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Listen To What The Man Said

Tuesday's rollback rollout and reactions say a lot about the people involved in the game.

My Quad take.

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Weekend Wrap: Scheffler Takes The Players

The Masters champ scores another huge win. Plus, Galitsky wins the Women's Asia Pacific Am, grown men can't play fast enough, Stealth driver problems and other stuff.

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Major(s) News & Notes, March 9, 2023

While I have never met Pete Dye, I know him well. He is 500 years old and has absorbed the wisdom of the ages. He has a pointed hat and a flowing robe embroidered with occult symbols. When he speaks, he becomes extremely animated, and gesticulates a lot with flashes of blue static crackling from his long fingernails. PETER DOBEREINER

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/ Geoff Shackelford

The Players is all about the players and never more nauseatingly so. But The Quadrilateral is here with notes about the majors!

Highlightgs include Faldo and Nicklaus talk McIlroy, R.I.P. looping legend Jariah Beard, Netflix renews, Quotables, This, That, Tweets & Reads.




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What We Learned From Bay Hill And NBC's First DEM Broadcast

Notes on Kurt Kitayama's API win and why Arnie's place is a Masters bellwether. Plus, Jin Young Ko wins "Asia's Major" and reactions to NBC's upgrade attempts.

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LA North's Fifth Hole

Continuing the Quadrilateral countdown to the 2023 U.S. Open with everything to know about a difficult par-4 and the historic real estate surrounding one of George Thomas and Billy Bell's most innovative design touches.

The fifth at LACC North, with a touch of Norma Desmond for good measure.

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Major(s) News & Notes, March 2nd, 2023

The PGA Tour's about to make majors even bigger and better. Amazing!

Plus, Jon Rahm on Tiger, the USGA's "Keepers of the Cup," This, That, Tweets and Reads in the latest Quadrilateral.

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Weekend Wrap: Kirk Returns To The Winner's Circle And Heads To The Masters

The Georgia star Chris Kirk is a victor again and headed back to The Masters after overcoming personal struggles to win the Honda.

Plus, Eric Cole's big week, Fred Perpall is the new USGA president, a Rory McIlroy manspat roundup, and some fun LIV Tweets.

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LA North's Third And Fourth Holes

Continuing the North Course deep dive ahead of the 2023 U.S. Open, a closer look at Los Angeles Country Club’s uphill par-4 and first one-shotter. With vital notes on the surrounding real estate, with apologies to Lionel Ritchie.

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Major(s) News & Notes February 23, 2023




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Genesis: Rahm Masters Riviera

The Spaniard joins the storied list of LA champions and is quite giddy about winning an historic event.

Plus, Max Homa is emotional after battling Sunday, Tiger finishes with 73 and other random observations from Pacific Palisades.

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Genesis Saturday: Jon Rahm Opens Up Three Stroke Lead

The World No. 3 will have to hold off former champ Max Homa. Tiger Woods posts 67 on a cinematic Saturday at Riviera.

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Major(s) News & Notes February 16th, 2023

The Genesis Invitational has arrived!

A mini-major is upon us in LA as new U.S. Open exemptions and Final Qualifying sites are announced.

Plus, insights from McIlroy and Scott, This, That, Tweets and Reads.

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Tiger Talks: Tuesday At The 2023 Genesis Invitational

Water hazards are among the best and most thrilling of natural strategy, and sometimes artificial water hazards are well conceived. Like everything else, such trouble should not be overdone. As noted before, diversity, and yet again, variety, is the spice of a golf course. GEORGE THOMAS

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Netflix And Shill: A Review of Full Swing

Water hazards are among the best and most thrilling of natural strategy, and sometimes artificial water hazards are well conceived. Like everything else, such trouble should not be overdone. As noted before, diversity, and yet again, variety, is the spice of a golf course. GEORGE THOMAS

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Wrap: Scheffler Repeats, Tiger To Play Genesis

Water hazards are among the best and most thrilling of natural strategy, and sometimes artificial water hazards are well conceived. Like everything else, such trouble should not be overdone. As noted before, diversity, and yet again, variety, is the spice of a golf course. GEORGE THOMAS

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/ Geoff Shackelford

Masters champ Scottie Scheffler defends in Scottsdale where he kicked off his magical 2022 run.

Plus, after drops by Schauffele and Scheffler, Tour needs more free drop accountability.




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Major(s) News & Notes, February 9, 2023

Tour pros would rather go through an IRS audit than play in a pro-am. Publicly they say they love meeting interesting people and how great the pro-ams are. In truth, they loathe them. They're out there for six hours, see countless bad shots and hear the same stale jokes. If Tim Finchem announced next Monday that pro-ams were henceforth eliminated, he'd find 200 cases of champagne on his porch Tuesday morning. TOM WEISKOPF

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/ Geoff Shackelford

We hardly knew ye: the Swilcan patio is gone. A final analysis on the St Andrews Links Trust boondoggle.

Plus, new 13th tee is official, CBS's predictive technology and whether it should come to Amen Corner (a poll!). I also share news of the USGA's cool new droid, some early Netflix docudrama reviews for Full Swing, plus This, That, Tweets and Reads.




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LA North: The First And Second Holes

Kicking off a deep dive into the 2023 U.S. Open course by looking at the first two holes at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course.

This one is for the most devoted Quadrilateral subscribers, but there is still time to sign up to read about these two and the rest of this amazing George Thomas and Billy Bell redesign.

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Weekend Wrap: The Crosby Spills Into Monday And A St Andrews Controversy

A Monday shootout awaits at Pebble Beach thanks to wind and modern green speeds.

Plus, other weekend winners are crowned and a round-up of the Swilcan Stone Patio disaster.

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Major(s) News & Notes, February 2, 2023

Pebble Beach is back with a refreshed 8th just in time for the AT&T and this July’s U.S. Women’s Open.

Plus, Phil returns with less weight, key Augusta National members are spared of LIV discovery, the ANWA field is announced, Peacock's massive losses mount, and much more.

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Weekend Wrap: Wins For Homa, McIlroy and CBS

Max Homa wins a thrilling Farmers at Torrey Pines. Rory McIlroy opens with a win for the first time ever. And CBS has a strong start to the PGA Tour season.

All that plus deep thoughts on the Reed rules situation and Mickelson’s lament of joggers.

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