May 10th, 2007 03:15pm
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While most of the fans were either perched on the 17th hole or following either Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson on the back nine, yours truly was walking the front nine with former Gators Chris DiMarco and Chris Couch.
There were two of us on the first hole following the Chrises. By the second hole, DiMarco’s wife was with us and on the third his father was waiting.
When DiMarco took the lead after birdies on three of the first four holes, …
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May 9th, 2007 02:29pm
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Hey, a Tim Tebow sighting.
The Florida quarterback, who played quarterback at Nease which is a few miles down the road from the site of The Players Championship, was at Wednesday’s practice round until the rain came down.
He and former Gator Chris DiMarco were interviewed together by a Jacksonville television station. Tebow planned to follow DiMarco and another former Gator Chris Couch during their practice round before the skies opened up.
He said he plans to return to the tournament to watch …
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May 9th, 2007 02:26pm
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Listening to some of the sports talk radio shows in Jacksonville, you’d have thought someone called Lynyrd Skynyrd overrated. There’s a lot of anger being directed towards Tiger Woods because on Tuesday he said the famous 17th hole was “gimmicky” and said it shouldn’t be the 71st hole in a championship.
Of course the 17th hole is gimmicky. So are American Idol and throwback jerseys. We love gimmicky things. And we love the 17th hole.
Why else do people rush to get …
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