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Perry uses veteran savvy to take TPC lead
Kenny Perry, who first showed up at Sawgrass 20 years ago, kept his wits and his patience in 35 mph gusts and made only one bogey in a solid round of 2-under 70 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at The Players Championship.   Full story
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I just read a short article by Mike Celizic about his refusal to buy golf equipment and golf related products just because Tiger Woods gets paid tens if not hundreds of million$ to endorse them.  How many of you would cop to doing just that?  Who has a Nike driver in his/her bag because Tiger plays one?  Who wears Nike apparel or shoes because of Tiger?  I've never bought into (literally) the hype surrounding celebrity endorsed products but I'm wondering how many of you do?  And how are you hitting that Nike driver, how does that Nike ball fly?  I've never bought a Nike ball and have only hit ones I've found, didn't like 'em.  And who out there is chugging Tiger Gatorade while driving a Buick?  Not me.  Just wondering who out there will admit to falling prey to the hype?

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Men's world rankings
PlayerCountryScore
1. Tiger WoodsUSA21.68
2. Phil MickelsonUSA9.73
3. Ernie ElsS. Africa6.04
4. Steve StrickerUSA6.01
5. Adam ScottAustralia5.99
6. Geoff OgilvyUSA5.64
7. K.J. ChoiS. Korea5.50
8. Jim FurykUSA5.48
9. Vijay SinghFiji5.46
10. Justin RoseEngland5.39
Through April 28
Women's world rankings
PlayerCountryScore
1. Lorena OchoaMexico18.53
2. Annika SorenstamSweden9.47
3. Suzann PettersenNorway8.08
4. Paula CreamerUSA7.08
5. Karrie WebbAustralia6.64
6. Cristie KerrUSA5.53
7. Ji-Yai ShinS. Korea5.16
9. Jee Young LeeS. Korea4.58
8. Jeong JangS. Korea4.54
10. Mi Hyun KimS. Korea4.50
Through 4/13/08

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