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Eight of the Ryder Cup European team who competed in the winning side at Oakland Hill in 2004 are returning this weekend to compete in this years USPGA.
Harrington has quoted that the experience gained 4 years ago will be an “advantage to anybody who’s played a tournament of that intensity”.
The victorious Europeans who [...]

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So much for a wrist injury.
The most open of Opens was defended successfully on Sunday by the ever affable Padraig Harrington.
I wonder how far down the home stretch he was at a point where he thought victory was his in his grasp.
I’m just halfway thru Bob Rotella’s book “Golf is a not a Game [...]

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I was not wrong in my last post that I thought the Aussies would enjoy the Birkdale links.
Norman was a hero of mine back in the old days of persimmon woods. So it was a pleasant surprise to see him battling the elements with a game that looked as good as it was when he [...]

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No European has ever won the Open at Birkdale. With the absence of Woods the field has been left wide open. So could one of the European Tour boys do it again. Even better, could a home grown player pick up the Claret Jug on Sunday.
As ever, there is class field at Birkdale this weekend, [...]

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Bush Hill Park Golf Club - Festival Week 08.07.2008 - 13.07.2008
I have been away from the desk for a few days, attending various events at my club’s festival week. It has been a fantastic week so far which included an Open event on Tuesday, a charity event on Thursday and yesterday the club held [...]

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Philip Walton, the hero of the Ryder Cup back in 1985 qualifies for the Open Championship by carding 142 for first place in final local qualifying at West Lancashire on Tuesday.

Walton, no longer a European Tour player has gone down in Irish golf folklore as the guy who secured the European win at Oak [...]

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Wentworth based golfer Ross Fisher claims his second European Tour win at the London Club.
Fisher didn’t quite make the London Club because at the beginning of the week he was at Sunningdale, competing for a place in the Open Championship. After a gruelling 36 holes in the International Final Qualifying, Ross carded a 134 total [...]

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Thank you for visiting Hole High Golf Blog.
This my first attempt at a blog, so bear with me if it all starts to go a bit pear shaped. Bit like my golf at the moment.
Don’t worry I am not here to bore you to death reading about my golfing antics. Although I may post [...]

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