{"id":4447,"date":"2009-01-27T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-27T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/?p=4447"},"modified":"2009-01-27T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T16:33:32","slug":"volume_one_hundred_seventy_five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/hittin_the_links\/volume_one_hundred_seventy_five","title":{"rendered":"Volume One Hundred Seventy Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hittin'Hello golf fans and welcome to another edition of Hittin’ the Links<\/em>. I am coming to you a day late this week but still full of all the best stories one might hope to find perusing the golf Internet.<\/p>\n

In this newest volume of HTL<\/em>, we first take a look at Pat Perez’s long-awaited first victory, check in on a guy who has shot his age 100 times, and investigate a very pregnant winner of the LPGA event in Brazil. Also we see what’s brewing at the Hall of Fame, take note of the World Golf Rankings, and listen up to what Bob Vokey has to say. Read on!
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\nHole 1: Finally Perez<\/strong>
\nPat Perez finally breaks through for his first win on the PGA Tour. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: The 100th Time’s a Charm<\/strong>
\nThis gentleman has not only shot his age, but at 79 he’s done it 100 times! [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: Does the Baby Get a Cut?<\/strong>
\nCatriona Matthew wins the HSBC LPGA Brazil Cup by five shots, oh and she’s five months pregnant, too. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: Senior Start<\/strong>
\nBernhard Langer wins the Champions Tour season opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Hall of Fame<\/strong>
\n15 PGA Tour players including Fred Couples, Davis Love, Mark O’Meara, Lanny Wadkins and Fuzzy Zoeller are on the ballot awaiting possible nomination into the World Golf Hall of Fame. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Garcia Looming <\/strong>
\nSpaniard Sergio Garcia has cut Tiger Woods’ once substancial #1 World Ranking lead to a mere three points. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: Qatar Masters<\/strong>
\nSpaniard Alvaro Quiros wins the Qatar Masters by three shots. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: Erik Compton<\/strong>
\nErik Compton, whose widely publicized attempt to secure a Tour card after a second heart transplant, has secured a sponsor’s exemption into the Honda Classic. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: Bob Vokey<\/strong>
\nBob Vokey chimes in on golf and the challenges set before him by the recent USGA rule changes. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pat Perez gives a long awaited sigh of relief<\/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-4447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume One Hundred Seventy 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_seventy_five\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Volume One Hundred Seventy Five (Hittin' the Links) - 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