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\"Hittin'Good day and welcome again to Hittin’ the Links<\/em>. Let me start off this week by saying Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. Where would we all be without mom? Hopefully, all the mothers had a nice day.<\/p>\n

Now, back to golf. HTL<\/em> has again perused the Internet for all that’s interesting in the world wide golf web. This week we start off with a look at golf destination Baghdad, check the PGA Tour power rankings, and test our rules knowledge at the USGA website. In addition, we see what Johnny Miller had to say about Tiger, do a Michelle Wie update, take note of this week’s Tour winners, and finally we send our condolences to Jeff Maggert and his family for their loss. Read on.
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\nHole 1: Golf, Baghdad Style<\/strong>
\nOur golf destination of the week: Baghdad. (Just kidding of course) [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: Maggert Withdraws from Players After Tragedy<\/strong>
\nJeff Maggert withdrew from the Players Championship after learning of his brother’s death in a plane crash. [Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Hole 3: USGA Rules Quizzes<\/strong>
\nTry your hand at one of the USGA’s online rules quizzes and see if you really do know rules. [Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Hole 4: Wie Struggles Again<\/strong>
\nMichelle Wie stuggled again with her game as many of the world’s best women took advantage of the playing conditions. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: PGA Tour Power Rankings<\/strong>
\nHere are the top 20 Tour players according to the power rankings. [Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Hole 6: Johnny Miller vs. Tiger Woods<\/strong>
\nJohnny Miller took a few shots at Tiger during coverage of The Players. [Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Hole 7: Quotes<\/strong>
\nHere are the quotes of the week. [Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Hole 8: Ochoa Who?<\/strong>
\nAnnika Sorenstam shows she is still a force on the LPGA Tour with a win at the Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill. [Link<\/a>] <\/p>\n

Hole 9: Sergio Wins The Players Championship <\/strong>
\nSergio Garcia silences his putting critics with a win at the TPC Sawgrass. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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