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Golfers' Hearing At Risk From 'Sonic Boom' Of New Clubs

telegraph.co.uk — Golfers face going deaf from the "sonic boom" created when their clubs strike the ball, doctors have warned.More… (Golf)

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Tiger Woods might lose No. 1 ranking in 2009

sports.espn.go.com — Long established as the world's No.1 player, Tiger Woods now runs the risk of being deposed at the top of the rankings in the first quarter of 2009.More… (Golf)

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Golfer shot by stray bullet while waiting to tee off

telegraph.co.uk — An Indonesian man was hit by a stray bullet from a nearby army shooting range while playing golf, media reported on Tuesday.More… (Golf)

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Ladies tees? Long-drive champ used to be man

msn.foxsports.com — The new women's world champion in the event is a 55-year-old bartender who used to be a man. Although golf is a sport largely without controversy, the reign of long-drive queen Lana Lawless, who lives in Palm Springs, Calif., is expected to be neither tranquil nor uneventful.More… (Golf)

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10 Best Golf Highlights of 2008

telegraph.co.uk — No contest for the number one spot. Tiger Woods's win at the US Open was not just the golfing highlight of 2008, it may well have been the greatest single sporting achievement of all time. Here are 10 more golfing highlights of 2008.More… (Golf)

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Invention: Low-error golf balls

newscientist.com — The dimples on a golf ball are more than a pretty pattern - they help a struck ball fly further. But a new patent application says that replacing them with grooves will make for fewer missed putts. A ball's dimples help a golfer in two ways: letting the ball cling onto a cloak of air to reduce turbulence and drag they magnify the effect of lift.More… (Golf)

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Gyroscopic Golf Club: Slicer's Savior or Swinger's Snakeoil?

blog.wired.com — I'm not a golfer, so this post is framed as more of a question to our Pringle-wearing readers: Would this gyroscopic golf club work?More… (Golf)

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Woods Disappointed With Steve Williams Outburst

stuff.co.nz — Tiger Woods says he is disappointed by his caddie Steve Williams' disparaging comments about Phil Mickelson and the matter had been "dealt with".More… (Golf)

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Bad Golf Day: Daly loses temper, smashes spectator's camera

sports.espn.go.com — John Daly smashed a spectator's camera into a tree while shooting a 6-over 78 in the first round of the Australian Open on Thursday, making it likely he will miss the cut for the third consecutive week Down Under.More… (Golf)

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Ballesteros returns home after op

news.bbc.co.uk — Seve Ballesteros has been discharged from hospital after undergoing his fourth brain operation. The 51-year-old had a tumour removed in November, then had a valve inserted to drain fluid from his brain and surgery to repair a bone defect on 2 December. More… (Golf)

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The Secret of Golf Balls Revealed: Dimple Dynamics

livescience.com — Why do dimpled golf balls fly farther and straighter? Supercomputer simulation shows the fine details.More… (Golf)

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Danny Lee Tipped To Be Golf's Next Big Thing

stuff.co.nz — Lee is one of the hottest properties in world golf, having overtaken Tiger Woods as the youngest winner of the US amateur title when he triumphed in August this year. Woods was seven months older when he took the first of his three US titles in 1994.More… (Golf)

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