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11/24/2022 Happy Thanksgiving
11/17/2022 Slick Greens are Scarier Than Watching Jaws
11/10/2022 I Want My Lawyer
11/3/2022 Viva Mexico
10/29/2022 Playing the Big Ball and Missed Three Footers
10/20/2022 Pro Opens Up About Choking
10/13/2022 Emperior of Japanese Golf
9/29/2022 Stadler Gets First Win While The World is Focused on Augusta
9/22/2022 Trevino and Moody Play for Country
9/15/2022 Week of Redemption in Napa
9/8/2022 Palmer Wins a PGA Championship
9/1/2022 How Wilson Staff Lost Arnold Palmer
8/25/2022 Tom Watson Wins First Title In Three Years
8/18/2022 Palmer Plays in Fourth Playoff in 1963
8/11/2022 Colonial Country Club Gets Scorched in Memphis Open
8/4/2022 Vietnam Vet Wins In Rookie Season
7/28/2022 Clutch Putting Earns Fought First PGA TOUR Victory
7/21/2022 – Jack Rule Guts Out Victory After Kidney Stone Attack
7/14/2022 – The 1960 Open Championship and the Birth of the Modern Grand Slam
7/7/2022 – California Pro Comes From Six Strokes Back To Win Second Title in Two Weeks
6/30/2022 – The Fight To Crack The Top 60
6/23/22 – “You Wonder What You Have To Do To Win
6/16/2022 – Battle at Brookline
6/9/2022 – Weiskopf Finds Redemption at Canadian Open
6/2/2022 – A Hot Putter is the Prescription For Overcoming Nerves
5/26/2022 – Better than $500 and Plane Fare Home
5/19/2022 Stockton vs Arnie’s Army5/12/22 For My Next Trick I’ll Need a Voluntee
5/5/2022 – Pro Comes Into Charlotte as a Pauper, Leaves as a Prince
4/28/2022 – The Other National Championship Tony Lema Won
4/21/2022 – Palmer and Nicklaus Put Differences Aside To Team Up In PGA National Team Championship
4/14/2022 – Miller Ignores Naked Spectators to Capture Sea Pines Heritage Golf Classic
4/7/2022 – The Contradictory Feelings of Finishing Second in the Masters
3/31/2022 – Cerrudo Overcomes Weather to Win in San Antonio
3/24/2022 – Magee Loses Playoff and Captures the Lead
3/17/2022 – Jack Nicklaus Wins Mickey Mouse Tournament, Captures Money Title
3/10/2022 – Al Geiberger Tames Colonial to Win 1975 Tournament Players Championship
3/3/2022 – Ken Still, Pride of Tacoma, WA, Wins First PGA TOUR Title
2/17/2022 – Jack Nicklaus Gets On A Roll
2/10/2022 – Sam Snead Tries and Fails To Intimidate Dave Stockton
2/7/2022 – It’s The Bees Knees When The Big Three Finishes 1-2-3
2/3/2022 – Unknown Pro Upsets The Big Stars at the Crosby Pro Am
1/27/2022 – Pete Brown Makes Up Seven Strokes in Final Round
1/20/2022 – Vice President Hits Three People With Two Shots
1/13/2022 – “Young” Tom Shaw Captures Hawaiian Open
1/6/2022 – Bobby Mitchell Beats Jack Nicklaus in Tournament of Champions Playoff
12/30/2021 – Bob Rosburg Gives Cary Middlecoff a Prescription
12/23/2021 – In Charge of the Trumpet and The Champagne
12/16/2021 – Ike Steals the Show From Arnold Palmer
Tour Backspin Blog Archive
From Bridesmaid To Green Jacket
Tommy Aaron watches tee shot at the 1973 Masters (Photo: Getty Images) It is Wednesday, April 3rd, 1973 and the par-3 tournament at the Masters on the nine-hole course at Augusta National has just wrapped up. Gay Brewer tied Art Wall’s record, set in 1965, of 20 to...
U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying | The Longest Day in Golf
Players at the U.S. Open sectional qualifier at Meadow Springs Country Club in Richland, WA were greeted by temperatures in the mid-50s and winds blowing 15 to 20 mph as they prepared for "the longest day in golf". The field of 45 players included PGA tour player...
The Duel of The Decade
The cover of the January 1962 Golf Magazine differed from the usual covers the magazine featured. Instead of an action shot of a famous PGA pro, the cover was an illustration done by Edward Vebell. The illustration was done in an almost comic book fashion. Ben Hogan...
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