Ratings from the 2013 Masters, for those of you that care… (Yahoo!)

Adam Scott, the actor, hates Adam Scott, the golfer (Devil Ball)

US Open odds are out and Tiger is the favorite, says Vegas (Devil Ball)

33-7 vs 33-7/4.5 (Geoff Shackelford)

Guan Tianlang received a sponsors exemption for Zurich (Yahoo!)

Will Adam Scott pass Rory and Tiger in the OWGR? (Golf Channel)

The RBC Heritage is squeezing 144 players onto Harbour Town (Golf Channel)

And just for fun… Remember Boo Weekley?  (PGA Tour)

Tiger’s agent is done at IMG, will he be the next to leave? (Geoff ShackelfordESPN)

HP Byron Nelson Championship Power Rankings (PGA Tour)

This week’s tee time (PGA Tour)

Picks for this week via PGA Tour (Expert Picks, Sleeper Picks)

Tiger is such a joker! (Devil Ball)

DLIII has earned a spot in the 2011 British Open (Devil Ball)

US Open Qualifiers are tough (Devil Ball)

Seve tribute raised $1 million for his foundation (Golf)

Tiger is doubtful for the Memorial, still aims for US Open return (Golf)

The rules you need to know if you want to take up golf (Golf Digest)

The only number you need to worry about on TOUR is 50 (Golf Digest)

Is Dustin Johnson due for a win this weekend? (Golf Digest)

Fred Couples has withdrawn from the Senior PGA Championship at Valhalla (Wei Under Par)

The “Tee it Forward” program (Geoff Shackelford)

Shots of the Week: TPC Sawgrass (PGA Tour, Devil Ball)

The 2011 Ryder Cup goes to….. France (Wei Under Par, Golf)

The Sport Rich List is out and there are a lot of golfers on there (Wei Under Par)

Tiger aims for US Open return (Wei Under Par, Washington Post)

Power Rankings: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (PGA Tour)

Johnny Miller takes another dig at Tiger (Devil Ball)

Random thoughts from THE Players (Geoff Shackelford)

The Donald and his Scotland Project (Geoff Shackelford)

KJ Choi’s swing sequence (Golf Digest)

Seve’s five best tips for winning head to head matches (Golf Digest)

PGA TOUR Confidential (Golf)

Paul Goydos: Retirement thoughts to a 3rd place finish at THE Players (PGA Tour)

Q & A with Adam Schupak Pt. One (Geoff Shackelford)

David Feherty gets his own TV show (Golf Digest)

Big Ern among six elected to the Golf HOF (Golf Digest)

Reason #28173 why I cannot be a pro golfer: people really care about a backwards hat? (Golf Digest)

Here’s the NCAA D1 regional selections (Golf Digest)

Tony Romo shoots 81; will not play in 2011 US Open (Devil Ball)

A look at the 17th at TPC Sawgrass: Good or Gimmick? (Devil Ball)

Seve’s funeral is scheduled for Wednesday (Golf)

Rumor: Work has stopped at Tiger’s course (Golf)

The latest World Golf Rankings; Tiger is eighth (Golf)

Here’s the entire Hall of Fame Class of 2011  (Ernie Ells, President George H.W. Bush,  Doug Ford, Mashashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, Jock Hutchison, Frank Chirkinian, all links via Devil Ball)

Sean O’Hair and Rory Sabatini got into a fight in the second round of the Zurich Classic? (Wei Under Par)

Congressional is gonna be hard at the US Open (Wei Under Par)

Obama only played 9 holes before killing Bin Laden; I bet you he shot 53 (Wei Under Par)

Speaking of Sean O’Hair, he’s leaving his swing coach Sean Foley (Golf Digest)

A look inside Jonathan Byrd’s bag (Golf Digest)

The hills are on fire near a golf course in Ireland (Golf Digest)

Cyril Bouniol from Abilene Christian won the Byron Nelson Award (Golf Digest)

Who is the funnest player on tour to watch? (Devil Ball)

McIlroy was just trying to “stay with the field” at the Masters (Geoff Shackelford)

Phil Mickelson purchased Scottsdale’s Sanctuary Golf Course for $2.2 million (Geoff Shackelford)

Who’s hot and who’s not (Golf)

Geoff Ogilvy has a shoulder injury and has withdrawn from Quail Hollow (Golf)

Michelle Wei and smokin hot Paul Creamer have committed to play the Sybase Match Play (Golf)

Tiger Jam raised $750k (Golf)

Speaking of Paula Creamer… More of her after the jump.
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Callaway or Blackstone could be putting in a bid for Fortune Brands Inc’s golf business (Reuters)

Tiger events vs. Non-Tiger events (Golf Channel)

Congressional is going to be looooong this year (Golf Channel)

Jason Sobel is leaving ESPN and joining the Golf Channel (Golf Channel)

A look at Quail Hollow (PGA Tour)

Wells Fargo Championship: Power Rankings (PGA Tour)

A look at the field at Quail Hollow (PGA Tour)

Another look at Congressional for the 2011 US Open (Golf)

Will there be a “Webb Simpson Rule” on Tour? (Golf Digest)

10 Rules from Bubba Watson (Golf Digest)

PGA week in review (Golf Digest)

Someone from Georgia reacts to the Webb Simpson situation (Golf Digest)

Shocker: Webb Simpson is upset with his rules infraction (Devil Ball)

That golf and Bin Laden connection (Devil Ball)

Lexi Thompson had the 54 hole lead, but ended up losing (Wei Under Par)

Speaking of Lexi Thomson… She won’t apply for a LPGA membership (Waggle Room)

Webb Simpson wants the rules changed, won’t change the fact that he lost  (Waggle Room)

Here’s a review of Geoff Shackelford’s site (Stephen Hardy Goodwin)

The PGA TOUR’s plan for the “Fall Series” for TOUR cards (Devil Ball)

PGA TOUR draft? Yes please (Devil Ball)

Jim Thorpe is out of the clink, paying taxes again, and playing golf again (The Post Game)

The Top 20 All-Time players at Augusta (Golf Digest)

Top 10 TOUR wives? Awwww yea! (Golf Digest)

Get your golf Fantasy Fix (Golf Digest)

How Sergio Garcia can make it to the US Open? (Golf)

Tiger will definitely be back for Notah Begay’s (ha be-gay) charity event (Golf)

A good read on Mike Keiser, the gentleman who is behind Bandon Dunes (Cyber Golf)

Check out this piece on appearance money (SF Gate)

Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow. The injury is a ligament sprain in his left knee and a mild strain of his Achilles tendon in the same leg. This is the famous left leg that Tiger has had operated on four times previously, most recently after the 2008 US Open at Torry Pines.

In a statement released on his website:

Woods suffered a Grade 1 mild medial collateral ligament sprain to his left knee and a mild strain to his left Achilles tendon… Woods was able to continue playing at Augusta and then later decided to seek a medical evaluation.

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…and not just for playing Scratch irons and wedges either (which is seriously, SERIOUSLY awesome).

Let’s delve into some juicy quotes, shall we?  First, as always…link.

“I feel like instead of difficulty, they just go for trickiness, to be honest,” he said.

Moore was particularly critical of the par-five 14th hole and its fast, slopey, raised green. It’s where, in the second round, Zach Johnson made a nine, and Paul Casey, Ian Poulter and Y.E. Yang each carded an eight after chipping adventures.

“It would take not much to make that green at least halfway reasonable, and they refuse to do it,” Moore said of USGA officials. “I think they go for a spectacle; they want some hole to draw attention and make everybody look stupid, I guess. It doesn’t reward good golf shots like Augusta (National) does, and I don’t understand why you’d have a tournament that doesn’t reward good golf shots.”

More quotage after the jump.

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I don’t care that the US Open was fantastic for three days or that the course was fantastic and the competition fierce.  I don’t care that I’m going to be extremely petty and biased in the following paragraphs and I CERTAINLY don’t care if any Graeme McDowell fans get upset with me but I thought the final round of the Open sucked royal ass with a capital ROYAL ASS. (more…)