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6/10/03 -- Much has changed for Sergio Garcia since he scissor-kicked his way to stardom in the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah.
6/8/03 -- For the 13th time, a U.S. Open will be contested in the Chicago area, as the 103rd edition takes place at Olympia Fields.
5/25/03 -- Cut through the mesh of cynicism and the hyperbolic praise and you discover what this week was really all about. It was all about one woman. It was all about Annika.
2/20/03 -- Sixty-five years before Annika Sorenstam said she would play in the Colonial, there was Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
5/14/03 -- Mike Weir returns to the Chicago area for the season’s second major, the 103rd U.S. Open, a different man than the one who suffered a meltdown at Medinah in the 1999 PGA Championship.
4/3/03 -- No comment. Those are two words Davis Love III expects to utter on more than one occasion next week in Augusta, Ga.
3/30/03 -- Davis Love III used five straight birdies and one emphatic eagle en route to claiming his second career victory in The Players Championship.
3/29/03 -- A number of players can earn their way into The Masters with a strong final round in The Players Championship.
3/29/03 -- Padraig Harrington and Jay Haas are on top, with nine players within four of their lead heading into the final round of The Players Championship.
3/28/03 -- Padraig Harrington talks about discriminatory policies and his famous second cousin; Craig Perks has caddie issues; These and more news and notes.
3/28/03 -- Fred Couples and Padriag Harrington share the 18-hole lead in The Players Championship
3/28/03 -- Padraig Harrington may be in the lead, but he feels a bit like an underdog heading into the weekend at The Players Championship.
3/27/03 -- Scott Hoch became the fifth player to pull out of The Players Championship when he withdrew Thursday morning due to a wrist injury.
3/27/03 -- An injured Michael Campbell gets disqualified after birdieing his final hole for an opening 89.
3/27/03 -- Of all the names near the top of the leaderboard after the first day of The Players Championship, John Dalys might be the most surprising ' at least to him.
3/27/03 -- Local favorite Rocco Mediate joined a trio of others in the clubhouse lead during the first round of The Players Championship.
3/26/03 -- Colin Montgomerie joked that he feels American. Thats because the 39-year-old Scot has spent the last six weeks Stateside.
3/26/03 -- Thomas Levet feels more comfortable this week; Davis Love III tours the tour in a motor home; These and more news and notes from The Players Championship.
3/26/03 -- Greg Norman is making his 2003 PGA Tour debut in this week’s Players Championship, where he reigned supreme in 1994.
3/25/03 -- War weighs on Notah Begay’s mind; Retief Goosen returns to action a dad; These and more news and notes.
3/25/03 -- The virus is still lingering, but Tiger Woods has made his way to The Tournament Players Club, which is enough to make the rest of the field sick.
3/25/03 -- Craig Perks is a long way removed from the days when his only recognizable feature was the name on his golf bag.
3/23/03 -- Tiger Woods suffered from food poisoning Sunday, but still easily won his fourth consecutive Bay Hill Invitational title.
3/23/03 -- Ty Tryon made his first cut of the season this week at the Bay Hill Invitational and turned it into his career-best finish on the PGA Tour.