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A promising young golfer, Luke Chisholm (Lucas Black) has a terrible day. His meltdown after contending for the lead in a tournament in Texas drives his father/coach to abandon him and makes television headlines. Heading out onto the back-roads to blow off some steam, Luke instead blows right through the pasture fence of eccentric rancher Johnny Crawford (Duvall) and finds himself stranded in the tiny town of Utopia.

Authors Leonard Shapiro and Ed Sherman get a lot of yardage in this comprehensive and opinionated record of just about anything connected to golf from the best courses to the biggest chokes, best movies and funniest quotes.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of one of the most memorable moments in sports history, ESPN Films looks back at Jack Nicklaus’ win in the 1986 Masters in a one-hour documentary airing Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Authors Tobias Moskowitz and Jon Wertheim present an intriguing guide to a wide array of both complex and heretofore seemingly mundane topics that go far beyond the scoreboard to help fans get at the truths of sports

In St Andrews, the march of time and golfers goes hand in hand.

Throughout the year, the starter will call a fresh party of players to the tee every ten minutes – and send them on their way round a links course where the game has been played since the early 1400s.

At the British Open, it pays to stick to the rules – as Ian Woosnam famously learned the hard way in 2001.

Though not too many rounds of golf will ever have erupted into fisticuffs, this most gentlemanly of games needs its rules no less than the most rudely physical of sports.

Golf’s first rules, the Thirteen Articles, were devised in 1745 by the Company of Gentlemen Golfers, now the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers. Some of the originals have scarcely changed, with particular reference to the 12th Article – “He whose Ball lyes farthest from the Hole is obliged to play first.”

It is a tough criteria, some play longer seasons, others go solo, a few operate complex machinery while others merely navigate their bodies through wind or water.

Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Paula Creamer and Michelle Wie striding in alongside Michael Phelps as part of the American team in the parade of athletes entering the main stadium for the Opening Ceremonies?

Golf’s final major of the season gets underway today as the 91st PGA Championships take place at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota .

As it was more than 80 years ago, the Wanamaker Trophy is still prized as one of the golf world’s greatest treasures and a tremendous field is present led by a man who already owns four of those trophies- Tiger Woods.

Can Padraig Harrington win his third consecutive British Open title? Is Sergio Garcia poised to earn his first major title? Will Greg Norman or Colin Montgomerie come from yesterday for one more hurrah? These storylines and more begin playing out tomorrow when the 138^th British Open tees off at Turnberry’s Ailsa Course.