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With his 11th win on the PGA Tour, there is some talk if Jim Furyk is on the march to a possible spot in the Hall of Fame.
  -- golfobserver.com

Eight days ago, Furyk spent almost an hour fiddling with wedges on the short-game practice area at Charlotte's Quail Hollow Golf Club. By late Sunday afternoon, Furyk was using that wedge to get up-and-down for par on the 72nd hole and force a playoff at the Wachovia Championship, which he won. But he might actually have won the tournament Tuesday with his work on the range.
  -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lee Westwood has been as proud as anyone to represent Europe in the Ryder Cup but he insisted today that he will not be changing his schedule purely to try to make this September's side. Captain Ian Woosnam said last week that Westwood and Padraig Harrington "have to start making a move really" to qualify for his team and that playing in America could count against them in the final reckoning.
  -- PA Sport

Arnold Palmer made a visit to Forest Hills Golf Club during Masters Week, and he wasn't very happy in what he saw. Six greens were so bad that the Palmer Course Design will redo them at no cost.
  -- Augusta Chronicle

Maggie Hardy Magerko, president of 84 Lumber, has mixed emotions about how things worked out with the PGA. She believes the golf organization might have helped 84 Lumber more in making its numbers work. She said the PGA was unwilling to sign a deal shorter than six years or to allow the company to bring in a presenting sponsor to help share the expense, though she has heard it has been more accommodating for the group that stepped up to take the spot.
   -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Byron Nelson takes slight exception to media accounts speculating about his "frail" health. He conceded that he will be less active and visible than during past EDS Byron Nelson Championships. But the Good Lord and Byron's 94-year-old body willing, Nelson plans to shake many hands and supply considerable face time this week.
  -- Dallas Morning News

The House voted Tuesday to award Byron Nelson the nation's highest civilian honor, the Congressional Gold Medal. If the Senate agrees, he'll join a select list that includes George Washington, inventor Thomas Edison and track star Jesse Owens.
  -- Dallas Morning News

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said Tuesday that the EDS Byron Nelson Championship is "very well" positioned for the future, despite uncertainties surrounding next year's new playing date and condensed tour schedule. Next year's Nelson moves to late April as part of the 37-week FedEx Cup schedule that spans from January to mid-September.
  -- Dallas Morning News

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