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Pablo Larrazabal had a tough day out on the links, and it had nothing to do with bogeys. Instead, he was attacked and repeatedly stung by hornets.

Those long-handled putters that have become fairly popular on the professional golf circuit could soon be obsolete after the U.S. Golf Association and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club—the official governing bodies of The Rules of Golf voted this week to ban “anchoring” a club while putting.

A one-legged 70-year-old retiree who is battling cancer and has poor eyesight hit a hole-in-one last week at St. Andrews in Scotland. Joe McLaughlin aced the par-3 fifth hole on the famed Jubilee course last Tuesday while playing a round with his lifelong buddy Dennis Leckie.

At the La Gorce Country Club in Miami, Florida, the rules apply to everyone. Even the greatest basketball player of all time.

You don't have to know much about golf to know that this is just ridiculous. Michael Phelps managed to sink a 153-foot putt at the Dunhill Links Championship. According to the announcer, Phelps is just learning to golf and is "26 handicapped," which we're pretty sure is Golf for "definitely shouldn't make this putt...

History was made this week when Augusta National Golf Club announced it was admitting its first ever female members. Was this a monumental moment or an old club finally catching up with the times?

This week, while on vacation in Hawaii for the holidays, President Obama reached a presidential milestone. He has hit the links 90 times while in office. But, is this unusual for a US president?

Remember the fellow who was arrested after throwing a hot dog at Tiger Woods last Sunday? Well, 31-year-old Brandon Kelly finally opened up to the press about why he resorted to wiener tossing when he saw Woods lining up a putt on the seventh hole of the Frys.com Open. His explanation is pretty out there.

Tiger Woods’ surprising struggles on the golf course continued when he failed to make the weekend cut at the PGA Championship in Atlanta. But the 14-time major champion and former top-ranked golfer can be secure in the knowledge that he still has at least one extremely passionate fan.

Chris Logan wasn’t feeling so lucky when he was struck in the temple by an errant shot from pro golfer Sean O’Hair as he watched the AT&T National at Aronimink Golf Club last Fourth of July. The West Chester, Pennsylvania man wasn’t seriously injured by the blow, but was checked for a concussion as a precaution. And that’s when this tale takes a fortunate turn.

With the long July 4th weekend coming up, you might be wondering what you can do to get outdoors and enjoy the beautiful (and very hot) weather we've been having lately. We've come up with a list of our top five suggestions for outdoor activities whether it's for this coming weekend or any other weekend in the summer ahead....

Rory McIlroy shredded the course, lapped the competition and wrote his name in the record book 12 times Sunday during a dazzling 16-under par, 8-stroke US Open victory at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. Among the US Open records the 22-year-old from Northern Ireland set included the lowest score after 36 rounds, the lowest score after 54 and the lowest total score – a mark he shatt