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Mark Twain once said that "Golf is a good walk, ruined." Although anyone who has ever picked up a golf club might agree with Twain wholeheartedly, it must be agreed that the game of golf has come a long way since Twain once walked those fabled courses around the turn of the century.

Since roughly 1916, the PGA (Professional Golfers Association) has made it its mission to elevate and refine the game of golf to new heights and levels of respectability. It has set itself up as the experts in the game and business of golf, and has made this its mission to lead the industry, create tournaments and championships (Ryder Cup, PGA Championship, etc.), and stimulate interest in the game itself in the general public.

The PGA accomplishes this mission in many ways. It employs people who are trained and certified to help educate and promote the game of golf. It puts on tournaments and championships that get world-wide attention and rewards the winners of these tournaments with a ton of "Presidential Flash Cards." The PGA also gives funds to many golf programs in an effort to engender interest in the game and get young people and minorities to pick up the sport.

Bloggers speaking about the PGA can be found at sites like pga and thegolfblog.

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• Woods tied with Garcia, Lingmerth at Players (The Associated Press)

  
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  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia are part of a three-way tie for the lead at The Players Championship, both going after golfs richest prize without the pleasure of being in the same group for the final round at the TPC Sawgrass.
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• Players Championship 2013 Leaderboard: Complete Standings Heading into Round 4

  
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  By Larry Fine PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, May 12 (Reuters) - Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia moved into a tie for the lead with Swedish PGA Tour rookie David Lingmerth early on Sunday morning after they returned to the Players Championship to finish their suspended third rounds. Former champions Woods and Garcia ...
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  May 12 (Infostrada Sports) - Scores from the U.S. PGA Tour Players Championship at the par-72 course on Sunday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 205 David Lingmerth (Sweden) 68 68 69 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 68 65 72 Tiger Woods (U.S.) 67 67 71 206 Casey Wittenberg (U.S.) 67 69 70 Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 68 67 71 Ryan Palmer ...
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• Players rookie maintains share of the lead in completed third round

  
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  A combination of David Lingmerths bogey at the final hole and deft short game shots by Sergio Garcia left the completed third round of The Players Championship in a three-way tie on Sunday. Lingmerth (69), a Jacksonville Beach resident and PGA Tour rookie, Garcia (72) and Tiger Woods (71) are at 11-under par 205 ...
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• 2013 Players Championship Final Day Open Comment Thread

  
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• Golf-South Korean Ryu lifts Maekyung Open title (Reuters)

  
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  May 12 (Reuters) - South Koreas Ryu Hyun-woo recorded the second professional victory of his career with a one-shot win at OneAsia Tours Maekyung Open on the outskirts of Seoul on Sunday. The overnight leader signed off with a two-under-par 70 at the Namseoul Country Club for a combined 14-under 274 and collected ...
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• Big Break Ponte Vedra: Tiger & Sergio In Raucous Row!

  
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• Viral Video Roundup: Players Championship Round 3

  
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• Distracted Garcia fumes at Woods after losing lead (Reuters)

  
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  By Larry Fine PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia blamed a roar from the crowd watching Tiger Woods for an errant shot that saw him lose the lead at the Players Championship on Saturday. Garcia glared in playing partner Woodss direction after the Spaniard sliced his second shot from the fairway on the ...
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• Tiger and Sergio: The Real Housewives of the PGA Tour

  
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  Can you feel the hate? Yep. Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia, who have some history , have provided the most drama of the week — or hell, for that matter, the year — in the third round of The Players Championship.  (Un)fortunately, it was more through their words than their games, though . Sergio being Sergio ...
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• Tension and intrigue follow Woods and Garcia on rain-shortened Saturday

  
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  By Ron Sirak PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- The suspended thirdround of the Players was a glimpse at what couldhave been. Just imagine if Sergio Garcia had held uphis end of the bargain and become a real rival forTiger Woods. We could have had nearly 15 years of the kindof tension, intrigue and compelling golf we ...
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• Golf-Swede Lingmerth upstages Woods, Garcia at Players (Reuters)

  
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  * Woods, Garcia, Stenson two back of Swedish rookie * Players to return 7:10 a.m. Sunday to finish third round (Adds details, quotes) By Larry Fine PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida, May 11 (Reuters) - Swedish rookie David Lingmerth upstaged Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia to seize a two-shot lead in a weather-interrupted ...
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• Westwood, others tumble down Players leaderboard (The Associated Press)

  
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  PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Lee Westwood swung and missed on Moving Day at The Players Championship.
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