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☆ The Five Players to Watch at the Masters
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Michael Arkush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

No golfer has repeated as the champion of the Masters Tournament, which begins on Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club, since Tiger Woods successfully defended his crown in 2002. Such is the challenge facing Spain’s Jon Rahm, who closed with a 69 last year to secure his second major title. Here are five other players to watch:Scottie SchefflerThe strong favorite will be Scheffler, who is so precise from tee to green. 1 in the world, Scheffler turned in a six-under 66 in the final round to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational last month. One week later, he shot an eight-under 64 to rally to win his second consecutive Players Championship, which no player had done since the tournament — considered the unofficial fifth major — began in 1974.

Persons: Tiger Woods, Jon Rahm, Rahm, LIV Golf, Scottie Scheffler, he’s, Scheffler, Arnold Palmer, — Organizations: Augusta National Golf Club, Tiger, United, LIV, Arnold Palmer Invitational

☆ ‘Happy Days’ at 50: ‘The Fonz Bought Me a House’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Michael Arkush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Beginning in its second season, “Happy Days” aired opposite “Good Times,” which also premiered in 1974 and became a big hit with its own pop culture phenom, Jimmie Walker. HOWARD We slipped a lot in our second season, and the decision was made to move to a three-camera show in front of an audience. It was kind of a reckoning for me because the focus of the show shifted, and yet that was our way to win. The only thing I ever said to the bosses or the executives is, “What’s happened here with Fonzie is great. WINKLER They came to me at ABC and they wanted to change the title to “Fonzie’s Happy Days.” I said, “If you do that, it is an insult to everybody I’m working with.

Persons: WINKLER, “ Garry, “ Don’t, Jimmie Walker, HOWARD, “, Fonzie, ” I’m, ” Organizations: Times, ABC Locations: Arkansas

☆ Nick Faldo Is Home on the Range(s)
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Michael Arkush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the first time since 2006, England’s Nick Faldo wasn’t in the booth this past season as the lead golf analyst for CBS. He was on the range — and not just the driving range. Faldo, 66, the only four-time winner of the BMW PGA Championship, which begins Thursday at the Wentworth Club in Surrey, England, discussed recently those victories and the game that has meant so much to him. I loved being with the guys, but I had enough of being out there every week. [Golf course] design work is going very well.

Persons: Nick Faldo wasn’t, They’ve, I’ve Organizations: CBS, BMW PGA, Wentworth Club Locations: Montana, Faldo, Surrey, England

☆ 5 Players to Watch at the British Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Michael Arkush | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It seems like only yesterday that the best golfers in the game were battling for a green jacket at the Masters Tournament, the season’s first major. With mid-July here, however, the stage is set for the final major, the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, which begins on Thursday. It will be fascinating to see if Wyndham Clark, who was a surprise winner in the United States Open in June, can back it up at the British Open — and whether the world No. 1, Scottie Scheffler, whose name always seems to be on the leaderboard, will make enough putts to win his second major after taking the Masters last year.

Persons: Wyndham Clark, Scottie Scheffler Organizations: Royal Liverpool Golf Club, United States Locations: British, Hoylake, England

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