Golf notes: European Tour schedule has big finish, Jutanugarn LPGA's player of the year, opposite-field events not always good indicator

Across the NBA, Nike's much (over) hyped City Edition uniforms are starting to trickle in. Last week, we brought you the Timberwolves' very purple Prince tributes and now the Sixers are turning to a decidedly different pop culture icon for inspiration:
Rocky Balboa.
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Featuring a gray textured design inspired by these filthy blood, sweat, and egg-soaked rags…
FacebookPinterestbelt trim patterned after Rocky's championship belt (and Ben Franklin, not a part of the extended Rocky universe, it should be said)…
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Column: History not on Jim Furyk's side as Ryder Cup captain returns to his day job

Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we’re sorry to keep touting Golf Digest, but we’re on quite a run. As if helping get an innocent man’s wrongful murder conviction overturned last month wasn’t enough, this month, our cover correctly predicted golf’s next superstar:
FacebookPinterestMy bad, that was an “alternate” cover featuring yours truly in advance of next week’s Seitz Cup. How did that get in there? Looking sharp, though, right? Anyway, here’s the actual cover with Cameron Champ:
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How’s that for timing, huh? And considering how deep PGA Tour fields are these days, picking a winner might be more difficult than freeing someone from prison. So good job, Golf Digest. The last thing you want is having that cover jinx reputation. Anyway, here's everything in golf that has us talking.
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Cameron Champ: The power (first in driving distance by 20 yards). The touch (second in strokes gained: putting). A..

This is Gritty's world now, we're just living in it. Since his/hers/its inception last month, the Philadelphia Flyers' furry figurehead has become an internet sensation, a surprising anti-fascist icon, and now, on the eve of Samhain itself, perhaps the single most disruptive Halloween force since Dracula. In writer school they teach you to show not tell, however, so let's turn to our ol' frenemy Twitter for help. According to a simple keyword search, every porch in the lower 48 looks like this right now:
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Miami residents will vote on Nov. 6 whether to approve a plan that could close down a historic municipal golf course in favor of building a MLS soccer stadium

An experiment with three golfers revealed the practice can make a difference. Just not the one you might expect.

European Tour pressing ahead with 2019 event in Saudi Arabia

Jayne Kamin-OnceaLOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 19: George Lombard #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers gets in-between Yasiel Puig #66 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Brandon Belt #9 of the San Francisco Giants and Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants after words were exchanged after the final out of the seventh inning of the game at Dodger Stadium on September 19, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images)The San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers really, reallllyyyy don't like each other. Next to Sox-Yankees, it's the most bitter baseball rivalry on the planet, separated by two World Series championships and six hours of gorgeous Cali coastline. One franchise's failure will always be the other's gain, and on Sunday night, the Dodgers failed…big time. Following their second straight World Series loss on home turf, Dodgers fans slumped back to their social feeds hoping to find comfort and camaraderie, but were instead ..

Our newest instruction series with the PGA Tour rookie sheds light on a familiar problem.