Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald were unbeatable as a team again, and when they sat side-by-side before a room full of reporters, the Spaniard playfully leaned toward the microphone and began giving details of the match. “First hole, we won with a birdie. Second hole, we halved with pars.” But this wasn’t the Ryder Cup, [...]

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If you’re looking for a set of mid-priced clubs with a wealth of technological enhancements, Nickent Golf is a lesser known name but a brand of equipment you may wish to consider. Based in City of Industry, Calif., Nickent is relatively new to the golf equipment business, having been organized in 1995. Since then, it [...]

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Australia has been virtually ruled out as a future venue for any major international tour golf events. The last major tournament was the 2001 World Golf Championship Accenture Match Play at Melbourne’s Metropolitan club, which proved a flop with its early January date and lacklustre final between American Steve Stricker and low-key Swede Pierre Fulke. [...]

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The Plymouth-based retailer of used golf equipment is closing its stores as it goes into bankruptcy. Liquidation sales could last months. The saga of 2nd Swing Inc., a fast-growing golf retail chain, has nearly come to an end. Stung by a nationwide slump in golf equipment sales and increased competition from larger merchants that began [...]

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LONDON – New Zealander Michael Campbell will take on all but three of the 24 golfers who contested the Ryder Cup at the US$7.5 million ($11.3 million) WGC-American Express Championship, starting in England on Thursday. Phil Mickelson, Vaughn Taylor and Paul McGinley are the absentees but with holder Tiger Woods also joined by South Africans [...]

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