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LPGA women beat the men in Wendy’s

Monday, December 24th, 2007
I caught a glimpse of the Wendy's Three Tour challenge, which pit Natalie Gulbis, Cristie Kerr, and Morgan Pressel against men from the PGA and Senior's Tour. The LPGA led most of the back 9, until Morgan Pressel hit her wedge shot into the water down the stretch and made bogey. That pulled the women back into a tie with the Senior's Tour (aka Champions) at -4. Meanwhile, Camillo Vijegas and Bubba Watson were out spraying shots all over the course, proving why hitting the long ball is not always a good thing.

Anyway, the LPGA team picked Cristie Kerr for the playoff and she proceeded to better Fred Funk's amazing approach shot, hitting hers to within 4 feet. After Funk missed his short 8 footer, Kerr made hers. Game over. Way to go, women!

Rory Sabbatini leaves Tiger’s tourney a day early

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Citing "shin splints," Rory Sabbatini withdrew from Tiger Woods's tourney before the final round. Rory was in last place, 28 strokes behind Tiger at that point.

It was the first time ever that someone withdrew from Tiger's tourney during the competition. The Golf Channel speculates that Rory just dissed Tiger, again.

Tiger Woods and Annika Sorenstam win last weekend

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Tiger Woods dominated his own Target World Challenge, leaving Jim Furyk breathing fumes and dust. Meanwhile, Annika Sorenstam pulled out her 1st victory of 2007 in Dubai, a tourney she won last year.

Ron Sirak has a characteristically excellent article analyzing Tiger and Annika, who headed into different directions in 2007. Here's what Sirak says about Annika reclaiming her No. 1 status:

"That goal is a steep mountain to climb for two reasons. First, Lorena Ochoa has emerged as a phenomenal talent whose confidence is growing in leaps and bounds. She won eight times in 2007, and her victory at the Women's British Open weakened any lingering doubts about her ability to win the big ones. Ochoa also finished in the top-10 21 times in 25 starts, which means she is gathering Rolex Rankings points even when she is not winning. And that means Sorenstam is going to have to win a lot in 2008 to overtake the Mexican and reclaim the top spot."

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