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Patrick Reed: Champion or Cheater?

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Earlier this month, the WGC-Mexico Championship tournament was held in Naucalpan, Mexico. The tournament played host to 72 golfers over the four day tournament, but one stood out among the rest. That man is Patrick Reed, who ended the weekend by winning the tournament, picking up his 8th PGA Tour win in his career. However, that win didn’t come without a little bit of controversy. Many have continued to accuse Reed of being a cheater on the course. In the Hero World Challenge in December 2019, Reed was penalized on the 11th hole. Reed had taken more than a handful of practice strokes, grounding the club and moving sand back every time from the waste area the ball was in. Photo by: Golf Digest According to the rules, unlike bunkers, golfers can ground the club in sand waste areas but still cannot move sand to improve the lie of the ball. He was assessed a two stroke penalty, which was the nail on the coffin on his chances of winning as he ended the tournament two strokes

The Copperleaf Golf Club Experience

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Right in the heart of beautiful Estero, Florida there is a high end country club that provides you with the feel and experience as if you are in the luxurious Naples, Florida just a few miles down I-75, but without the outrageous prices and battling the southbound traffic to get there. To see what Copperleaf Golf Club is all about you just need to visit this beautiful country club located about a mile north of the intersection of Three Oaks and Corkscrew. Right from the start, you are truly involved in what we like to call the Copperleaf Experience. When you drive up to the bag drop you immediately get the feeling of a high end country club by the greetings of extremely personable and friendly staff ready to get you into the golf carts and onto hitting fairways right away. Before you get to experience the top notch course conditions you are instantly involved in the exceptional service provided by the staff members. Additionally, if you want to take this experience to another leve

No Talent Wasted in Phoenix.

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   Photo by: Golf Digest After a long weekend of contention between Tony Finau and Webb Simpson, the Waste Management Phoenix Open came to an end.  We knew that Webb Simpson was on a roll after his hole-in-one on the 12th hole on Saturday afternoon, but on Sunday they put on a show and gave the fans one day to remember (or at least to those who were sober enough to remember). Webb Simpson started with the lead at (-16) after a 6-ft birdie on 10th, and Finau would not get to him until the 12th hole where he made a 25-ft putt for birdie, which will help him co-lead the tournament and later become the solo leader at (-17) with back-to-back birdies.  Simpson took 5 holes to get back to co-lead with Finau, when on the 18th hole he holed a 6-ft birdie, while Finau missed his 8 ½ -ft and will take them both onto a playoff.  The playoff took place on the 18th hole again, but Finau missed a long putt for birdie and the chance to put pressure on Simpson, however, Simp