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Cup captains are just along for the ride

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

In the aftermath of an impressive United States victory over Europe last year at the Ryder Cup, captain Paul Azinger was heaped with praise for his st...

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Woods reigns over top-tier players

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

The victory at the Memorial and the way he went about it seemed to quiet the critics. And so did, to a certain extent, Tiger Woods' performance at the...

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Americans searching for a major breakthrough

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

...s really not a new development. Since the mid-1980s, when a slew of European golfers (Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Nick Faldo, Jose Maria Olazabal) were fitted for green jackets at the Masters, American...

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Open still holds lure for Funk, Lehman

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

Qualifiers Fred Funk and Tom Lehman, both north of 50 years old, explain why they would go to such great lengths just to play in the U.S. Open, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

Story | Conversation | June 10, 2009

Cejka traveled complicated road to TPC

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

To Alex Cejka, holding the lead at The Players Championship might not seem like a stressful situation. Maybe that's because when he was 9 years old, Cejka and his father fled Communism seeking a better life, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

Story | Conversation | May 08, 2009

Speculation of Woods-Haney split nonsense

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The thousands of spectators who followed Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning during their pro-am round Wednesday morning at the Quail Ho...

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Lee focused on using exemptions to earn 2010 PGA Tour card

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

When Danny Lee became the youngest player to ever win the U.S. Amateur last summer, a world of opportunity awaited. There were the invites to presti...

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Monty's made for match play

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

At 45, Colin Montgomerie might no longer contend in majors. But the Scot surely will add drama to next year's Ryder Cup in Wales, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig.

Story | Conversation | January 26, 2009

2010 Ryder Cup might be last licks for Lyle

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

...mysteriously passed him by. He is the only one of Europe's big five -- Seve Ballesteros, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo are the others -- not to have gotten the nod. Why? "It...

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Ryder Cup brings pressure like no other in professional golf

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

Clammy hands. Queasy stomach. Blinding fear. So, ESPN.com's Bob Harig asks, what makes the Ryder Cup different from every other golf event? One word: pressure.

Story | Conversation | September 17, 2008

Americans fully prepared to play the underdog card at 37th Ryder Cup

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

Statistically speaking, the U.S. Ryder Cup team isn't all that different from the European squad, writes ESPN.com's Bob Harig. So why is everyone calling the Americans underdogs?

Story | Conversation | September 16, 2008

Jacklin gets majority of credit for European turnaround

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

Until the early 1980s, a U.S. win at the Ryder Cup was practically a given. Since 1985, though, the Europeans have turned the tables. So what changed? ESPN.com's Bob Harig explains.

Story | Conversation | September 13, 2008

Scheduling is everything on tour these days

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

The PGA Tour's Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial and Europe's BMW PGA Championship are this weekend, presenting a dilemma for the world's elite players -- especially those who are members of both the PGA and European tours, writes Bob Harig.

Story | Conversation | May 19, 2008

Success at Amen Corner is a nervy proposition

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

Augusta National's famed 11th, 12th and 13th holes are enough to make the greatest Masters champions shout "Amen!" when they're done.

Story | Conversation | April 07, 2008

Past champions share their Masters memories

Bob Harig, ESPN.com

Once a Masters champion, always a Masters champion. So even if they are at another place and time, pursuing other goals, and worrying about other things in golf, business and life, past winners typically welcome a conversation about the Masters.

Story | Conversation | March 30, 2008