PGATOUR.com: Sim could be next star product of Aussie pipeline

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO -- He's part of the Aussie Pipeline, the kids who grow up Down Under with thoughts of playing golf Up Over, across the Pacific and in the other hemisphere.

We're so accustomed to the success of Australian golfers in America, from Bruce Crampton to David Graham to Greg Norman to Geoff Ogilvy, that Michael Sim should be absolutely no surprise.

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PGATOUR.com: Mickelson's use of old wedges stirs groove rule debate

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO -- This is what Phil Mickelson said. That all the clubs in his bag are approved for play. Including the ones some other players say he should not be using, wedges from Ping which if not older than dirt are old enough to create a controversy.

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RealClearSports: Thanks, David Stern for Doing the Right Thing

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

Thanks, David Stern. Thanks for doing what any sane-thinking person would have done, suspending the two Washington Wizards players who were so stupid, so arrogant to bring guns to practice.

Thanks for attempting to restore to society some sense of what is right and wrong.

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PGATOUR.com: Tidland's career interweaves with Tiger, Torrey Pines

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO -- Oh, what Chris Tidland didn't know. That golf could be such a frustrating game and yet such a rewarding one. That he would reach the final stage of q-school 10 times and gain his card only twice. That the 13-year-old kid he couldn't defeat would turn out to be the best player in the world.

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PGATOUR.com: With Woods gone, Mickelson brings shot in the arm to event

By Art Spander
Special to PGATOUR.com

SAN DIEGO -- This is his town, San Diego, where the waves sweep in and world seems nothing but blue skies and Mexican food. This is the place Phil Mickelson was always The Man, even when he was a boy.

And now, with the absence of the other guy, and is there any reason to mention names, there's a new responsibility for Mickelson as he plays for the first time in 2010.

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