Sports of The Times: Course Not Toughest Challenge for Front-Runner

 
Trevor Immelman held off the field, and a grueling, wind-swept course, with four rock-solid days of championship golf. [link]

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Immelman bashes tiger to win the Masters

A new winner of the Masters as South African Immelman wins the masters but should it really have been Tiger Whats your view on the latest green jacket winner
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Trevor Immelman wins The Masters

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Your 2008 Masters Champion

Surprising but deserved, Trevor Immelman earns his first green jacket.
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Post Mortem: Good News for Obama

You can’t blame Barack Obama fans for having a little extra spring in their step today. In a year when Obama seeks to become the first African American to win the presidency, it seems only fitting than an African American would win The Master’s. Congratulations to your new champion, Trevor Immelman.
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Trevor Immelman - the first South African to win the Masters in the post-apartheid era

Congratulations are in order for Trevor Immelman , the first South African to win the Masters since Gary Player pulled the feat in 1978. It’s also the first Masters win for a South African since apartheid ended in the early 1990s, for what it’s worth. Notables such as Ernie Els and Reteif Goosen couldn’t earn a Green Jacket at Augusta, but with Immelman’s win, South ...
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