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Picking The Majors - Masters Results

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 06:08 Tuesday, 16 April 2013 05:50

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The first Picking The Majors contest is in the books and two participants made every right choice...

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Martin Laird Shoots 63, Wins Valero Texas Open In San Antonio And Books Spot In Masters

Last Updated on Monday, 08 April 2013 13:37 Monday, 08 April 2013 13:11

by Alfie Lau

 

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Longtime Valero Texas Open sportswriter Art Stricklin called it early on Sunday morning: "Rory McIlroy is gonna have to shoot 63 to win this tournament."
 
My reply as we were playing a two-and-a-half hour round at Briggs Ranch: "There's no 63 out there today."
 
Scotsman Martin Laird proved Stricklin right and me woefully wrong as he was the golfer who shot 63 to beat McIlroy by two shots.

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Surviving Without Tiger On The PGA Tour

Last Updated on Sunday, 07 April 2013 16:20 Sunday, 07 April 2013 15:31

by Alfie Lau

 

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The Valero Texas Open has an illustrious history going back 91 years, but save for an appearance in 1996 when he had just turned pro and was trying to win enough money to get his PGA card, that history doesn't include Tiger Woods.
 
Yes, the biggest name in the game doesn't spend much time in Texas, but that doesn't deter the hardy volunteers in San Antonio, who've built a strong tournament on the fundamentals of community, charity and showing off the best of the city to people who haven't had the pleasure of visiting San Antonio.

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San Antonio's Glorious PGA Tour History

Last Updated on Saturday, 06 April 2013 12:57 Saturday, 06 April 2013 11:54

by Alfie Lau

 

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The Texas Open has been contested on eight different courses since 1922 and now in its 91st year, with some interruption for that little thing called the Second World War, the tournament is proudly known as the Valero Texas Open contested on the AT&T Oaks Course at the TPC San Antonio.

Longtime newspaper columnist Art Stricklin is the resident Texas Open historian and after golfing a round with him at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort, I now know more about the Texas Open than anybody in Western Canada.

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San Antonio A Texas Treat For 2013 Valero Texas Open

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 April 2013 22:58 Thursday, 04 April 2013 22:42

by Alfie Lau

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It's a scheduling quirk in the PGA Tour calendar that the fine folks of San Antonio are happy to capitalize on. 
 
With an extra week of tournament golf before The Masters, the Valero Texas Open moves from its traditional May spot during the Texas swing to a better spot just after the Shell Houston Open and right before The Masters.

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