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For Wie, balance plays important role in life

Jason Sobel

...she won the Lorena Ochoa Invitational on Sunday that differs from those of most other just-crowned tournament champions. In this shot, she isn't merely holding the trophy aloft or planting a posed kiss...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

R&A not looking so ancient with rule change

Jason Sobel

For an organization founded in 1754 that hosts a golf tournament with 150 years of history, the rules are so set in stone they might as well carve...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009

After first win, Wie headed in right direction

Jason Sobel

...whiffs, she seemed to regress on the course, eclipsed by other young peers who were winning important tournaments. That's when the public backlash against her really began, when pure malice for a teenaged girl...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 15, 2009

Streelman's birdie earns $1 million

Jason Sobel, ESPN.com

With a birdie on the 17th hole of the Magnolia Course during the second round of the Children's Miracle Network Classic on Friday, Kevin Streelman clinched the inaugural Kodak Challenge to win $1 million.

Story | Conversation | November 13, 2009

Streelman claims $1 million in Kodak Challenge

Jason Sobel

Not every professional golfer becomes an immediate success, traversing the world in a fleet of private jets while sipping the finest champagne with a ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Sharing 99 reasons to be thankful for golf

Jason Sobel

Ah, Thanksgiving. The one day each year when we convene with those closest to us (the other guys in the usual foursome) in the most comfortable surrou...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Tiger-Phil just part of 99 reasons to be thankful

Jason Sobel

It's that time of year again, golf fans. Time to gather 'round the 19th hole and discuss what we're most thankful for during this, uh, Thanksgolfing h...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Lefty's resurgence portends high hopes for 2010

Jason Sobel

...main premise comes across loud and clear: Four months into the golf season and with the Masters Tournament already in the books, the world's two most talented golfers are already putting on a show...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 08, 2009

Moore to use Scratch Golf equipment

Jason Sobel, ESPN.com

PGA Tour professional Ryan Moore, who has made headlines as the tour's only "logo-free" player in recent years, has signed a deal with Scratch Golf in which he will not only use their equipment, but become part owner of the company.

Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Barron's violation a solitary issue

Jason Sobel

...she's read through it," Rich Beem said before last year's AT&T National, the first tournament at which players were tested. "She was actually laughing at a lot of the stuff. There's...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

Golf, by its nature, lacks real rivalries

Jason Sobel

...which seemingly every player has a chance to contend on any given week; very few match play tournaments on the annual schedule, relegating the number of head-to-head instances; and gentlemanly players, many of...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009

Fry's reportedly moving to CordeValle

Jason Sobel, ESPN.com

The Frys.com Open, which served as a PGA Tour coming-out party for two talented California youngsters last week, might move to the Golden State next year.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009

For Sorenstam, it's all about life after golf

Jason Sobel

BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- Annika Sorenstam has just finished up the ninth hole as part of a scramble -- a bogey on a par 5, if you must know; perhaps a firs...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 28, 2009

No tweet zone: McLachlin breaks rule

Jason Sobel, ESPN.com

Golfer Parker McLachlin posted a comment to Twitter during the final round of the Frys.com Open on Sunday, unknowingly breaking a PGA Tour rule prohibiting the use of electronic devices during competition.

Story | Conversation | October 26, 2009

Timberlake's affinity for golf shines through

Jason Sobel

...Tour's upcoming Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, the tournament host sat down on the ESPN.com Hot Seat to discuss his recent hole-in-one, trading...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 07, 2009