In this issue: Dec. 12-19, 2009
Inside the Dec. 12-19, 2009 issue of Golfweek:
THE FORECADDIE
- Taking stock of Tiger Woods’ off-course troubles
- Padraig Harrington flashes “V for victory’’ sign for V grooves
- Two prominent Europeans search for an opening for logos
- Christmas bonus for Q-School grads? Humbug!
- Ken Comboy, who loops for Graeme McDowell, takes toughness to new level
- Stacy Lewis returns to LPGA Q-School, but not as a player
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TOY BOX
• Holiday gift: A sampler of stocking stuffers
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IN THE NEWS
• Tour debuts ‘Asia Swing’ with stops in Malaysia and China (By Andrew Both )
• Comcast’s planned purchase of NBC could affect golf coverage (By Gene Yasuda )
• Alabama’s Bud Cauley, the No. 2-ranked college player, intends to turn pro after the spring (By Asher Wildman )
• The European Tour will expand its global march in 2010 (Alistair Tait)
• Q&A: Nicole Jeray, an LPGA Q-School graduate, overcomes narcolepsy
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VOICES
• Inside the Ropes: Q-School grads need to play well early, or else (By Sean Martin)
• Wired: Golf goes mainstream, but not in the manner that the PGA Tour would have liked (By Martin Kaufmann)
• Letters to the Editor
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TIGER WOODS SAGA
• Tiger Woods, the face of the PGA Tour, faces some P.R. challenges (By Gene Yasuda )
• COLUMN: Only Elin Nordegren Woods is qualified to judge her husband’s behavior (By Jim McCabe)
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COMPETITION
• PGA Tour Q-School graduates tap into their experience on other tours to meet the test (By Sean Martin)
• COLUMN: Brian Stuard makes the most of his second chance at a Tour card (By Adam Schupak)
• Amanda Blumenherst leads an accomplished group of Americans onto the LPGA (By Beth Ann Baldry)
• Finally, a victory (though unofficial) for Jim Furyk (By Jim McCabe)
• Englishmen Simon Khan and Sam Hutsby set pace in European Tour Q-School
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COLLEGE
• Midseason grades for the top 30 teams in men’s and women’s college golf (By Sean Martin and Beth Ann Baldry)
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THE GOLF LIFE
• Golfweek’s Best Casino Courses are where the action is (By Martin Kaufmann)
• Klein on Design: No. 3 at French Lick Resort’s Pete Dye Course (By Bradley S. Klein)
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FOR YOUR GAME
• Alignment sticks can point you in the right direction (By James Achenbach)
• Brothers George and Wesley Bryan, teammates at South Carolina, put their swings to the test (By Sean Martin)
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SCOREBOARD
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PERSPECTIVE
• The 2009 Rudies acknowledge a whopper of a year (By Jeff Rude)

















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