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A thorny issue for the Augusta National Golf Club remains its lack of female members. Some expect that door to open during chairman Billy Payne's tenure, but when asked he's quick to answer, "All matters of membership are club matters and are private."
-- Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Lorena Ochoa probably said goodbye to her chance to take the No. 1 ranking away today from Annika Sorenstam after a stunning sequence of miscues at Mission Hills. Aiming for a left-side pin on No. 17, she hit a six-iron too far left and the ball struck a tree. She chipped over the green, whiffed on a sand wedge, knocked the ball back on to the front of the green with her fourth shot and three-putted for a 7.
-- Los Angeles Times

Phil Mickelson's meltdown at Winged Foot (he went from having a chance to win his third straight major to calling himself an "idiot") is as much his storyline for the Masters as the two-stroke victory he claimed at Augusta last year. Perhaps no other defending champion in recent history returns with his Green Jacket so soiled.
-- New York Post

Phil Harison is not known to many golf fans, but he is well-known at Augusta National as the starter and "voice" of the Masters since 1948. Harison, 81, was involved in a horrific car accident last fall in which he needed emergency surgery and remained in intensive care for a month. But Harison intends to be on the first tee, performing his usual role of announcing each player in a reserved, unassuming manner: "Fore, please, Tiger Woods now driving."
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Vijay Singh won't be the oldest Masters champion if he wins the green jacket. But Singh, 44, has won more titles after the age of 40 than any player in golf history.
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Fred Funk has fought muscular pain in his back since the Mayakoba Classic, which he won Feb. 25 for his eighth PGA Tour victory. But he is determined to play golf. "I'm definitely playing, unless I can't even move," Funk said. "I'm really frustrated sitting at home, and it hasn't really gotten much better. So sitting at home hasn't worked. I'm going to try to play through it and see what happens." Two months ago Funk became the third man to win on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour in the same calendar year.
-- Florida Times-Union

Pennsylvania State Sen. Sean Logan wants to make sure the hospitality tents at the U.S. Open golf championship are still able to serve liquor in case a playoff day is necessary. The event at Oakmont Country Club will start Monday, June 11, and should be over by Sunday, June 17. But in case an 18-hole playoff is needed, it would be on June 18.
-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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