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Not long after Tiger Woods returned home and starting practicing, the PGA Tour began checking with tournaments to make sure they were prepared to handle the hype over the world’s No. 1 player getting back to golf.

That even includes tournaments he has never played.

“Historically, he hasn’t played the week before the Masters,” said Steve Timms, tournament director of the Houston Open, which is the week before the Masters. “But these are unusual times. We’re prepared from a security and media standpoint. We’ve been watching the media closely, and we’ve had some weird ones.”

Timms, like other tournament directors, are in touch with PGA Tour officials about who is applying for media credentials.

The more immediate focus is in Florida. Woods hasn’t played at Innisbrook since Kelli Kuehne was his partner in 1996 at the old JCPenney Classic. Long before Woods was exposed for cheating on his wife, there…

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In last week's post, Sam Johnson talked about the 10 best golf courses in the world and in the US, and it was full of good information.  I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't know a thing about the Pine Valley Golf Course...which has been ranked number 1 for several years.  After a bit of searching I now know why...it's a private facility, has really not ever been used for professional golf events, and only guests of members can play.  I googled the price and it's no where to be found.

On http://www.wikipedia.com/ it says there are 1,300 men only members world-wide.  I'm guessing I'm not friends with any of them.  And, it also said that women can play on Sundays.  How nice. 

So, while this course may have some of the best challenges that golf can provide, it really means nothing to me if I can't…