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Chacarra Conquers India, Greens Be Damned
Eugenio Chacarra has, against all odds and the general chaos that is a golf course, snagged the DP World India Championship. He played like a man who’d finally figured out where he left his car keys – calm, collected, and just a little smug about it.
Read the originalRyan Armour's Mules Get a Bigger Field to Graze In
You'd think Ryan Armour's colorful, shall we say, *frank* description of the PGA Tour's rank-and-file players as "mules" would have vanished faster than a poorly struck chip into the woods. But nope.
Read the originalRiviera Hits 100: Where Hogan's Grit and Sam's Smirk Collided
Riviera Country Club, the grand old dame of Los Angeles golf, is hitting a rather impressive milestone: 100 years. It’s a place so steeped in golf history, it practically has its own little museum out back, filled with dusty trophies and the ghosts of questionable fashion choices.
Read the originalHye-Jin Choi Is Leading the Pack, Leaving Others in Her Shanghai Dust
Hye-Jin Choi is playing the kind of golf that makes you wonder if she secretly moonlights as a cartographer, because she's mapping out this Shanghai course with pinpoint accuracy. She's currently leading the LPGA event by a single stroke heading into the final round, proving that sometimes, a wire-to-wire victory is less about explosive fireworks and more about a steady, unwavering hand.
Read the originalGoosen Leads SAS Championship After a Day of Mildly Bewildering Golf
Retief Goosen, a man whose usual on-course demeanor suggests he’s pondering the philosophical implications of a particularly stubborn dandelion rather than chasing birdies, has, with a surprising amount of pep, snagged the first-round lead at the SAS Championship.
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