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\"Hittin'Hello and good day to you, Hittin the Links<\/em> is here again to bring you the week’s best in golf. Wow, there were quite a few stories from the golf world this week. I can’t remember the last time there were four different tournaments of any consequence going at the same time. This week we had the LPGA playing the British Open, the PGA Tour in both Ohio and Nevada, and the Champions Tour in Colorado at the U.S. Senior Open. It made for a good weekend of watching golf.<\/p>\n

In HTL<\/em> this week, we have links explaining Monty’s attitude towards drug testing, looking at the toughest courses in the United States, and seeing how Michelle Wie missed another cut. Also, we see why Hunter Mahan doesn’t like the Ryder Cup, find out where Greg Norman will be next April, and we do a full wrap-up of the week’s tournaments. Read on!Hole 1: The Devil’s Courses<\/strong>
\nHere are the 50 toughest golf courses in the United States. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: You’re Not Going to Believe This!<\/strong>
\nColin Montgomerie was less than pleased when he was tapped for a drug test at the Bridgestone Invitational. I mean normally he’s so cordial. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: Enough Already!<\/strong>
\nMichelle Wie misses another cut on the PGA tour (yawn). [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: Well Maybe You’ll Get That Week Off Now<\/strong>
\nAfter some less than positive comments about the Ryder Cup, Hunter Mahan may not have to worry about it. And the rest of us are left thinking, how greedy are you guys? [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Evert Making Norman’s Travel Plans?<\/strong>
\nChris Evert is excited by the invitation her husband will receive for his British Open finish. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Women’s British Open<\/strong>
\nSouth Korea’s Ji-Yai Shin helped Asia keep its stranglehold on women’s golf with a win at the British Open. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: Legends Reno-Tahoe Open<\/strong>
\nParker McLachlin limps in on Sunday but still wins in Reno by seven shots. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: U.S. Senior Open<\/strong>
\nArgentina’s Eduardo Romero overcame bears on the fairway and several challengers to take home the Senior U.S. Open Championship. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: Bridgestone Invitational<\/strong>
\nVijay Singh shows he still has it with a win at Firestone Country Club. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vijay is victorious, Wie misses yet another cut, and there were bears on the fairway in Colorado.<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume One Hundred Fifty Five (Hittin' the Links) - The Sand Trap .com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_one_hundred_fifty_five\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Volume One Hundred Fifty Five (Hittin' the Links) - 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