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Consider it a Rodney Dangerfield list. They’re PGA Tour players who don’t get the respect they deserve. Here’s golf.com’s most underrated players of the last quarter century:
Larry NelsonJohn DalyJose Maria OlazabalMark CalcavecchiaTom KiteBernhard LangerRory SabbatiniCalvin Peete
Larry Nelson. OK, I’m on board. Nelson won three majors. Yes, three. Probably the stealthiest Hall of Famer around.
John Daly. Huh?
Jose Maria Olazabal. Fine player, with two Masters and 27 worldwide wins. Agree.
Calc. I don’t know. He’s had many good moments, including a British and 13 tour wins but I don’t think of him as underrated.
Tom Kite. No.
Bernhard Langer. golf.com makes a good case for Bernhard. Two Masters, 61 worldwide wins (wow, did you know that?) and a Ryder Cup record of 21-15-6. I give him the nod.
Rory Sabbatini. Not buying it.
Calvin Peete. Definitely. Some of you may not even know him, but Peete was the most-successful African American on the PGA Tour (pre-Tiger) […]

WHEN IAN O’CONNOR CONTACTED ME in May and offered to do something on his new golf book, Arnie & Jack, I said, “Great.” The book was doing very well and already on my radar. Then the author emails me. Perfect.
Besides, growing up, Jack Nicklaus was my Tiger Woods. Arnie & Jack was right in my golf wheelhouse. A review copy soon arrived and I dug in.
Honestly, there’s not much I could say that hasn’t already been written in the many fine reviews. The rivalry angle hadn’t been done, and O’Connor’s reporting skills made this a book. The guy can write a sentence, too.
O’Connor is a nationally recognized sports columnist for FoxSports.com and The Record of New Jersey. He answered my questions between filing columns about major league baseball and the NFL.ARMCHAIR golf: What drew you to this project?IAN O’CONNOR: I was always fascinated by how the Augusta National crowds reacted […]

RIFE Putters captured 4 Top Ten Finishes on the Champions Tour this past weekend at the Commerce Bank boxing held in East Meadow, NY. 12 of the Top 30 Finishers on the leaderboard had RIFE putters in their bag. That’s over 33% of the field! An amazing accomplishment, considering RIFE doesn’t pay any of its Tour Players to play their putter. Even without any endorsement money, the Tour Players have found out on their own that it pays to play a RIFE putter. As a matter of fact, it paid over $487,000 in winnings this past weekend at the Commerce Bank boxing.
With a total of 24 putters in play, RIFE once again Ranked 1st on the Darrell Survey and continued to dominate the putter count on The Champions Tour. RIFE had 7 more putters in play than the next closest competitor who had only 17.
On the Nationwide Tour, RIFE captured […]

A SIMPLE APOLOGY from a golf photographer to Tiger Woods for snapping a photo before impact has been pinpointed as the cause of an onslaught of apologies sweeping the golf world.
The exact order is uncertain, but sources seem to agree that an apology from Retief Goosen to Tiger Woods came next. When Woods informed Goosen that an apology was unnecessary, the South African reportedly called the world No. 1 the following day and apologized for apologizing.
Soon after, PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem apologized to corporate sponsors for Tiger’s season-ending injury.
Then Tiger-sponsor Nike got into the act when retired CEO Phi Knight apologized for controversial labor practices in the Far East factories where Nike shoes were made. The Nike founder also apologized for the “K” in his last name remaining silent through the years.
Wendy’s, a longtime corporate golf sponsor, also apologized, saying the Wendy’s 3 Tour Challenge wasn’t really that challenging.
Goosen […]

Kenny Perry is on fire this season. This weekend at the Buick Open at Warwick Hills, in Grand Blanc, Michigan, Perry continued his streak, winning the tournament at 19 under par for a score of 269 using the Zero Friction golf Tee. The victory wasn’t easy for Perry this weekend, seeing as though he had to wait on the putters of Woody Austin and Bubba Watson, of whom finished 2nd and 3rd in the tournament respectively and were in the two final groups of the day. The victory was sweet, considering Perry accomplished a major goal he had set for this season of playing in the Ryder Cup in his home state of Kentucky. Perry is now ranked fourth in the Ryder Cup Standings for the U.S. Team. The Ryder Cup begins on September 16th, and although Perry has a spot in the match on the U.S. Team, he was […]

Seven Players Win with Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf Balls Across Worldwide Professional Tours
Inbee Park and Kenny Perry led Titleist golf ball loyalists to a seven-win week across the worldwide professional tours. With the worldwide sweep, the Titleist golf ball victory count advanced to 86, nearly four times the nearest competitor and more than all other golf balls combined. Below are the Titleist weekly highlights by tour:
PGA: Kenny Perry captured the Buick Open following a final round 6-under 66 to finish at 19-under 269, one shot better than Woody Austin and Bubba Watson. All three players relied upon the Titleist Pro V1x golf ball. It marked the second win of the year and the 11th of Perry’s PGA Tour career. He is the third multiple winner on the 2008 PGA Tour and only the fifth multiple winner in the 50-year history of the event. Perry, who won the Memorial […]

MY FAMILY VACATION began yesterday afternoon with a six-hour car trip, so I missed the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open. Between trips to the beach, water park and movies with my kids, I plan to publish a few things this week.
One will be a post on Arnie & Jack, a relatively new book authored by national sports columnist Ian O’Connor about the longstanding rivalry between Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus.
The book has made the New York Times bestseller list. I’m always glad to see a golf book make the list.
I heard from Ian yesterday, and as soon as I can tidy up our email Q&A I’ll post it for you. Probably in a day or two.−The Armchair Golfer

Rank
Player Name
Fed Ex Cup Points

1
Tiger Woods
22,695

2
Phil Mickelson
15,940

3
Kenny Perry
15,933

4
Stewart Cink
15,039

5
Justin Leonard
11,959

6
Ryuji Imada
10,854

7
Geoff Ogilvy
10,660

8
Vijay Singh
10,309

9
Boo Weekley
9,280

10
Anthony Kim
9,080

11
Robert Allenby
8,367

12
K.J. Choi
7,934

13
Trevor Immelman
7,831

14
Sergio Garcia
7,698

15
J.B. Holmes
7,463

16
Jeff Quinney
7,277

17
D.J. Trahan
7,258

18
Adam Scott
7,059

19
Steve Stricker
6,848

20
Bart Bryant
6,755

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Rank
Player Name
Tournaments (Won)
Winnings

1
Lorena Ochoa
12 (6)
$2,030,993

2
Annika Sorenstam
13 (3)
$1,459,176

3
Paula Creamer
14 (2)
$1,057,144

4
Inbee Park
16 (1)
$1,008,023

5
Yani Tseng
13 (1)
$876,759

6
Jeong Jang
15 (0)
$825,985

7
Seon Hwa Lee
16 (1)
$738,823

8
Suzann Pettersen
12 (0)
$729,528

9
Song-Hee Kim
13 (0)
$553,417

10
Karrie Webb
10 (0)
$525,557

11
Na Yeon Choi
14 (0)
$508,085

12
Eun-Hee Ji
14 (1)
$470,562

13
Maria Hjorth
13 (0)
$456,961

14
Helen Alfredsson
14 (0)
$450,762

15
Jee Young Lee
15 (0)
$436,573

16
Laura Diaz
15 (0)
$427,571

17
Christina Kim
14 (0)
$421,696

18
Teresa Lu
15 (0)
$415,644

19
Karen Stupples
13 (0)
$399,909

20
Cristie Kerr
14 (0)
$395,437

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Rank

Player Name

Tournaments (Won)

Winnings

1
Tiger Woods
6 (4)
$5,775,000

2
Phil Mickelson
14 (2)
$3,959,500

3
Stewart Cink
15 (1)
$3,718,671

4
Justin Leonard
17 (1)
$2,933,657

5
Geoff Ogilvy
14 (1)
$2,745,454

6
Kenny Perry
18 (2)
$2,675,350

7
Vijay Singh
15 (0)
$2,582,531

7
Vijay Singh
15 (0)
$2,582,531

9
Sergio Garcia
12 (1)
$2,397,170

10
Boo Weekley
17 (1)
$2,177,282

11
Anthony Kim
13 (1)
$2,176,622

12
Trevor Immelman
14 (1)
$2,097,324

13
Robert Allenby
17 (0)
$2,016,898

14
Jeff Quinney
18 (0)
$1,965,105

15
J.B. Holmes
16 (1)
$1,909,295

16
K.J. Choi
13 (1)
$1,815,256

17
Adam Scott
9 (1)
$1,802,176

18
Jim Furyk
17 (0)
$1,636,739

19
D.J. Trahan
18 (1)
$1,620,833

20
Bart Bryant
15 (0)
$1,606,755

21
Stephen Ames
14 (0)
$1,597,429

22
Steve Stricker
14 (0)
$1,566,521

23
Andres Romero
12 (1)
$1,559,237

24
Sean O’Hair
14 (1)
$1,497,810

25
Ernie Els
9 (1)
$1,495,722

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