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Rickie Fowler and his Colonial Round 1 playing partner, Jason Dufner, took divergent paths to becoming a PGA Tour winner. That variance puts a unique kind of pressure on each golfer, writes ESPN.com's Farrell Evans.

Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, ESPN.com golf writer Farrell Evans stops by to give you the latest from the links.Evans grew up in Forsyth, Ga., 60 miles south of Atlanta, where he learned the game at the Forsyth Golf Club, an 18-hole public c...

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The LPGA deserves credit for enforcing a slow-play penalty against Morgan Pressel on Sunday at the Sybase Match Play Championship, but it unfortunately overshadowed the tournament, writes ESPN.com's Farrell Evans.

The Olympic Club's last U.S. Open in 1998 proved to be a turning point in the tragically short career of Payne Stewart, writes ESPN.com's Farrell Evans.

Our experts analyze all the pressing topics in golf in our latest edition of Monday Four-Ball.

HP Byron Nelson Championship experts' picks

Our experts analyze all the pressing topics in golf in our latest edition of Monday Four-Ball.

Ian Poulter shot a 7-under par 65 on Thursday to take the first-round lead with all of the afternoon groups still on the golf course. The 36-year-old Englishman had eight birdies and a bogey.

Greg Owen kicked his car into another gear after the PGA Tour called him around midmorning to say he had been bumped up to first alternate when Brian Harman missed the tee time to replace D.A. Points, who withdrew just before his 8:39 a.m. tee time.

Tiger Woods complained about a spectator using a camera phone that clicked during the middle of his backswing on the third hole as he attempted to play a chip shot. Although it was a difficult to pull off, Woods lamented the difficulties for all players.

Morning rounds on the first day of big tournaments have a tendency to produce great stories. Blake Adams was that great story on Thursday morning at the Players Championship.

At about 8:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, Brian Harman was in a heated game of pingpong with his caddie, John Davenport, in the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse, when he got a call from PGA Tour officials that he had missed the 8:39 am tee time on the No. 1 tee.

At about 8:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, Brian Harman was in a heated game of ping pong with his caddie, John Davenport, in the TPC Sawgrass clubhouse, when he got a call from PGA Tour officials that he had missed the 8:39 am tee time on the No. 1 tee.

Rory McIlroy begins the Players Championship as the No. 1-ranked player in the world, having moved passed Luke Donald into the top spot this week. And to think, not along ago, he was a bit overtaken by the prospect of meeting Tiger Woods.

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