In just six years, the Wachovia Championship established itself as one of the premier events on the PGA Tour.
It featured one of the best golf courses in Quail Hollow, which attracted Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and a host of other world-class players. The gallery was among the largest on tour. Tournament officials couldn’t print tickets [...]

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Zach Johnson was just trying to get his game together for next year. He ended up salvaging this season with an unexpected victory in the Texas Open.
“I had two things in my mind this week as far as going into the week and one was no expectations,” Johnson said. “So, no, I did not expect [...]

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Officially, the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, and therefore the biggest part of the tour’s calendar year, ended Sunday when Camilo Villegas won the Tour Championship in a playoff over Sergio Garcia.
Unofficially, the season ended for many fans when Tiger Woods had knee surgery in June, ending his season and sending a lot of casual [...]

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On the face of it, the notion that Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson and other members of the USA’s Ryder Cup winning team want to join the European Tour can only be good for the game this side of the Atlantic.
Mickelson would undoubtedly help drive up attendances, at least in [...]

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