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By: PoliBlog’s Deportes: A PoliBlog Sideblog » The International is no more

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:21:04 +0000

[...] Iâ€™ll say it again, does anyone in the golf media ever fact check? If its not six error extravaganzas, it is a story with one little easy to check mistake. The PGA Tour was not in DC since 1968 but since 1980. The tournament, originally the Kemper Open and later the Booz Allen, began in 1968 but was first played in Massachusetts and then North Carolina from 1968 to 1979. This mistake was reported by AP by the error prone Doug Ferguson last year, I contacted AP with the correction then but another reporter for that wire service falls into the same trap. [...]

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The International is no more » OTB Sports — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 21:41:42 +0000

[...] I’ll say it again, does anyone in the golf media ever fact check? If its not six error extravaganzas, it is a story with one little easy to check mistake. The PGA Tour was not in DC since 1968 but since 1980. The tournament, originally the Kemper Open and later the Booz Allen, began in 1968 but was first played in Massachusetts and then North Carolina from 1968 to 1979. This mistake was reported by AP by the error prone Doug Ferguson last year, I contacted AP with the correction then but another reporter for that wire service falls into the same trap. [...]

By: The top golf newsmakers of 2006 » OTB Sports

The top golf newsmakers of 2006 » OTB Sports — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:07:53 +0000

[...] * The return of Karrie Webb, in particular her win at the Kraft Nabisco * The return of Se Ri Pak from oblivion with her win at the LPGA Championship. Also the back 9 of that tournament on Sunday may have been the most dramatic of any tournament all year. With Pak, Karrie Webb, Annika Sorenstam, Lorena Ochoa, Michelle Wie, Pat Hurst, Mi Hyun Kim, Ai Miyazato and a few others all having legitimate chances to win the event. * The passing away of LPGA great Patty Berg * Arnold Palmer retiring from competitive golf. * The recordbook rounds of Loren Roberts at the Senior Open and Corey Pavin at the US Bank in Milwaukee. * The off year had by Annika Sorenstam. Plus her trouble with both ignoring and or breaking of LPGA rules a and therules of golf. * The off year had by Vijay Singh. [...]

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

title sponsor Booz Allen bailed out last year because it was not part of the FedExCup portion of the PGA Tour schedule.I'll say it again, does anyone in the golf media ever fact check? If its not six error extravaganzas, it is a story with one little easy to check mistake. The PGA Tour was not in DC since 1968 but since 1980. The tournament, originally the Kemper Open and later the Booz Allen, began in 1968 but was first played in Massachusetts and then North Carolina from 1968 to 1979. This mistake was