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When it is released late tomorrow afternoon, the official commitment list for The Memorial Tournament (June 1-4) more than likely won't include Tiger Woods. That scenario would run to eight the number of consecutive tournaments he has skipped since he last played and would transfer a wave of speculation toward the U.S. Open, which commences three weeks from today. Could it be that the game's best player would choose not to play in the season's second major?
  -- Boston Globe

A week before the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, Justin Leonard walked into the Nike Research and Development facility, hit balls beside a computerized monitor and then walked out with 10 to 15 extra yards in driving distance. Leonard added an inch to the shaft of his SasQuatch driver, which measures 46 inches, and added loft to his driver, which is 9.5 degrees. That combination resulted in a 4 mph increase in ball speed.
   -- Dallas Morning News

Davis Love III justifiably will command plenty of attention over the next three weeks. He brings a compelling story to next month's U.S. Open, because he won the PGA Championship in August 1997, the last time a major was held at storied Winged Foot in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
  -- San Francisco Chronicle

Darren Clarke probably packed a few more fans in his corner because of what he did on the last day at the Irish Open. He led by two shots and started the rain-delayed last day at the ninth hole in the rough, where he was the day before when play was halted. Because marshals had trampled the grass to look for his ball, Clarke had an improved lie when the ball was repositioned, with a clear shot to the green. Although the rules allow Clarke to play the ball in its new position, he chose to chip it back out to the fairway, which is the only play he would have had the day before. Clarke wound up with a bogey and finished third, two shots behind Thomas Bjorn.
  -- Los Angeles Times

After winning the Cialis Western Open at Cog Hill last year, Jim Furyk isn't thrilled with the prospect of the tournament rotating out of Chicago every other year beginning in 2008. The plan calls for the event also to be held at Bellerive in St. Louis, Crooked Stick in Indianapolis and Hazeltine in Minneapolis.
  -- Chicago Tribune

David Duval's tie for 25th at Colonial gave him consecutive top 25 finishes for the first time since October 2002. He tied for 22nd at the Wachovia Championship. Duval, who is playing this week's FedEx St. Jude Classic, is showing some encouraging signs. He is tied for 16th in driving distance and 33rd in putting average. But his most important number is his ranking on the money list (144). With his five-year exemption from the 2001 British Open expiring this year, he needs to finish in the top 125 to retain his card.
  -- Dallas Morning News

Tim Herron's Sunday playoff victory at Colonial sends him into the summer suddenly a candidate to make his first Ryder Cup team, four months before fellow Minnesotan and longtime family friend Tom Lehman leads an American side that hasn't beaten Europe since 1999 to Ireland's K Club. His victory propelled him from 93rd to 20th on the PGA Tour money list, from 60th to 33rd in the official world rankings and all the way to ninth in the Ryder Cup points standings.
  -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

After three mostly lean years in golf's big leagues, affable 27-year-old Matt Kuchar stands eighth in Nationwide Tour earnings, wherein the top 20 on the money list at year's end are automatically promoted to the PGA Tour. Kuchar, the 1997 U.S. Amateur champion, won the Honda Classic in early 2002 as a veritable PGA Tour rookie, but hadn't sniffed a victory since, falling steadily backward and onto the Nationwide developmental circuit in 2006.
  -- Baltimore Sun

Richard S. Johnson's golf career began when he took a bet from his girlfriend's father that he couldn't learn to play in two weeks. He won the bet two weeks later with a 35 handicap. "In Sweden, you have to [get] like a green card, like a drivers license ... to get on the golf course," he said. "You can't just pay and go on. You have to learn the rules and take lessons from a PGA professional."
  -- Dallas Morning News

Zakiya Randall, a 15-year-old homeschooled student from Atlanta, is among those who survived the U.S. Women's Open local qualifier. Randall shot a 74 at Horseshoe Bend Country Club in Roswell to tie amateur Tanya Wadhwa of Flat Rock, N.C., and professionals Caroline Blaylock and Jenna Daniels as medalists.
  -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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