If patriotic passion rules the day, Canadians will have no shortage of favourite sons at next week’s Canadian Open. The Royal Canadian Golf Association was all smiles Wednesday when it confirmed 13 Canucks will join the field for the PGA Tour event at the Hamilton Golf and Country Club, September 4-10. While 2003 Master champion [...]

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“I guess, `Hello, world.’ ” On Aug. 28, 1996, a somewhat uneasy Tiger Woods stepped to a microphone in Milwaukee and introduced himself with those words. It seemed a charmingly quaint way for golf’s most anticipated hotshot in generations to launch his pro career. It soon came to light that the phrase was a plant [...]

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JOHOR BARU: Two-time Asian number one Thongchai Jaidee has withdrawn from the US$300,000 Pulai Springs Malaysian Masters, which tee off today. As for his compatriot and current number one, Thaworn Wiratchant, it is time to make amends after missing the cut, only his second of the season, at the Brunei Open last week. Malaysia has [...]

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· Mayor seeks compulsory purchase of elite courses · Capital needs 1m houses but opposition cries foul Che Guevara may have been famously photographed showing Fidel Castro how to play golf at the Country Club in Havana after the revolution in Cuba but the game has never been strongly associated with revolutionary politics. Now two [...]

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Nobody’s lodging any formal allegations about steroids in golf, but one big voice — THE big voice — welcomes testing. “I don’t know when we could get that implemented,” Tiger Woods said last week. “Tomorrow would be just fine with me.” But PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem said because golf is a sport of honor [...]

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