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• Lag putting is overrated. Right, @XSchauffele? #WednesdayWisdom https://t.co/s1XZxJMmQi

  21-02-2018 22:52 via twitter.com
  
  Lag putting is overrated. Right, @XSchauffele? #WednesdayWisdom https://t.co/s1XZxJMmQi
  
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• The #RoadToShinnecock begins with local qualifying! At 112 sites in the U.S. and Canada, players will begin their j… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-02-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  The #RoadToShinnecock begins with local qualifying! At 112 sites in the U.S. and Canada, players will begin their j… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Tiger's checklist: How he can contend at Augusta

  21-02-2018 17:34
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Augusta is already on the minds of most players here at the Honda Classic, and that includes the only one in the field with four green jackets.
  Yes, Tiger Woods has been talking about the Masters ever since he started this latest comeback at Torrey Pines. These three months are all about trying to build momentum for the year’s first major.
  Woods hasn’t revealed his schedule past this week, but his options are limited. He’s a good bet to play at
  
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• Players winner to get 3-year exemption into PGA

  21-02-2018 16:23
  
  Although The Players isn’t golf’s fifth major, it received a boost in that direction this week.
  The PGA of America has adjusted its criteria for eligibility into the PGA Championship, extending an exemption for the winner of The Players to three years.
  According to an official with the PGA of America, the association felt the winner of The Players deserved more than a single-year exemption, which had been the case, and the move is consistent with how the PGA Tour’s annual flags
  
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• Thomas: Playing in front of Tiger even more chaotic

  21-02-2018 16:15
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Justin Thomas may be going from the frying pan to the fire of Tiger Woods’ pairings.
  Translation: He’s going from being grouped with Woods last week in the first two rounds at the Genesis Open to being grouped directly in front of Woods this week at the Honda Classic.
  “Which might be even worse than playing with him,” Thomas said Wednesday.
  Typically, the pairing in front of Woods deals with a lot of gallery movement, with fans racing ahea
  
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• Rory: Phil said RC task force just copied Europe

  21-02-2018 15:55
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Playing the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am two weeks ago, Rory McIlroy quizzed Phil Mickelson about what the Americans got out of the U.S. Ryder Cup task force’s overhaul.
  McIlroy and Mickelson were paired together at Pebble Beach.
  “Basically, all they are doing is copying what the Europeans have done,” McIlroy said.  “That's what he said.”
  The Europeans claimed their sixth of seven Ryder Cups with their victory at Gleneagles in
  
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• Woods happy to help Furyk at Ryder Cup

  21-02-2018 15:11
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Tiger Woods didn't hesitate when Jim Furyk asked him to become a vice captain at the upcoming Ryder Cup.
  Woods said Wednesday that Furyk asked he and Steve Stricker “a while ago” whether they were interested in being assistants in Paris as the Americans try to win a Ryder Cup on foreign soil for the first time in 25 years.
  “He’s one of my best friends,” Woods said of Furyk, “and whatever he wants, whatever he needs, I’m
  
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• Woods to hit '4 or 5' drivers each day at Honda

  21-02-2018 14:54
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Those hoping Tiger Woods will wield the driver early and often this week at PGA National likely will be disappointed.
  Depending on wind direction, he said he will only hit “four or five” drivers each round.
  During Wednesday’s pro-am, Woods hit driver on six holes. He found two fairways with the big stick and found the right rough four times, though a few of those misses were only a few yards off the fairway.
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• TT postscript: One birdie in casual pro-am round

  21-02-2018 14:34
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Here are a few observations after watching Tiger Woods’ pro-am round Wednesday at the Honda Classic:
  • As expected, the stress level was minimal at PGA National. He had a short warmup (considering it was still freakin’ dark when he was about to tee it up, at 6:45 a.m.) and generally took little time contemplating shots, except for a few clubs off the tee.
  • Tiger spent a lot of time chipping, pitching and putting after completing
  
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• Nicklaus eager to help USGA rein in golf ball distance

  21-02-2018 13:08
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Jack Nicklaus heard words that warmed his heart over dinner Sunday with USGA executive director Mike Davis.
  He said Davis pledged to address the distance the golf ball is flying and the problems Nicklaus believes the distance explosion is creating in the game.
  “I'm happy to help you,” Nicklaus told Davis. “I've only been yelling at you for 40 years.”
  Nicklaus said he first confronted the USGA in 1977 over ball and distance issues.
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• Sergio can now 'relax and trust it' after Masters win

  21-02-2018 13:01
  
  PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Sergio Garcia says he didn’t let down his guard after winning the Masters and coast through the rest of the PGA Tour season.
  If anything, he says, he burned more to win after claiming his first major championship title last spring.
  “I was hungry or hungrier than I was before,” Garcia said while preparing for his first PGA Tour start of 2018 at the Honda Classic. “It doesn't change ... After the Masters, from The Players until probably the
  
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• For better or worse, golf attracting the mainstream crowd

  21-02-2018 12:35
  
  A split second after Bubba Watson launched his tee shot at the par-4 10th hole on Sunday at Riviera Country Club the relative calm was shattered by one overly enthusiastic, and probably over-served, fan.
  “Boom goes the dynamite!” the fan yelled.
  Watson ignored the attention seeker, adhering to the notion it’s best not to make eye contact. But it’s becoming increasingly difficult to turn a deaf ear.
  The last few weeks on the PGA Tour have been particularly raucous, first w
  
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• Sponsored: Callaway's Chrome Soft, from creation to the course

  21-02-2018 11:10
  
  Those boxes of Callaway Chrome Soft and Chrome Soft X golf balls that you see on the shelf orignated somewhere. But where? The answer is Chicopee, Mass., a former Spalding golf ball plant that Callaway Golf purchased 15 years ago.
  The plant was built in 1915 for manufacturing automobiles, and was converted to make ballistics during WWII. Currently, it makes some of the finest golf balls in the industry.
  Eventually, those balls will be put into play by both professionals and amateurs. But the jou
  
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• Power Rankings: 2018 Honda Classic

  21-02-2018 10:10
  
  The PGA Tour heads east to Florida this week for the Honda Classic. A field of 144 players will tackle the Champion Course at PGA National, including the infamous three-hole stretch dubbed the "Bear Trap."
  Be sure to join the all-new Golf Channel Fantasy Challenge - including a new One & Done game offering - to compete for prizes and form your own leagues, and log on to www.playfantasygolf.com to submit your picks for this week's event.
  Rickie Fowler won this event last year by four shots ov
  
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• Hot Seat: Honda fans bring noise and heat

  21-02-2018 09:50
  
  The Bear Trap awaits in South Florida.
  With hot, sunny days forecast for all four rounds of the Honda Classic, the mercury’s rising, especially at the 17th hole, where the revelry at the Goslings Bear Trap party pavilion could turn the tee box into a sweat box.
  It may be even steamier for women playing the Honda LPGA Thailand, with temperatures forecast in the 90s for the weekend.
  Here’s our special heat index gauging the toastiest seats in golf this week:
  Five-alarm salsa – PG
  
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• Tiger Tracker: Honda Classic

  21-02-2018 09:03
  
  Tiger Woods is making his third start of the year at the Honda Classic. We're tracking him at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.Tweets by GCTigerTracker
  
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