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� these classic quotes
from the pages of Golf
Digest take you behind
the scenes and experience the open in a completely different way.
this week on
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� tiger woods’ withdrawal
from the U.S. open has senior editor bill fields looking
to the past to help determine
how much we’ll see of woods
in the future. fields uses the
example of ben hogan, who
played an extremely limited
schedule after injuries sustained in a car accident, to
explain why tiger might play
less than we expect in 2012
and beyond.
� contributing writer Jim
moriarty was in memphis
for the fedex St. Jude classic, providing commentary on
harrison frazar’s playoff win
over robert karlsson at tPc
Southwind.
golf world.com// thiS week
� Mr. Style, Marty
Hackel, shares his gift
ideas for Father’s Day.
� what do 1963 U.S. women’s
open champ mary mills and
current world no. 1 luke donald have in common? read our
backspin column to find out.
� with tiger woods
withdrawing from the
U.S. open, Jaime Diaz
looks at five players
whose careers were
hampered by injury.
golf world Monday on television
� contributing writer leonard
Shapiro visited langston Gc,
one of three public courses
within washington d.c. his
profile of the venue shows a
success story of sorts for the
course built in the 1930s for
the area’s black golfers.
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