tripod!<\/strong>
\nA three-legged alligator got some screen time during the first round of the Zurich Classic. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: Auction<\/strong>
\nAfter falling on some hard financial times Al Geiberger has been forced to sell off some of his big time golf memorabilia. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Junior Invitational<\/strong>
\nCarson Young plays it safe in route to his win at the prestigious Junior Invitational. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Balance<\/strong>
\nJack Nicklaus talks about balance in life and golf. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: North Texas LPGA Shootout<\/strong>
\nInbee Park wins the Inaugural North Texas LPGA Shootout. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: Champions Tour<\/strong>
\nThe duo of Brad Faxon and Jeff Sluman win the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: Zurich Classic<\/strong>
\nBilly Horschel gets his first win on the PGA Tour. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Billy Horschel gets win number one, Tiger gets some approval, and Greg Norman wants better drug testing.<\/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-17754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume Three Hundred Forty Seven (Hittin' the Links) - 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