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Arkansas’ Shean Qualifies For NW Arkansas Championship

ROGERS — Nerves gripped Kelli Shean from the moment she arrived Tuesday morning at Pinnacle Country Club. The junior on Arkansas’ golf team felt nervous when the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship qualifier began and a bogey on the par-3 third only intensified her anxiety. That’s when her best friend and first-time caddy, Chandler Rackley, flashed [...]

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Boehmer Enjoying Long Days In Club Repair Trailer

ROGERS — Back in 1999, Paul Boehmer wasn’t too involved in gripping and repairing golf clubs. He was a part-time owner of a golf shop in San Antonio, but he didn’t necessarily see himself making a full-time living in that fashion. A random phone call that year changed everything. “I came on 10 years ago as a [...]

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Augusta Is Tradition Through And Through

LITTLE ROCK — Manually operated, the quaint scoreboards tell the evolving story of The Masters by the numbers.

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Yips On Chips

LITTLE ROCK — Buried under the avalanche of Kenny Perry positives was a teensy doubt rooted in a decision he made on his 21st hole of The Masters.

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Masters Is More Than Tiger

LITTLE ROCK — Maybe it was the Masters-green cap and visor visible through the clear tote bag, but two people in the Augusta airport asked about the tournament and both wanted to know about Tiger Woods.

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Stricker Sticks To Business At Masters

LITTLE ROCK — Once the triple option is called, decisions are dictated by circumstances so I reluctantly joined the small band following Steve Stricker during the third day of The Masters.

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Perry Is Good Guy

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The spectator in the teal shirt departed the fourth green with two par putts pending, a silent signal that she was there to watch only Kenny Perry.

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Duke Opens Masters With 71

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Down $100 after nine holes, Ken Duke missed only one fairway on the back and finished the Thursday of his first Masters a “hundy” ahead of his Little Rock dentist friend.

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The Rush To Crown Woods

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Please explain how Tiger Woods’ victory over a so-so field in Orlando can translate into a lock on his fifth green jacket at Augusta.

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Duke Prepares For Masters

NORTH LITTLE ROCK — Several years have gone by since I saw Ken Duke hit a golf shot in competition.

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