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Michael Jordan Banned From Golf Course for Wearing Cargo Shorts

Jeremy Taylor — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 08:53:24 +0000

At theÂ La Gorce Country Club in Miami, Florida, the rules apply to everyone. Even the greatest basketball player of all time. Michael Jordan, who is known for his love of golf, was playing the links at La Gorce recently when he was confronted by a club employee on the 11th hole. The problem was that [...]

Register For Wesselman's Golfing Fore Kids To Help Easter Seals

Eric Cornish — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:20:30 +0000

Join WKDQ for Wesselman’s Supermarkets “GOLFING FORE KIDS”, a scramble for adult golfers to benefit the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, Thursday, September 27th, at beautiful Quail Crossing. Choose morning or afternoon shotguns, enjoy food, fun, silent & live auctions and prizes. Golf with USI head basketball coach Rodney Watson. Show your support as a hole [...]

Charl Schwartzel Wins 2011 Masters Championship

WKDQ — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:17:40 +0000

Tiger Woods charged, Rory McIlory imploded, and in the end South African Charl Schwartzel took the Green Jacket at the 76th Masters championship.

During the wildest Sunday at Augusta National in recent memory third round leader McIlory's ugly triple bogey on the tenth hole left nine players -- representing every continent on earth besides Antarctic -- within two strokes of the lead.

Tigers Woods was thought to have

Rory McIlroy Remains on Top At The Masters

WKDQ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:34:23 +0000

21-year-old Irishman Rory McIlroy put in a workman like 70 to remain on top of the leaderboard at Augusta for the third straight day. McIlory’s 12-under total score puts him four shots clear of K.C. Choi, Jason Day, Angel Cabrera and Charl Schwartlez, who are all tied for second place. Cabrera, the 2009 Masters winner, [...]

Tiger Woods and Fred Couples Charge Up the Masters Leaderboard

WKDQ — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 04:03:52 +0000

21-Year-old Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy holds a two-shot lead after two rounds at the Masters, but the big news out of Augusta on Friday was the charge up the leaderboard by two of the tournament's most familiar faces.

In the morning, it was perennial fan favorite Fred Couples turning back the clock for the second

Five Greatest Masters Moments of The Past 25 Years [VIDEOS]

WKDQ — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:58:03 +0000

Jim Nantz, who's been calling the Masters for CBS for the past 26 years, likes to refer to the tournament as a "tradition like no other."

While this has always seemed to be a bold, hard-to-justify statement, when one looks back at the last 25 years of action at Augusta one can't help but conclude the championship does at least have a tradition of producing some pretty memorable moments involving some of golf's biggest names.

We've compiled a list of our five favorite Masters moments of the last 25 years below:

9 Fantastic Hole-in-One Videos

WKDQ — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:12:23 +0000

While there have only been 21 hole-in-ones in the 74 tournament history of the Masters Tournament, there’s been a rush of Augusta aces as of late — seven in the last seven years. So there’s a good chance that during the 75th playing of the Masters some lucky golfer will require only one shot to [...]

The 9 Funniest Videos of People Getting Hit By Golf Balls

WKDQ — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:46:26 +0000

The Masters Golf Tournament tees off this Thursday, at its fabled Augusta National Golf Club home.

While Masters weekend is like Super Bowl Sunday for serious golf fans, there are still plenty of folks out there who harbor the perhaps misguided belief that golf is "boring."

So to kick off our Masters coverage, we've decided to focus on one element of golf that can appeal to everyone: the part where spectators get struck with wayward golf shots.