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Dan Washburn: Olympics makes China major player in golf

Nick Watney shot an impressive 8-under 64 to lead after round 1 Tags: Golf SHANGHAI, China -- Earlier this week at a press conference for the WGC-HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, world No. 1 Tiger Woods said he believed the International Olympic... Full Article at ESPN

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  1. With the numbers in China and the way they approach their sport ... I would not be surprised to see five of the world's top 10 are Chinese in the next 20 years. They plan to build 1,400 public courses in the next five years now [that] it has become an Olympic sport, so they will go after it and learn. F...
    Jack Nicklaus – Jack Nicklaus SOURCE: ESPN 3 weeks ago
  2. And he's got to give me one shot a side
    Phil Mickelson – Phil Mickelson SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 3 weeks ago
  3. It was just one of those days where everything was feeling really good, so I wasn't too jumpy ... If it was Saturday night, I don't know how well I'd be sleeping. But just for Friday, I'm in a great position.
    Nick Watney – Nick Watney SOURCE: Denver Post 3 weeks ago
  4. I knew if I could just play the back nine at 3-under par ... I figured that would probably be a pretty good number ... And I did a couple better than that.
    Tiger Woods – Tiger Woods SOURCE: The San Jose Mercury News 3 weeks ago
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