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December 23, 2013
Tiger's Masters drop is 2013's No. 1 golf story
Perhaps the most famous golfer ever, at the game's biggest event, gets entangled in one of the most bizarre and dramatic controversies in major championship history.
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December 20, 2013
Top 25, No. 2: Phil claims the Claret Jug
Phil Mickelson proved his naysayers wrong, turning in a dominant and historic Open Championship closing stretch to claim the Claret Jug, and the No. 2 golf story that defined this year.
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December 19, 2013
Top 25, No. 3: Adam Scott finally gets his
The 2013 majors were so special because of the caliber of winners they produced, and none had better season, and has a brighter future, than Adam Scott.
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December 18, 2013
Tiger triumphs, Sergio sags after Sawgrass spat
Tiger and Sergio have at it during The Players Championship, after which Garcia ratchets up the duo’s dust-up with offensive and incendiary comments aimed at the world No. 1.
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December 17, 2013
No. 5: Scott's putt, Cabrera's approach on No. 18
The most dramatic five-minute stretch of the year comes in at No. 5 on our countdown of the top 25 golf stories that defined the season in golf.
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December 16, 2013
Top 25, No. 6: Rose's laser approach wins US Open
The caliber of major winners in 2013 is hard to match, and one of the best in the world finally cracked the major championship code on Father's Day at Merion.
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December 13, 2013
Top 25, No. 7: Dufner's snipe show takes the PGA
It was a breakout summer for one of golf's best characters, who picked up a career-defining win at Oak Hill in August.
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December 12, 2013
Brandel flunks Tiger for 2013; s**t storm ensues
Tiger Woods has had his feuds over the years (see: Sergio Garcia). The spitting contest between the world No. 1 and Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee may have finally come to an end but we’ll have to wait until next year to know for certain.
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December 11, 2013
Top 25 0f 2013, No. 9: Anchors away
Adam Scott and several other major champions and everyday professional and amateur golfers who affix long putters to their bodies will have to find more conventional ways to negotiate their flat sticks come Jan. 1, 2016.
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December 10, 2013
Top 25, No. 10: Woods is No. 1 again
A whopping 877 days after he'd lost it, Tiger Woods regained the No. 1 spot in the world and made our countdown in the process.
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December 9, 2013
No. 11: Phil holes out, still settles for 2nd
After another final round collapse at the U.S. Open, it appeared 2013 would be a lost season for Phil Mickelson.
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December 6, 2013
Top 25, No. 12: Furyk becomes 6th ever to shoot 59
After several close calls in 2013 (Phil twice and Tiger once), Jim Furyk broke through to become the sixth player ever to card golf's magic number.
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December 5, 2013
Top 25, No. 13: A wild Presidents Cup week in Ohio
The Americans continued to dominate, but there were plenty of other ways the latest edition of the Presidents Cup became memorable.
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December 4, 2013
No. 14: Tiger hits new career majors low at Merion
After re-injuring his elbow in the opening round of the U.S. Open at Merion, Tiger Woods flails his way to the highest score he’s ever posted in a major since turning professional.
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December 3, 2013
Park’s 3 majors rank with best of Tiger, Annika
Inbee Park, with six tour wins, dominated the LPGA in 2013 -- but the three straight major championship wins by the world No. 1 and her quest for a record-breaking fourth made the golf world sit up and take notice.
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December 2, 2013
Top 25, No. 16: Phil's cruel brush with 59
Was this the most dramatic golf moment of the year?
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December 1, 2013
No. 17: Vijay Singh sues the PGA Tour
Vijay Singh was nearly suspended for using a banned substance, but wasn't after months of haggling and deliberations. As the controversy was settling down, Singh then dropped a bomb of a lawsuit on the PGA Tour at their marquee event.
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November 27, 2013
Top 25, No. 18: Woods 59 watch was on at Firestone
Tiger Woods caused a stir during the second round of the WGC-Birdgestone Invitational, but came up just shy of the magic 59.
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November 26, 2013
Top 25, No. 19: Tiger's weekend woes at majors
Tiger had a player of the year-winning 2013 season, but he matched his fistful of PGA Tour victories with another, less auspicious No. 5 -- the number of years Woods has marked since he last lifted a major trophy.
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November 25, 2013
Top 25, No. 20: Spieth arrives, chips in for win
Jordan Spieth had an excellent season and his record-setting win at the John Deere Classic was one of the top moments of the year.
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November 22, 2013
No. 21: Guan makes Masters cut after penalty
Before the madness of the weekend, a 14-year-old eighth grader from China was the best story at the game's biggest major.
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November 21, 2013
Top 25, No. 22 : Snow! Floods! Wind! Lightning!
Any discussion of the year in golf must include the wild weather conditions that affected play on almost a weekly basis.
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November 20, 2013
No. 23: Stenson owns PGA and Euro Tour playoffs
A Swede has owned the golf world in the second half of the season, prompting recent debates about whether Henrik Stenson is better than Tiger Woods right now.
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November 19, 2013
No. 24: Lydia Ko wins again, turns pro at 16
Lydia Ko, following in Lexi Thompson’s footsteps when she became, in 2012, the youngest golfer to notch an LPGA victory, adds more Ws to her resume this year on her way to turning pro and joining the tour.
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November 18, 2013
No. 25: Rory moves to Nike, goes 0-for-2013
Narratives abound for the 2013 season just ended, and Rory McIlroy made his share of headlines, for better but, mostly, for worse.