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Scott Cunningham(Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)Baseball's pace? Glacial. Golf? Slower than a tranquilized sloth.
But a Major League player on the links? Apparently, fast.
Former outfielder Eric Byrnes set a new world record for playing 420 holes at Half Moon Bay Golf Links in California in a 24-hour window on Monday and Tuesday.
Byrnes has been doing a host of publicity stunts for his Let Them Play foundation, which encourages kids to get outside and play. Byrnes had previously completed the first-ever transcontinental Triathlon Across America, swimming seven miles across the San Francisco Bay, biking over 2,400 miles from Oakland to Chicago and running 905 miles from Chicago to New York City.
The 43-year-old broke the previous mark of 401 holes set in 1971 by Australian Ian Colston in just over 22-and-a-half hours.
“I remember him coming home once saying, ‘I just played 18 holes in 48 minutes,’” said Brynes' wife Tarah to a San Francisco CBS affiliate. “My first rea..

On this episode of Rules Live, USGA Rules staffers Craig Winter and Ben Schade discuss terminology changes and the new Local Rule regarding damaged clubs, among other topics.

Michelle Wie's wrist injury continues to cause problems for the LPGA star. She announces she'll be taking a leave from golf.

Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we admit, it was tough to get excited to watch golf the week after that Masters. So kudos to Jim Nantz, Nick Faldo and the rest of the CBS crew for carrying on with their jobs. And a big tip of the cap to those who contended at Augusta National and teed it up at Harbour Town. I don’t know how they found the motivation (Well, at least for 63 holes). Brooks Koepka, on the other hand, took a page out of Dustin Johnson’s book (Well, old book since DJ was collapsing on the back nine at Hilton Head) and moved on from a close call in a major by taking his lady to a tropical paradise:
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Solid strategy. But there are no in-season off weeks at The Grind—except for a honeymoon to St. Lucia where the wife and I posed for slightly less risqué pics—so we’re ready to bare discuss it all. Let’s do it.
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Ethan MillerLAS VEGAS, NV – MAY 18: Golfer Tiger Woods speaks during Tiger Jam 2013 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on May 18, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)Tiger Jam—the annual fundraising event in Las Vegas—will undoubtedly have an extra level of enthusiasm after Tiger Woods' Masters win in April. Spanning across multiple nights and multiple venues, including a concert that usually brings some great celebrity appearances, makes Tiger Jam one of the marquee events on the spring Vegas calendar.
Usually reserved for super high-rollers with some big-time ticket prices, Charitybuzz is auctioning off a spot in the Friday, May 24th private exhibition at ultra-exclusive Shadow Creek and Saturday's reception at the MGM for any big Tiger Woods fan wishing to bump elbows with some guaranteed celebrity firepower.
The auction opened on Tuesday, and after an hour being posted, already had seven bids, pushing the current bid to $8,500. Charitybuzz says t..

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