"Explosive device dismantled at Pebble Beach golf course"

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Thanks to reader Chip for this Bay City News report:

A Monterey County bomb squad was dispatched Sunday morning to Pebble Beach Golf Links, where an apparent explosive device was found near the golf course, according to the sheriff's office.

At around 8:30 a.m., a beachcomber reported spotting a suspicious device that looked like two pipe bombs taped together at the base of a 40-foot cliff near the 9th hole at Pebble Beach, according to the sheriff's office.
The Monterey County sheriff's bomb squad went to the scene, examined the device and rendered it safe.

The incident remains under investigation.

Finchem's Standing On Top 10 Water Hogs List Of Northeast Florida In (Some) Dispute!**

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Commissioner Tim Finchem and his wife either have a broken meter, are taking really long showers or piping some of their residential water over to the TPC Sawgrass to help with the water needs of the 684,000 square foot clubhouse, because they appeared on Folio Weekly's list of "Water Hogs" in the St. Johns River Water Management District. Susan Cooper Eastman reports for Folio on their annual list of water wasters.
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Henrik Stenson's Probing Sitdown Q&A With Henrik Stenson

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I'm clearly behind the times having not seen the club flip into the water in Dubai. If you don't want to sit through the interview, the club disposal is below, as lifted from the German Golf Channel. But the interview is fun because as the person who sent it to me noted, it's hard to imagine more than a handful of Americans who could pull it off.
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RTJ Jr. Goes To The Whip In Olympic Course Designer Derby!**

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An unbylined AP story looks at the circus that has become the race to land the Olympic golf course design bid.

Robert Trent Jones Jr. visited Brazil this week and secured a spot in the race to build the course, joining a field that includes Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros, Greg Norman and others.

You know, I don't want to be cruel, but...Seve?

"The game of golf is in Brazilian hands," said Jones, who formed a partnership Wednesday with retired Brazilian golfing great Mario Gonzalez to vie for the Olympic course design work.

Nice touch. I was wondering when someone would sign Gonzalez up!

Uh, I was able to confirm a 1953 Argentine Open win for Mr. Gonzalez. I wasn't sure if it was 52 or 53. How the memory fades.

"We have dozens of designers interested in this course, the international reaction has been great," said Paulo Pacheco, the Brazilian golf confederation's vice president of marketing. "I think it's even possible that one of these designers will offer their work free of charge just because of the importance of having their name associated with this historic tournament."

Just remember that when they charge you a $1.5 million shaping fee!

"It’s serious enough that it scared me pretty well."

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As someone who recently had something removed that was less serious than Rory Sabbatini's skin cancer, I think it's great to see him using the situation to spread the gospel and perhaps starting a foundation to help the less fortunate. Oh, and he has a five shot lead going into Sunday's Honda finale, reports Larry Dorman:
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Sorry, Had To Turn The Spam Filters Back On

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The site was hacked again today and the spam has been relentless on older posts, so for a few days I'm going to have the comment posting filter switched back on that requires you to enter those swell letters before sharing your brilliant thoughts with the golfing world. New password on this end should help too.

Sorry about this!