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Media needs to ignore “non-stories”

By Holly New | February 19, 2013

The media should be ashamed of itself. Over the weekend, as I was perusing the news blotters searching for a story to opinionate on, I found myself consistently stumbling on an utterly annoying story: Barack Obama’s golf game with Tiger Woods. Really?...

Par fives offer golfers a big opportunity to succeed

By Sean Anderson | October 29, 2012

The par five is one of the most high-risk, high-reward holes in golf. These are holes that can either add or subtract to your scorecard in a big way. Junior Jenny Niemiec of women’s golf and sophomore Nick Huggins of men’s golf both have different...

The Rant: It’s all about the Bubba

By Sean Anderson | May 2, 2012

Rory McIlroy, Anthony Kim, Rickie Fowler and all the other 30 PGA golfers have nothing on Bubba Watson. Watson is the most consistent golfer this year; he’s made every cut this year and has not placed worst than 18th. He won the first major of the year,...

The Rant: Tiger, Tiger Woods y’all

By Sean Anderson | April 9, 2012

The roar is back on the golf course. Tiger Woods winning at the Arnold Palmer Invitational is great for the game of golf; people love to see him compete. Seeing that fist pump has brought back great memories of Tiger winning. I know he won’t be the...

Emory taking men’s golf underclassmen under his wing

By Sean Anderson | April 8, 2012

Bryce Emory, a junior on the NIU men’s golf team, has taken several underclassmen under his wing this season. Emory has shown the young Huskies shows how to have fun and when to be serious. Tom Porten, NIU golf coach, said Emory is a leader to the underclassmen...