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• Watch: Every shot Tiger hit in Round 1 at Farmers

  26-01-2017 23:55
  
  Tiger Woods opened with a 4-over 76 in his long-awaited return to the PGA Tour. Here is every shot he hit in Round 1 at the Farmers Insurance Open.
  
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• Fight club: Woods battles to 76 in Tour return

  26-01-2017 23:28
  
  SAN DIEGO – This was the kind of challenge Tiger Woods used to relish.
  Narrow fairways lined with thick, gnarly rough.
  Bumpy poa annua greens.
  An emphasis on par.
  And yet as Woods stood to the side of the 15th green Thursday at Torrey Pines, he looked completely exhausted.
  Physical exhaustion was to be expected – this was his first PGA Tour round in 17 months, it was an arduous walk on the rain-softened fairways, and pace of play was agonizingly slow. But mentally, he was wiped out,
  
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• Fore Things: Tiger's driver woes; Rose stays hot

  26-01-2017 23:05
  
  SAN DIEGO – On a day dominated by Tiger Woods’ return, Justin Rose shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to take a one-shot lead at the Farmers Insurance Open. Here are Thursday’s Fore Things to know:
  1. We’re not in the Bahamas anymore. Woods surprised many by rattling off a field-high 24 birdies at the Hero World Challenge. Not surprisingly, he didn’t have as easy of a time on Torrey Pines’ beastly South Course, hitting only four fairways, finding just nine greens and
  
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• #TBT: Rocco, Tiger, Torrey and a 91-hole battle. https://t.co/QHm6cUBKLX

  26-01-2017 23:01 via twitter.com
  
  #TBT: Rocco, Tiger, Torrey and a 91-hole battle. https://t.co/QHm6cUBKLX
  
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• Torrey North redesign gets thumbs up from Phil

  26-01-2017 22:44
  
  SAN DIEGO – And on the dark side of the moon ...
  Phil Mickelson liked what he saw.
  With Tiger Woods drawing monster opening day galleries on the Torrey Pines’ South Course at the Farmers Insurance Open, Mickelson joined half the field teeing it up on the North Course, where smaller galleries watched players take on the Tom Weiskopf redesign for the first time in competition.
  How was it?
  “It was long, it was hard, but there were still a lot of good scores,” Mickelson said
  
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• Cink (68) inspired by wife's battle with cancer

  26-01-2017 22:39
  
  SAN DIEGO - Stewart Cink spent Monday at the University of California San Diego Hospital by his wife’s side watching her continue to fight the good fight.
  He spent three and a half hours there with Lisa, who was hooked up to a port for a monoclonal antibody treatment, which is part of the regimen in her battle with Stage 4 breast cancer. He’s happy to report she’s past chemotherapy now and on to Stage 2 of treatment.
  On Thursday, Lisa returned Stewart’s favor, making
  
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• TT postscript: Woods' short game saved him in 76

  26-01-2017 22:03
  
  SAN DIEGO – Here are some things I think after Tiger Woods’ 4-over 76 during his return to PGA Tour golf Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open:
  • That bro hug with Jason Day on 1 tee? I haven’t even embraced ex-girlfriends like that. Clearly the bromance is alive and well.
  • Those horrifying chip yips seem to be a thing of the not-so-distant past. Really, it was his short game that kept him from going out in 40. The flop shots from tall, juicy rough &ndash
  
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• Today isn't the first time this star-studded trio has played together. https://t.co/cT58Lg2Gf5

  26-01-2017 21:22 via twitter.com
  
  Today isn't the first time this star-studded trio has played together. https://t.co/cT58Lg2Gf5
  
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• By the numbers: Tiger's cut streak at Torrey in danger

  26-01-2017 21:16
  
  Tiger Woods didn't get off to a great start at the Farmers Insurance Open, and he will need a low round on Friday if he hopes to make the weekend. Here are some key stats from his opening round provided by the Golf Channel Editorial Research Unit.
  • 76 (4 over on South Course); worst opening round of calendar year in pro career
  • Previous worst opening round of year came in 2015 (73 at Phoenix Open)
  • First official PGA Tour round in 522 days (2015 Wyndham Championship)
  • Pla
  
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• Day: Turnout for Woods was 'unbelievable'

  26-01-2017 21:06
  
  SAN DIEGO – World No. 1 Jason Day could feel an electric crackle coursing through the large gallery huddled around the first tee Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open.
  Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA Tour put a jolt into the event’s start.
  Day liked it.
  “It was great,” said Day, who was grouped with Woods and Dustin Johnson. “The turnout was unbelievable. It was four, five and six deep on either side. It was pretty impressive to watch.
  “It was kind of ol
  
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• Tiger Tracker: Woods' short game saved him in 76

  26-01-2017 21:03
  
  SAN DIEGO – Here are some things I think after Tiger Woods’ 4-over 76 during his return to PGA Tour golf Thursday at the Farmers Insurance Open:
  • That bro hug with Jason Day on 1 tee? I haven’t even embraced ex-girlfriends like that. Clearly the bromance is alive and well.
  • Those horrifying chip yips seem to be a thing of the not-so-distant past. Really, it was his short game that kept him from going out in 40. The flop shots from tall, juicy rough &ndash
  
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• 'Mr. 59' Hadwin puts up another low number

  26-01-2017 20:18
  
  SAN DIEGO – Adam Hadwin is living in a new world now.
  He heard it in all the encouragement being shouted at him Thursday as he worked his way around the Torrey Pines South Course at the Farmers Insurance Open.
  Five days after shooting 59 at the CareerBuilder Challenge, Hadwin could feel the love as he put together another strong round to get into early contention. He opened with a 6-under-par 66, the low score of the day on the demanding South Course.
  “Walking down the fairways, more
  
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• Rose shoots 65, leads by 1 at Farmers

  26-01-2017 20:00
  
  While Tiger Woods stole the spotlight for much of the afternoon, Justin Rose ended up on top of the leaderboard after the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open. Here's how things look in San Diego, where Rose holds a one-shot lead over another recent runner-up:
  Leaderboard: Justin Rose (-7), Adam Hadwin (-6), Gary Woodland (-5), Brad Fritsch (-5), Charles Howell III (-5), Brandt Snedeker (-4)
  What it means: Woods was the main story entering the day as he made his first official PGA Tour star
  
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• "I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant." - Tiger Woods https://t.co/ixzCRAFZXR

  26-01-2017 19:35 via twitter.com
  
  "I want to be what I've always wanted to be: dominant." - Tiger Woods https://t.co/ixzCRAFZXR
  
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• Ping introduces Sigma G putters

  26-01-2017 19:15
  
  Ping’s new Sigma G putter models, which the company introduced at the PGA Merchandise Show, have a face inspired by the soles of athletic shoes.
  Pebax elastomer, a material commonly used in the soles of athletic shoes for its elasticity, is a lightweight, high-energy return compound that delivers a soft yet responsive feel. “The Sigma G putters represent an exciting new technology that continues our long-standing commitment to engineering putters that feel and look great but perform
  
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• Watch: Phil rolls putt up hill, back to hole

  26-01-2017 18:46
  
  Only Phil Mickelson would think to run a putt past the hole, up a hill, and into the fringe just to bring it back down that same hill.
  Putting for eagle from across the green at the par-5 fifth on the North Course at Torrey Pines on Thursday, Mickelson thought it best not to play at the hole, opting instead for the scenic route:
  Just Phil being Phil. pic.twitter.com/G6EaonB1Jv— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) January 26, 2017
  He'd clean up that short putt for his birdie en route to an opening
  
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• Watch: Woods makes back-to-back birdies at 10-11

  26-01-2017 17:49
  
  After 523 days, it took 10 holes for Tiger Woods to finally circle a number on his scorecard.
  Playing his first PGA Tour event in 18 months, Woods opened the Farmers Insurance Open with a bogey at the first and followed it with eight straight pars to turn in 1-over 37.
  After missing the fairway at the par-4 10th, Woods hit his approach from 140 yards to 10 feet and poured in the left-to-right putt for his first Tour birdie since the 72nd hole of the Wyndham Championship on Aug. 23, 2015.
  Tiger's
  
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• Golf Advisor’s List of Top 50 Courses in the United States, Generated by More Than 100K Golfer Reviews, Revealed Today on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive Show

  26-01-2017 16:18
  
  List Features Golf Courses That Everyday Golfers Say are the Best to Play
   Eight New Courses in the Top 10; 37 New Courses Overall 
   
  ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2017) – Golf Advisor today announced its anticipated, annual list of Top-50 golf courses in the United States, revealed from more than 100,000 authentic reviews posted in 2016 from golfers who use and depend on the world’s leading golf course ratings and review website.
  “Other golf course ranking lists are g
  
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• Would a move to May be the best thing for the PGA?

  26-01-2017 15:30
  
  Earlier this month in Maui, incoming PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was asked what the advantages would be if the PGA Championship moved from its current spot on the calendar, August, to May.
  Shifting the PGA to an earlier date has become a water cooler topic ever since Monahan introduced the idea of a dramatically remade Tour schedule that ends before Labor Day and features a more condensed major championship season.
  It was one of the few items Monahan was asked that he deferred an answer.
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• This Mickelson-Bradley gambling story is delicious

  26-01-2017 15:23
  
  Phil Mickelson has never done much to hide the existence of his Tuesday money matches during practice rounds on the PGA Tour.
  Calling them an open secret would mistakenly characterize them as a secret. But now the five-time major winner is offering details.
  Speaking on a Golf.com podcast, Mickelson recounted the following tale from a Tuesday at The Players Championship, when he and Rickie Fowler took on Brendan Steele and Keegan Bradley. And this story is exactly the reason you never want t
  
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• Report: Trump's voter fraud claims tied to Langer

  26-01-2017 09:56
  
  This week President Donald Trump continued his fight against what he perceived to be widespread voter fraud, promising a "major investigation" into the 2016 election that landed him in the White House.
  In a new twist, however, those claims appear to be rooted in a story surrounding a two-time Masters champ.
  According to a New York Times report, Trump relayed a story at a Monday dinner surrounding the plight of Bernhard Langer, whom Trump described as a friend and "very famous golfer." Langer is
  
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