Global Golf Post: Analysis: When Hope Is Hopeless

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Art Spander in Bob Hope Classic, Bubba Watson, Joe Ogilvie, Shane Bertsch, articles, golf

By Art Spander

LA QUINTA, CALIF. -- There was a time, before ESPN, before an NHL team showed up in Tampa, before the major leagues went to Denver and Phoenix, that sport was different.

We were happy for small favors, pleased when people such as Bing Crosby and Bob Hope gave us golf tournaments that were as much about entertainment as competition.

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