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Gord?s Alberta Golf Notes The biggest news coming out of a long, snowy Alberta winter is that two members of the PGA of Alberta were honoured with major awards at the PGA?s Golf Show in Florida in late January. Leading the charge was Don Price who was named to the PGA of Canada Hall of Fame. The other major winner, Riley Fleming, proved that nice guys can finish first as he was named the Mike Weir Male Player of the Year for 2021 after an exceptional season of tournament play. INSIDE GOLF
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PGA of Alberta & Rampion Enterprises Form New Partnership The PGA of Alberta is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Rampion Enterprises for 2022. Featuring brands such as 2UNDR, Projekt Bags and Quikflip Apparel, Rampion Enterprises will be the newest Proud Partner of the Association and looks forward to supporting the Membership this upcoming season and at the 2022 Buying Show in October. ?We are very proud to sponsor the PGA of Alberta. After having grown up in Alberta personally, I couldn?t be happier to support the Professionals in this Association" said Chad Haralson, V.P. of Sales for Rampion Enterprises. INSIDE GOLF
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Free-To-Play ?PGA TOUR Pick?Em Live? Powered By PointsBet Game Released The PGA TOUR and NBC Sports launched ?PGA TOUR Pick 'Em Live?within the official PGA TOUR app and on the TOUR?s website. The free-to-play game, developed by Low6 and exclusively powered by PointsBet in the U.S., is designed to enhance fan engagement with live in-play games and weekly prizes. INSIDE GOLF
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Golf Among 28 Sports Approved For The Initial Sports Programme Of The Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 Golf will definitely be returning to the sports programme of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games (LA28), as determined by the 139th Session of the International Olympic Committee held in Beijing, China. INSIDE GOLF
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Hannah Green Becomes First Woman To Win Mixed Gender Tournament Former Women?s PGA champion Hannah Green became the first woman to win a mix-gender golf tournament over 72 holes when she closed with a five-under 66 for a four-shot victory in the TPS Murray River on the PGA TOUR of Australasia. INSIDE GOLF
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Golf Canada Unveils New Development Program To Boost LPGA, PGA Tour Presence Golf Canada has unveiled a new development program, with the goal to increase the number of athletes competing on the PGA and LPGA Tours to 30 by 2032. INSIDE GOLF
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The Good Noise & The Bad Noise On The PGA TOUR Four days in the Arizona desert, particularly the weekend of the Phoenix Open, provided a clear reminder of what the PGA TOUR has sorely needed. A sport best performed in silence is most entertaining when there is noise, as long as it's the right kind of noise. For the PGA TOUR, there has been far too much clangor to start the new year. INSIDE GOLF
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Golf?s $800 Million Man Says PGA TOUR Is Greedy Phil Mickelson ripped the PGA TOUR for what he called ?obnoxious greed.?Now that ? pardon the expression ? is rich. ?I know I will be criticized,? Mickelson said soon after arriving in the golf-forsaken Saudi Arabian metropolis of King Abdullah Economic City ? you cannot make this stuff up ? to play in the Saudi International. INSIDE GOLF
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For Mickelson, Actions Will Speak Louder Than Words Phil Mickelson decided to chastise the PGA TOUR for not paying him what he deserves by accusing the league that made him rich and famous of ?obnoxious greed.?There?s a better way to go about it. For a six-time major champion who for 30 years has amazed his audience with a golf club, his biggest bravado now involves a pen. Just be the first player to enlist. INSIDE GOLF
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Canada's Leblanc Among LPGA Tour Players To Watch In 2022 Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Leona Maguire, Patty Tavatanakit, and Lexi Thompson are four LPGA Tour players in position for big-time seasons in 2022. Morning Read?s Adam Stanley bypasses the usual suspects and picks a quartet of slightly under-the-radar LPGA Tour players. INSIDE GOLF
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3 Iconic Augusta National Holes Altered Ahead Of 2022 Masters Ah yes, the other tradition unlike any other: course changes at Augusta National. The iconic Masters host is in rarified air among major championship sites in that it does not change locations every year. INSIDE GOLF
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How To Escape A Fried-Egg Lie With Ease For the average recreational golfer, bunker shots are far from simple. Add in a gnarly lie and you can kiss saving par goodbye; and there?s no nastier lie than the dreaded fried egg. With the right technique though, you can escape a fried-egg lie, and even put a little spin on the ball. GOLF.com?s Zephyr Melton shares the technique from GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jonathan Yarwood. INSIDE GOLF
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How To Hit Distance-Controlled Wedge Shots Video: LPGA pro Paula Reto explains to Top 100 Teacher Nick Clearwater how to hit the perfect pitch shot. Follow these four tips, and you?ll learn better distance control with your wedges. INSIDE GOLF
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Are First-Tee Excuses Ever Acceptable? In golf, as in life, excuse-making is a form of self-protection. It?s also a brand of self-deceit. But you?re not fooling anybody else. When you start whining before you?ve struck the day?s first shot, other golfers in your group will see right through you. INSIDE GOLF
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35 Golfers assisted by the 2022 Alberta Golf Athlete Development Program Alberta Golf (Calgary) ? Alberta Golf is assisting 35 Golfers across the province in 2022 in the Athlete Development Program. The program is designed to help golfers throughout Alberta reach their competitive goals in the sport. Support is provided to athletes, coaches and facilities through a tiered program that includes: local camp grants, interprovincial team opportunities as well as funding for high performance athlete development. Click HERE for complete article. INSIDE GOLF
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Jin Young Ko Wins On Return To LPGA Tour; Brooke Henderson Finishes Four Back
World No. 1 Jin Young Ko birdied the 18th hole [in the final round] for a 6-under 66 to win the LPGA Tour?s HSBC Women?s World Championship in Singapore by two strokes over fellow South Korean player In Gee Chun and Australian Minjee Lee. Three players were tied for sixth, four strokes behind Ko ? Australian Hannah Green (66), Canadian Brooke Henderson (67), and Amy Yang of South Korea, who shot 68. INSIDE GOLF
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Rakish Rory Normally an image of someone raking a bunker wouldn't be all that interesting. However, the fact that it'sPGA TOUR player Rory Sabbatini, raking for hisopponent Anirban Lahiri after Sabbatini had WD'd from the Arnold Palmer Invitational two holesearlier with a knee injury, isa tad unusual. Click HERE to See the video clip and hear commentatorsPeter Jacobsen & Jimmy Robertsmarvel at thisevent. INSIDE GOLF