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\"Hittin'Hello and welcome to Hittin’ the Links<\/em>. The Final Major of the year is complete, thank goodness we still have the Ryder Cup to look forward to before silly season arrives again. And how about that Padraig Harrington? I guess he was just waiting for Tiger to get hurt so he could win all the majors in his absence. Don’t get me wrong though; what he did is impressive.<\/p>\n

In this edition, we take inventory at the 90th PGA Championship, see how it has effected the Ryder Cup team, and see why Kenny Perry had to miss out. Also, we see who won Annika’s farewell Swedish tournament, find out who Big John is working with now, take note of the toughest Major season yet, and send our condolences to the family of “The Sarge” Orville Moody. Read on!Hole 1: Harrington is Just That good<\/strong>
\nIrishman Padraig Harrington takes home his second major championship of the year. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: Daly Has a New Coach<\/strong>
\nJohn Daly has teamed up with Rick Smith in another attempt to get his game back on track. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: It’s Been a Tough Year for the Majors<\/strong>
\nThe four Major Championships have been brutally tough in 2008. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: Yang Spoils Annika’s Farewell<\/strong>
\nSouth Korea’s Amy Yang shot 63 to win Annika Sorenstam’s Scandinavian Farewell tournament. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Orville Moody Passes Away<\/strong>
\n1969 U.S. Open Champion Orville Moody has died at the age of 74. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Perry Withdraws from the PGA Championship<\/strong>
\nRed Hot Kenny Perry had to withdraw from the PGA Championship due to an eye injury. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: Destination of the Week: China<\/strong>
\nThe chinese have become golf crazy and courses are popping up everywhere. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: Monty Struggling<\/strong>
\nColin Montgomerie equalled his worst performance ever in a major, is this it for Monty? [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: Poor PGA Finish is Not a Ryder Cup Killer<\/strong>
\nPaul Azinger said that PGA championship finishes alone will not decide the Ryder Cup team. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Padraig makes it two in a row, Annika falls short in her Scandinavian farewell, and John Daly has yet another teacher<\/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-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume One Hundred Fifty Six (Hittin' the Links) - 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