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Page: How to play faster round of golf

Golf course operators have heard all the excuses as to why fewer people are playing: It's too hot. It costs too much. Work takes up more and more time.

But one excuse is bound to make them cringe: It takes too long to play. Operators can't do much about the weather or work, but they can do some things to speed play.

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Golfers can head off injury with stretches

Golf is not a contact sport. So why can the game be so physically painful sometimes?

There is golfer's elbow, wrist problems, shoulder problems, hip problems and leg problems. But the most common physical problem is back pain. A swing starts and stops with back movement. With a golfer taking more than 100 swings (practice and real) during an 18-hole round, it's easy to see why the problem develops.

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Page: What to look for in the golf world in 2001

If you've ever played golf, you know it is one unpredictable -- and sometimes maddening -- sport. Some days it's fairways and greens, others it's rough and bunkers. So trying to figure out what is going to happen in the golf world in 2011 is kind of like making a 50-foot putt. But here are some topics and players likely to be talked about in the upcoming year:

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Saying goodbye to sports greats who died in 2010

Every year the sports world gets a few new heroes and loses some as well. This year had its share of sports icons die, young and old. A list of notable sports figures who died in 2010:

Page: 2010 PGA Tour year in review

For the most part, the pro golf season is over. The major champions have been crowned, the FedEx Cup winner has been decided, and the Ryder Cup has gone to the Europeans. The only thing left is the PGA Tour's fall series and the "silly season," where golfers line their pockets in unofficial events.

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Golf world wonders about Tiger Woods affair with grooved putter

Quick quiz: What kind of putter does British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen use?

Answer: A Ping Redwood (but who really cares?)

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