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Golf needs Rory McIlroy, not another Tiger Woods

Wednesday, June 22,2011 7:11 p.m.

Rory McIlroy arrived at Congressional Country Club with the demons from his Masters collapse still lingering. By the time he strutted to the 72nd hole, his major championship baggage had been removed and replaced by a new type of pressure.

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Alex Martin makes field for 2010 US Open

By Kevin Bowen · Wednesday, June 9,2010 8:22 p.m.

As Alex Martin stood at the first tee on the Brookside Golf Course in Columbus, Ohio, he shook hands with his playing partner for the day, 2008 U.S. Open runner-up Rocco Mediate. Little did Martin know that 12 hours, 137 shots and three playoff holes later, he would be heading to Pebble Beach, marking the second consecutive year that a member of the IU men’s golf team would be represented at the U.S. Open.

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Martin excels on course, in class

By Michael Weisberg · Wednesday, June 9,2010 7:35 p.m.

Martin, who recently qualified for the 2010 U.S. Open, was a two-time All-Big Ten selection during his college career. He also led the Hoosiers his senior year with a season scoring average of 72.33, the eighth-lowest in school history. Martin also received his second career medalist honors during his senior year with the Renaissance Intercollegiate individual title. 

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Mickelson subsides Tiger’s ongoing joke

By Frank Therber · Monday, April 12,2010 9:47 p.m.

Last week, I wrote that if Tiger Woods miraculously pulled off a win in his return to golf at the Masters, which turned out to only add to this hoax, there would be no closure to go along with his tainted green jacket.

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IU senior Alex Martin taking charge of young Hoosiers

By Kevin Bowen · Tuesday, April 6,2010 11:12 p.m.

When IU men’s golf coach Mike Mayer began searching for his 2006 recruiting class, senior Alex Martin, a Middletown, Ohio, native was a top priority. An accomplished junior golfer on and off the course, Martin’s hometown is a little less than three hours away from Bloomington and seemed like the perfect fit to pursue his career as a student athlete. However, the first step in the recruiting process took Mayer across the country to watch a young golfer who would blossom into an All-Big Ten player and a mainstay in the Hoosiers lineup all four years.

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Intense spring break awaits golf team

By Kevin Bowen · Monday, March 8,2010 10:55 p.m.

While thousands of IU students will be spending their spring break with late nights and even later mornings, there will be early wake-up calls for both the men’s and women’s golf teams next week. The men will head to Arizona and the women to Florida for some warm weather.

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Tiger Woods cancels meeting with police for 3rd time

Sunday, Nov. 29,2009 11:12 p.m.

Tiger Woods canceled yet another meeting with state troopers but, for the first time, talked about his car crash on his Web site, saying it was his fault, that his wife acted courageously and that remaining details were private.

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Men, women finish in 3rd

By Kevin Bowen · Sunday, Sept. 13,2009 11:09 p.m.

The IU men’s and women’s golf teams started their 2009-10 season this weekend with third-place finishes in each of its tournaments.

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