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\"Hittin'Happy Monday Sand Trap<\/em>pers and welcome to another installment of Hittin’ the Links<\/em>. How about that Philly Mick – he has a better righty swing than most of us! There is nothing more entertaining to watch on a Sunday afternoon than a good back and forth duel, and Watney and Mickelson delivered the goods for sure.<\/p>\n

In this newest edition of HTL<\/em> we investigate Henrick Stenson and his tendency to streak, see why Phil had to go to the hospital Saturday night, and find out why the PGA Tour is still on top. Also, we look into Prayad Marksaeng’s long road to the PGA Tour, take a peek at golf destination Biloxi Mississippi, and do a full wrap-up of this week’s events. Read on!
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\nHole 1: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Pants?<\/strong>
\nHenrick Stenson stripped down to his skivvies to hit his shot out of a muddy hazard at the WGC-CA Championship at Doral. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 2: Golf Takes a Lot Out of You<\/strong>
\nPhil Mickelson was treated for heat exhaustion after the third round of the WGC-CA Championship. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 3: The American PGA Tour is Still Tops<\/strong>
\nAlthough golf is growing by leaps and bounds outside America, the PGA Tour is still its biggest stage. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 4: He Has Come an Awfully Long Way<\/strong>
\nPrayad Marksaeng of Thailand has overcome poverty among other things to make it onto the PGA Tour. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 5: Golf Destination of the Week: Biloxi, Mississippi<\/strong>
\nBoth the quality and quantity of courses have improved greatly in this Gulf Coast town. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 6: Champions Tour<\/strong>
\nDan Forsman comes from way back to win the AT&T Champions in a play-off. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 7: American Invasion<\/strong>
\nThe Americans go 1-2-3 at the New Zealand Open. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 8: The “Other” Tournament<\/strong>
\nThere was another PGA Tour tournament this week and, oh yeah, Michael Bradley won it. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Hole 9: Phil Looks Good at Doral<\/strong>
\nLefty takes home first-place money at the WGC-CA Championship. [Link<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lefty is tops at Doral, Stenson takes it all off, and the U.S. PGA Tour still reigns supreme<\/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-5220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hittin_the_links"],"yoast_head":"\nVolume One Hundred Eighty Two (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_eighty_two\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Volume One Hundred Eighty Two (Hittin' the Links) - 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