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Ah, Fall golf. When watching the tour wrap up show will leave you wondering, “Who the heck is Ben Martin?” <\/p>\nAh, Fall golf. When watching the tour wrap up show will leave you wondering, “Who the heck is Ben Martin?” <\/p>\n
Fall is a season for fast starts. With the new wrap around season on the PGA TOUR, new players to the tour and those who have yet to break through have a great opportunity to make some money and jump start their 2015. Just ask Jimmy Walker how that works.<\/p>\n
Breaking News as we go to press: <\/em>Tiger Woods is taking full swings again<\/a>, and the U.S. is still not quite sure what to do about Ryder Cup performances.<\/p>\n There’s plenty to talk about. Let’s hit the links. Young Phil needs to stress at this task force how important it is to fly in to a Ryder Cup on your own private jet to build team spirit.<\/p>\n — Tweeter Alliss (@TweeterAlliss) October 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Anyone else picturing the Euros sitting back smoking cigars, tipping a few pints and having a good laugh about this "task force"?<\/p>\n — Steve Flesch (@Steve_Flesch) October 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n What a massive pat on the back & confidence booster it is for Europe that team USA needs to create a Ryder Cup task force!!!<\/p>\n — Lee Westwood (@WestwoodLee) October 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Point…<\/em><\/p>\n Say what? Furyk, Phil and Tiger placed on panel to fix Ryder. They rank 1-2-3 in career US losses with 20, 19 and 17 defeats, respectively.<\/p>\n — Steve Elling (@EllingYelling) October 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Counterpoint…<\/em><\/p>\n Lot of talk about how US RC task force made up of "losers", Tony Jacklin was member of 8 straight losing teams b4 captaining Europe to win<\/p>\n — Shosh Agus-Kleinman (@ShoshEAK) October 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hole #2: My Favorite Martin<\/strong> Hole #3: Out with the Old<\/strong> Golden Slumbers! R&A Names Its New Chief Executive: For those hoping to have seen David Rickman replace Peter Dawson http:\/\/t.co\/9lr3MwFR9f<\/a><\/p>\n — Geoff Shackelford (@GeoffShac) October 15, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hole #4: Lost and Found <\/strong><\/p>\n After nearly 100 years, the case of the missing Pebble Beach trophy (worth $75,000) is solved: http:\/\/t.co\/4Ws5gqMfok<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JRUGqEcXDV<\/a><\/p>\n — Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) October 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hole #5: Hushing Reed?<\/strong> Shhhhhilarious! MT @IMGgolf<\/a>: European Ryder Cup stars have fun with Patrick Reed pic.twitter.com\/B5Gkb20KSm<\/a><\/p>\n — Kelly Tilghman (@KellyTilghmanGC) October 14, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hole #6: Well, There Is That<\/strong><\/p>\n "The (Europeans) just played better." – Jack Nicklaus on the #RyderCup<\/a>. Quotes of the Week: http:\/\/t.co\/G0WbDaMgkp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9fofMkItX8<\/a><\/p>\n — Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) October 20, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hole #7: A Solid and Well Deserved Mashie <\/strong><\/p>\n Did you hear about the guy who broke a golf club on a suspected church burglar? http:\/\/t.co\/3RD8ukwK3R<\/a> (via @AlexMyers3<\/a>)<\/p>\n — Golf World (@GolfWorld) October 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hole #8: McIlroy to Miss Two Starts<\/strong> Hole #9: Elsewhere on Tour<\/strong>
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\nHole #1: Task Force 2016<\/strong>
\nThe PGA and other Ryder Cup muckety-mucks have named 11 members to the Task Force<\/a>, which will examine all things Ryder Cup. Here’s a small sample of the task force chatter on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n
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\nBen Martin got his first PGA TOUR victory Sunday at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, due in no small part to draining a 46-foot eagle putt on the 16th hole on Summer. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n
\nGreg McLaughlin has been tapped to succeed Mike Stevens, who is retiring as president of the Champions Tour<\/a> effective Jan. 1. And…<\/p>\n\n
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\nMikko Ilonen eventually beat Henrik Stenson to win what might be the last Volvo World Match Play Championship, but earlier in the week Stenson and the other Ryder Cup players had some fun with Patrick Reed.<\/p>\n\n
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\nRory McIlroy will sit out the BMW Masters and WGC-HSBC Champions events in order to “prepare” for his lawsuit with Horizon Sports Management. Now he does understand that his lawyer will be doing the heavy lifting, right? [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n
\nJay Haas<\/a> won his third title at the Greater Hickory Kia Classic in North Carolina. Scott Hend<\/a> won his first Euro Tour title at the Hong Kong Open in a playoff over Angelo Que. Kyu Jung Baek<\/a> won the LPGA’s KEB-HanaBank Championship. <\/p>\n