Cameron Jourdan covers high school sports across the Oklahoma City metro and state. He responded by saying he badly wanted to beat former employer, Woods. Immelman would win the next major, the 2008 Masters, eight months later. The further left a tee shot goes, the better angle into the green. Ben Hogan sang the praises of the picturesque par-4 12th, Southern Hills signature hole. I view that as their issue, their world is much smaller, he told the BBC. If he wins this time, one adversary quipped, hell be my idol.. And the list of previous. . 3 The 18th. Beyond Stocktons PGA win in 70 and Woods PGA triumph in 07, these SHCC major winners found the top spot to be quite comfortable start to finish: * Tommy Bolt at the 1958 U.S. Open, the year he birdied the first and reportedly said, Whos going to finish second?. Data from Kentucky was not included. Blacks, however, haven't been making many inroads into the The evidence shows that blacks are killed by law-enforcement officials at disproportionately higher rates than whites across the country, but surprisingly, the rate is much lower in the South. The original plan was to focus only on an enhanced History Hall featuring elaborate, chronological chapters of the championship golf events held through the years at Southern Hills. The Charlottesville, Va., Unite the Right rally happened in a Southern state. History [ edit] The club was established in 1935 [1] from land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips (Frank Phillips, Waite's brother, was the namesake and founder of the predecessor to Phillips 66. Theres a creek on the right and front side of the putting surface. The latest news & stories from PGA Amateur Programs. Is the South really more racist? Garcia was asked whether or not he would consider hosting Tiger at the 2013 U.S. Open. The longest par 3 on the course will normally play into a southern wind, which makes it more difficult. Give a guy a one-shot lead in a major on Sunday and the choice of which 18th hole hed play to protect it, chances are no one would pick Southern Hills par-4 18th. Six bunkers surround the green, and out of bounds runs the entire left side of the hole. This phenomenon may be due to the fact that the Souths black population tends to register and vote more than other areas of the country. The shortest hole at Southern Hills is a downhill tee shot. A bunker on the left side of the fairway awaits any stray tee shots, and bunkers protect nearly every side of the smaller green. And much more recently, the 2007 PGA Championships four days had highs of 100, 99, 99, and 102 degrees. Southern Hills Country Club is a private golf and country club in Tulsa, Oklahoma . A building resembling a 17th-Century English country manor was decided upon. There has always been some sort of structure where the Clock Tower resides on what is called the upper tee. According to U.S. census numbers, in 2016 the median income for whites was $61,858, but it was $39,490 for people who identified as black. Players going for the green in two will want to avoid going right, where sand or water await. With rare collapses by Nicklaus (76) and Miller (77), Stocktons second-round 70 got him into a share of first after Round 2, and he led the rest of the way. Surrounded by armed police, he made par on the 15th and won the U.S. Open later that day his first major win. PGA of America Adds New PGA Championship Exemption Category, Mr. September: Walter Hagen & the PGA Championship, A Major Return for Justin Thomas at Quail Hollow. Speaking of mouthfuls, two-time tour winner Patton Kizzire had some seriously harsh words for Southern Hills, this week's PGA Championship venue, following his third round. In one of our favorite content offerings to date, Johnson also does a detailed analysis of the 17th hole at Southern Hills in. Except white long drivers are praised for being colorful and flamboyant, while Im called a showboat. Almost every education ranking shows it. Its an impressive venue that immediately gives you a sense of depth and presence, he says. Maybe theyve never burned a cross, but they dont want black children in their schools or neighborhood. Southern Hills Country Club has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 29 reviews left anonymously by employees. Long Drive champion Maurice Allan from America, recently reached out to Golf Digest, asking for a platform to share his experience as an African-American man in golf after international outrage in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. The Root. The Championship kicks off on Thursday, May 19. The green is elevated with bunkers on every side and slopes severely from back to front. A Maryland Dumping Site Was Actually A Black Cemetery. Although he has been consistent in his unwillingness to cause controversy or ruffle feathers the evidence is clear. There is no definitive answer. "He's doing quite well, pretty impressive. Leaning on Coore and Crenshaws vision, the club built a nine-hole gem with two par 3s, two par 5s, four par 4s and a whole lot of membership love for these 3,094 yards (3,301 from the tips) where the rating is 71.8 and the slope 126. Six years later, that chance arrived at the 2007 PGA Championship, where Woods opened with a modest 1-over 71. At Southern Hills, her score of 156 in stroke play was four off the medalists score, but in five matches Didrikson steamrolled Peggy Kirk (4 and 3), Betty Rucker (4 and 3), Maureen Orcutt (5 and 4), Helen Siegel (3 and 2), and Clara Sherman (11 and 9 in the final) without ever once trailing. But this has nothing to do with racism. Joe Barks contributes to Club & Resort Business magazine working out of Wayne, Pa. (suburban Philadelphia). Gil Hanse has restored this Perry Maxwell. On Friday night, Hatton, who already slammed Augusta National for being "unfair at times" back in April, said that the greens at Southern Hills were "bubbling all over the place." Considered the signature hole at Southern Hills, the dogleg left requires a good tee shot. His sponsors were upset with him for trying to defend his own honor. An uphill approach to an elevated green will test players finishing the front nine. I looked at the available information on education, employment, economics, housing and politics to find out if the South is really more racist than anywhere else. Even golfing legend Tiger Woods has been the victim of racial slurs and discrimination many times in his illustrious career. So, what once housed the range ball dispensing machine, became the iconic symbol of Southern Hills Country Club. In Forbes magazines 2015 list of the cities where blacks are doing the best economically, Southern cities made up 13 of the 15 on the list. 4 min read. It could have been better, but his 18-foot birdie putt at the last ringed the cup. Ben Hogan and Arnold Palmer consider it one of the best par-4 holes in the United States. 18. Welcome to Southern Hills Country Club, a private, member-owned country club located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He became the awe-inspiring, incredibly prolific Father of Oklahoma Golf., Maxwell did the bulk of his work in that state by the time he got to Southern Hills in 1935-36, during the Great Depression, he had already designed more than 40 golf courses but, oh, how he shared his work beyond the borders of Oklahoma. Donald McCormick and John Forsyth took the job as a joint venture. Tiger Woods has handled it all with grace but the amount of racism that still seems to be part of the golfing community needs to change. It might be that the South has earned that reputation because racism is more blatant in Southern areas. Does Nate Bargatze prefer golfing with his wife or Mark Wahlberg? No. People changing the yardages that I've hit - I've seen it all. Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw built a nine-hole course there in 1990. He can be reached at cjourdan@oklahoman.com or on Twitter at @Cam_Jourdan. Yet the Hillcrest Country Club in Beverly Hills was the "Jewish" counterpart to the Los Angeles Country Club, and Lew Wasserman, chairman of the board of the Music Corporation of America, told Times reporter Robert Scheer that the . Englands Zane Scotland has also experienced racism first hand. But the good news is, theres no doubt it will clearly be worth the wait. - 2636 East 61st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 - UNITED STATES Support Camerons work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com or by using the link at the top of this page. There are more hate groups in the South. In Southern states, the average was slightly higher, at 4.02 people per million, but while more than 9.38 out of every million black citizens were killed by police nationwide, blacks were killed more than a third less often by Southern cops (6.65 per 1 million). Sheesh, that's a mouthful. Put it on the wrong spot on the green and good luck two-putting. A shorter dogleg left, an accurate tee shot is required to have a good look into the green. COURSE GALLERY: Closer look at Southern Hills. Only two months in, however, events began to unfold to ensure that the year is now likely to be remembered most, at least for the short term, for the disruption it brought to SHCC . On Tuesday, we published the results of a SurveyMonkey Audience poll about which states people. His aura was rekindled there with pulsating precision in 2007. Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Denver, Colo., nonpareil of Americas women athletes, as the AP called her. In the mid-1990s, a forward-looking president of the club thought a tower would fit nicely. In an interview with the Boston Globe in 2007, Grier said Green was keeping his distance so if there was a shooting, the player would be the only target. Work itThis exercise bike can be folded away when not in use, has 16 different levels of resistance, has a backrest, and also has arm and leg resistance bands too. It could have been better, but his 18-foot birdie putt at the last ringed the cup. In honor of it being Friday the 13th and all, lets dive into the scariest stories that the club has to offer in its 86-year history. RELATED:Live updates from Day 3 of the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. Amateur Championship, and made a most recent comeback for the 2022 PGA Championship. The first par 3 plays downhill and normally downwind, but its an intimidating tee shot with water front and left of the green along with bunkers guarding the front. Fortunately, the Phillips and Maxwell plan prevailed and one of the most iconic opening tee shots and challenging finishing holes in all of golf was created and survives to this day. But the percentage of black students in the South who attend schools that are 90-100 percent black is lower in the South than in any other region, according to a 2014 study by UCLAs Civil Rights Project (pdf). I used the difference between the two to measure whether law-enforcement officers are more likely to take black lives in Southern states than anywhere else. Opens, four PGAs the winner has had at least a share of the lead in each round on five occasions. (Jerry Cozby, in 1985, and Cary, in 2016, are the only father-son winners of the PGA Professional of the Year.) Just yesterday I received hate mail, accusing me of race-mingling, calling me Django, that Im as worthless as our previous president, Obama Bin Laden. Thats just from, ahem, fans, Allan shared. "It's been everything from not being able to get into events, to not being paid for winning. Southern Hills followed and looked similar. The Northeast was the only region where the number of segregated schools has increased since 1968. What is the least important NFL Combine drill? I am not oblivious to the history of the South, but I wanted to find out whether or not it was true. Washing. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not to serve fried chicken next year. Although the clause is no longer there, an overwhelming majority of players are white, with only four African-American players on the PGA Tour - Joseph Bramlett, Cameron Champ, Tiger Woods, Harold Varner III. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, PGA Championship 2022: Tour pro lambasts Southern Hills, calls it 'pitiful setup' and 'overrated golf course', Gil Hanse and his team actually took out and put back in during the restoration project. The opportunities arent equal, but there is less of a measurable racial divide in the Southern states than there is nationwide. Multiple bunkers guard the green. He used the topography, embracing contours in fairways, undulated greens, and swells around and on the greens, so-called Maxwell rolls.. But on Saturday, the drastic shift in weather has made an already difficult golf course play that much tougher, and the scores very much reflect that. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. However, it has been expanded many times over the years and now encompasses over 70,000 square feet. The swimming pool, stables, bridle paths, polo field, skeet range, and tennis courts were completed in 1935. Six years later, that chance arrived at the 2007 PGA Championship, where Woods opened with a modest 1-over 71. ton of Washington, was refused admittance to the Kenwood Golf and Country Club in suburban Bethesda, Md., to keep a speaking engagement. Southern Hills Country Club hosted the 2021 Senior PGA Championship, won by Alex Cejka, seen here hugging his caddie on No. SINCE 2014, Southern Hills Country Club (SHCC) has been preparing for 2020 to mark another important milestone in the Tulsa, Okla. club's storied 85-year history. A short par 4 that normally plays into the wind and has an elevated, bunkered green. Even with all of that temporarily off the table, however, Sidorakis knows there will eventually be ample opportunity for all who are associated with Southern Hills to fully appreciate, and benefit from, the clubs extensive preservation initiative. Its been the same color ever since and as a tribute, the championship tee markers at Southern Hills are, of course, pink. I also dont want the discussion to extend too far in the past, so I only used post-2000 data from widely accepted sources. Hatton did later add that he hoped the greens would be nicer on the weekend. There is a bunker on the right side of the fairway that can come into play on the dogleg left. Although Woods and Williams made amends, Woods admitted he was disappointed by the comment. Well, showboat is putting it nicely. Here are Nine Things to Know about Southern Hills: At the 2001 U.S. Open, Woods was 26 and the winner of four consecutive major championships. Because Kentucky. As a condition of his donating 300 acres of land south of Tulsa during the middle of the Great Depression to a group of forward-looking businessmen who wanted to build a golf course and country club, philanthropist Waite Phillips had this condition: As part of the proposal, I stipulate that the main clubhouse must be located approximately at the center of the south line of the acreage used for club purposes. From the members who were able to see the displays before the club was closed, he reports, he heard nothing but glowing exclamations of wow about all that had been assembled for display. 2022 PGA Championship: a hole-by-hole guide to Southern Hills Country Club. A whisper of a rally (69-69) left Woods at 3 over and T12. Many players will lay up to have wedge shots into the undulating green. The green slopes left toward a creek, and bunkers also guard the complex. When SHCCs clubhouse was made over as part of a $20 million renovation project in 2007 (The Bold New Approach at Southern Hills CC, C+RB, June 2007), an initial attempt at creating a History Hall was made. Give him a chair and time and Gil Hanse knows where hes headed. A 456-yard dogleg left, its fairway slopes right-to-left, pushing balls toward the stream that runs all the way to the green, which is also protected by three daunting bunkers. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. This exercise bike can be folded away when not in use, has 16 different levels of resistance, has a backrest, and also has arm and leg resistance bands too. | Agree to Disagree. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? Southern Hills Country Club is best known for its Championship Golf Course, which is recognized among the top 100 courses in the world and has been the host to 17 Championships since 1945. He was asked by Cecil Canary and Bill Warren to sponsor the creation of a family-oriented country club, which would include a golf course, a swimming pool, a clubhouse, a stable, tennis courts, horseback trails, a skeet range, and a . Told of a death threat on his life called into the Oklahoma City FBI an anonymous woman said gunmen would shoot Green at the 15th hole Green had been given options by USGA President Sandy Tatum and police officers. Uh-oh, overstock: Wayfair put their surplus on sale for up to 50% off. In seven mens majors here, only two winners have managed to par the closing hole Tommy Bolt at the 1958 U.S. Open and Tiger Woods at the 2007 PGA. Browse the current issue and archived issues of Club & Resort Business in an easy-to-use, high-quality format. John Daly famously skipped out on a practice round to gamble in an air-conditioned casino and went on to shoot a 67 in a 108 degree heat index. Here's a hole-by-hole breakdown of the 7,556-yard, par-70 layout. 77% of employees would recommend working at Southern Hills Country Club to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. Servers Assistant (Former Employee) - Tulsa, OK - June 22, 2018. As the year began, SHCC was finalizing plans to celebrate the completion of a six-year campaign to preserve and promote its heritage by instituting a comprehensive archiving process and installing 19 permanent displays in its clubhouse, to showcase not only its world-renowned championship golf pedigree, but its important role in the history of Tulsa as well. The second major professional golf tournament of the year, the PGA Championship, takes place this week at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, OK. The man: Tiger Woods. In 2011 Steve Williams was asked about a win that he called the greatest victory of his career. The Clubhouse at Southern Hills Country Club was destined to be the largest construction job in the Tulsa area in the 15 years of the Great Depression and World War II from 1930 to 1945. Those displays, in newly renovated History Hall, Trophy Hall and Founders Hall corridors within the Southern Hills clubhouse, had just been completed as March began. But six years later, Sidorakis knew the club was still just scratching the surface of what a place with its legacy deserved. In 1997 Fuzzy Zoeller made the infamous comment about Woods (21 at the time) when he was rolling to his monumental win at the Masters. But the most dynamic aspect to Southern Hills were the greens, and Gil Hanse, trusted to the restoration project in 2018, some 66 years after Maxwells death, said that hasnt changed. Although the clause is no longer there, an overwhelming majority of players are white, with only four African-American players on the PGA Tour - Joseph Bramlett, Cameron Champ, Tiger Woods, Harold. Cary gained some fame a few weeks ago when he caddied for Tiger Woods in the latters pre-PGA reconnaissance round. TULSA, Okla. Southern Hills Country Club has an interesting and even notorious history. Consistently recognized as one of the top 100 golf courses in the world, the Championship Course at Southern Hills Country Club was originally designed by Perry Maxwell and opened for play in 1936. When he took on Southern Hills, workers stood in line to earn 25 cents an hour, and the job was completed for $100,000. He has been covering the club and resort industry since the launch of C&RB in April 2005 and during that time has written cover-story profiles of over 150 club and resort properties, as well as many additional articles about specific aspects of club management and profiles of leading club managers. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. Soon after, a clock tower was built just in time for the 1996 Tour Championship. First, we should set some parameters. The club. Killer finish, said Hanse. Humidity was recorded at 85 percent. The average unemployment rate for white people nationwide for the latter part of 2016 was 4.7. Its 441 yards but will play shorter thanks to a downhill tee shot. Major Terrain: Southern Hills Country Club. I think that is the same excuse reportedly used by Roy Moore to justify harassing underage girls. Death threats, mob executions, unbearable heat the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., where the 2022 PGA Championship will be hosted next week, has quite the spine-chilling history. And there were more than a few folks who grabbed the screenshot of Kizzire's comments and, naturally, posted them to Twitter: Unfortunately, there is no turning back now for Kizzire. When they took on the task of restoring Southern Hills in 2018, Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner and crew had a skeptic eying them from afar: Legendary Oklahoma head pro Jerry Cozby, whose workplace for 41 years had been another Perry Maxwell gem, Hillcrest CC, 45 miles away. The History. The gregarious Grier, still a volunteer official with Mass Golf, said he caught up with Green on the 15th and said, Lets give them two targets to shoot at. The levity might have helped. That south line was the highest point on the property and looked directly at downtown Tulsa. Furthermore, according to BlackDemographics.com, of the top 10 states with high black homeownership, nine were in the South. TULSA Southern Hills Country Club will host its eighth mens major championship beginning May 19when the PGA Championship comes to Tulsa. But in the South, the rate averaged out to 2.05, again showing that, in Southern states, blacks are hired slightly . A few years ago, Mayor Walter A. More: Heres how Southern Hills has changed ahead of 2022 PGA Championship. He didnt know they were 14-year-olds because they misstated their data.. It didnt get much better. It is not more racist. In 1936, the temperature at that years Oklahoma Open reached 115 degrees, causing several golfers to up and quit after a few holes under the unrelenting sun. Then 35, The Babe was still a national hero for those two golds and one silver she won in track and field at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics. The PGA of America is one of the world's largest sports organizations, composed of PGA Professionals who work daily to grow interest and participation in the game of golf. Southern Hills Country Club had a remarkable start, having been established in 1935 amid the Great Depression. Move over, Tyrrell Hatton, we have a new Classic-Course-Criticizer-In-Chief. He tried his best to keep his distance from his caddie, Shayne Grier. Longtime Southern Hills member and club historian Clyde Chrisman (left) teamed with Andy Mutch of Golf Curator, Inc. to coordinate the collection and display of archives. If there is a little extra heat at Southern Hills next week, it might be Jerry Cozbys smile beaming down. He double-bogeyed his ninth and what turned out to be his final hole Thursday, thanks to torrential rain. But those blatant displays of racism sometimes obscure the fact that there are people across the United States who politely tuck their racism in their pockets every morning. In short, Sidorakis says, Chrisman was the godsend needed to get the right traction for the process, as he willingly took on the tasks that called for dogged persistence, to track down the materials from past champions and other sources that would create complete and compelling displays. More than 68 percent of people who live in the South reside in urban areas, according to 2010 U.S. census data. The actual construction of the 10,000 square foot building took only 10 months. Yet both states incarcerate African Americans at higher than average rates, 18% higher in Arkansas and 15% higher in Florida. The Bold New Approach at Southern Hills CC, Glens Falls CC Offers Activities for All Seasons, Private Club Retail Pro Shops Expand Their Reach, Clubs Introduce Members to Food-Friendly Spirits, Proper Membership Integration Will Boost Retention. Barks has been a writer and editor for specialized business publications for over 40 years, covering a wide variety of industries and professional disciplines over the course of his career. PGA Championship fan guide: Tickets, parking, schedule and more at Southern Hills in Tulsa. But even in the face of this latest challenge, 2020 still promises to leave behind the best evidence yet of why Southern Hills has stood since its founding as one of the nations most enduring and admired propertiesand proof of why it is as well-positioned as any club to continue to thrive as this latest threat subsides. The major championship jewel of the Great Plains is Perry Maxwell's masterpiece, recently restored by Gil Hanse. Bookmark, share and interact with the leading club and resort magazine today. Follow Jim McCabe on Twitter. Jerry Cozby loved it. An accurate tee shot is required with trees right and a creek left. To determine which states compose the loosely defined term the South, I used a Survey Monkey poll conducted by the statistics-based site FiveThirtyEight and came up with this conclusive list of Southern states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Trouble awaits for shots that drift left. A building resembling a 17th-Century English country manor was decided upon. When golf returned from the World War II break in 1946, Tusla fans got a treat as the U.S. Womens Amateur came to Southern Hills. The median incomes for Southern whites and Southern blacks in 2016 were $58,209 and $38,601, respectively. That is impossible to know. Browse 15,567 southern hills country club stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. * Raymond Floyd, owner of arguably the greatest stare in golf history, led by three after opening with 63 and pretty much had it in his pocket all the way at the 1982 PGA. In addition, of the 18 states with a black unemployment rate lower than 10 percent, 11 were Southern states. The hole has been lengthened nearly 100 yards, and players face a difficult tee shot to a sloped fairway. The 18th hole at Southern Hills Country Club, site of the 2007 PGA Championship on September 10, 2005 in Tulsa . USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. It should be noted that both Kizzire and Hatton did take ownership of their own poor play themselves, Kizzire at the beginning of his comments when saying he played "pitiful golf," and Hatton after his comments, saying he still needs to be able to hit decent shots to give himself more opportunities. It was recently named the 2022 PGA Championship host following the PGA of America's vacating of Trump Bedminster. And the oldest, Cary, has been at Southern Hills since 1995, going from head professional to Director of Golf. There were some who thought the better plan would be to place the clubhouse on the north end of the property where it was flatter and had better access from town. Plus, Southern states are generally under Republican control, which would seemingly result in fewer black elected officials and fewer black voters, right? I dont actually consider Florida to be a part of the South because they be on some other shit, but statistics. That run ended at Southern Hills. Upon its creation, few would have believed that it would become the major logo for Championships hosted at Southern Hills. The numbers show that Southern blacks are slightly less likely than their white counterparts to be jobless. Site by. "Because I am mixed race, a lot of my contemporaries wouldn't necessarily know that I'm half black. As with education, it is not enough to simply look at the black employment rate. While it has become the main public symbol of Southern Hills, overtaking the Crest which depicts all six of the major activities for members in the early days of the club its history is not necessarily memorable. Anticipation is ripe for a return to Southern Hills and the 104th PGA Championship. [2]. It has the feel of a museum, and it just makes you want to spend hours taking it all in.. Several members . Many Southern states have made it difficult to vote through voter-ID restrictions and voter-suppression efforts. The 18th will play up to 491 yards, with the second shot uphill to a green that slopes treacherously from back to front. Kizzire, who has shot rounds of 69, 75 and 78 this week, went straight to Instagram after a brutally windy and cold day in Tulsa and let it rip. The Scramble at Southern Hills P.G.A. That makes him the second player along with Hatton to be so outspoken about the course this week. This guy (Hanse) gets it, Jerry Cozby said to his son. The 2022 PGA Championship will be held in May of 2022 at Southern Hills Country Club, and there's no better team to take you through the recently-restored Perry Maxwell design than our friends . RELATED:Tiger Woods did something he's never done as a pro in a major before (and it's not good). Jim McCabe has covered golf since 1995, writing for The Boston Globe, Golfweek Magazine, and PGATOUR.COM. 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