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SOUTH BEND - Minus suspected fakes, then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama likely fell short of the number of signatures needed to appear on the 2008 Indiana primary ballot, and it's possible his opponent, Hillary Clinton, did as well, according to information obtained by The Tribune as part of an investigation into suspected ballot petition fraud. Trent Deckard, Democratic co-director of the state Election Division, in an e-mail Thursday told The Tribune Obama's 2008 petition for primary ballot placement in the state contained just 534 certified signatures in the 2nd Congressional District. Clinton's petition contained 704 certified signatures, he said....

Barack Obama skipped the 8th hole rather than be filmed by TV crews at the Vineyard Golf Course on Friday. The Boston Globe reported: But it was later, at the Vineyard Golf Course in Edgartown, where the president’s recalcitrance was most evident. Approaching the eighth tee in a golf cart with friend and frequent golfing buddy Eric Whitaker, the president noticed three TV cameras and a Globe photographer across the street. Rather than stop and be photographed teeing off, the president skipped the hole.

LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg found dead in Henderson homeUpdated: May 11, 2010 4:54 AM EDT Henderson, NV (KTNV) -- LPGA golfer Erica Blasberg was found dead in her Anthem neighborhood home over the weekend. Her body was discovered after she failed to leave for a tour Saturday morning as scheduled. "This is devastating. I mean you don't want to have to bury a 25 year-old daughter. It's sad," says Mel Blasberg, Erica's father. Before joining the LPGA, Erica was a standout golfer at the University of Arizona. She was named Golfweek's 2003 Player of the Year after finishing the season...

AN anchor on America's Golf Channel made an embarrassing slip when referring to Tiger Woods' withdrawal from The Players Championship in Florida yesterday. Woods, who was playing in his third tournament since returning from his self-imposed sex scandal exile that lasted nearly five months, blamed a bulging disk in his upper back for his decision to pull out of the $9.5 million tournament. But while reporting on the withdrawal of Woods, the female anchor instead blamed a "bulging d**k."

Mark Davis subs. Last time Rush is out until end of August, though.

Rush is taking the week off, and so is the official introduction. }:-D I unfortunately do not know yet who his substitute will be. Anyone who didn't hear, read, or see Rush's reaction to Governor Palin's resignation, I've linked it Here.

Paul Sanchez, a 67-year-old "occasional" golfer, sued Candia Woods Golf Links this week over an accident that left him blind in one eye. Sanchez, of 20 Country Club Drive, Manchester, was golfing with two or three friends in September 2006 when a ball he hit bounced off a yardage-marker and "whacked him" in the right eye, according to his attorney, Barry M. Scotch. "Before he could even -- pardon the expression -- blink, he was hit," Scotch said. "It just ricocheted right back at him." In the lawsuit, Sanchez faults the course's owners for failing to warn him about the...

If Tiger Woods weren’t a professional golfer, he’d probably be a member of the military’s special operations community, Woods told reporters today at the Congressional Country Club here today. “I told Dad if I didn’t make it (as a golfer) in the first few years, that’s probably where I’d go,” he said. “I’d probably end up going into the military – and I don’t know what branch – but I’d certainly want to be in the special operations community.” Indeed, Woods underwent four days of Army special operations training at Fort Bragg, N.C., in conjunction with a golf clinic he...

VENICE, Florida (AP) -- A man who lost his ball in a golf course pond nearly lost a limb when a nearly 11-foot alligator latched on to his arm and pulled him in the water, authorities said. Bruce Burger, 50, was trying to retrieve his ball Monday from a pond on the sixth hole at the Lake Venice Golf Club. The alligator latched on to Burger's right forearm and pulled him in the pond, said Gary Morse, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Burger used his left arm to beat the reptile until it freed him....

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2007 – Professional golfer Corey Pavin hit a hole-in-one with Operation Homefront when he announced his support of the troop-support group May 22. PGA golfer Corey Pavin and Amy Palmer, executive vice president of Operation Homefront, pose for a photo after he announced his support of the America Supports You home-front group. Pavin joins several other professional golfers who lend their support to troop-support groups. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “Over the last few months, I’ve been talking to the PGA Tour and looking for a charity that helps out the military in...

<p>FALLBROOK, Calif. — A 65-year-old golfer died Tuesday after his golf cart plunged 75 feet off a cliff and crashed into a road below, authorities said.</p> <p>Edwin Payne teed off with three friends on the second hole of the Pala Mesa Resort Golf Course in northern San Diego County at around 10 a.m. and then got into his cart.</p>

A golfer was attacked by an alligator in New Port Richey Wednesday, according to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office. The unidentified male golfer was reportedly bit on the foot by a seven-foot alligator at the Timber Greens Golf Course in New Port Richey. Pasco Fire Rescue responded to the golf course at about 10 a.m. and treated the man for what authorities called minor injuries.

May 9, 2006 -- A New Jersey man was charged with assault yesterday for beating an opponent on a Newark golf course - with his No. 5 and No. 6 irons. "Apparently things became a little heated on the 12th hole," Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said of the Sunday morning foursome that turned fearsome. He said Therlow Roberts, 48, of West Orange and frequent golfing buddy Dwayne McCray, 40, of Orange got into an angry dispute over whether a shot had landed in or out of bounds.

U.S. Army Capt. Mark Flitton Former Pro Golfer Fulfills Life Dream, Becomes Soldier By Spc. Michael Pfaff 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment TIKRIT, Iraq, April 18, 2006 — When his sixth-grade teacher asked the class to think about what they wanted to do when they grew up, Capt. Mark Flitton took this question very seriously. There are three things he wanted to do in life: join the military, fly planes, and play golf. “I took it to heart and really studied what I wanted to do,� Flitton, the headquarters and headquarters company commander for the 445th Civil Affairs Battalion...

That Golfer Has Ovaries—Love Her! By Joseph J. Sabia In the face of overwhelming public support, Annika Sorenstam bravely broke the PGA sex barrier at the Colonial and…choked. Early reports indicate that the main reason for her poor performance was that she putted like a girl. After finishing 5-over par at the end of two rounds, Annika was forced to take a powder (literally), leaving the green in tears. (Sadly, she had a hard time finding her way off the green due to her inability to read a map.) Annika has been receiving accolades from all corners of the political...