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    • Image via GolfMagic.comIf that brand-spankin'-new Callaway RAZR driver or TaylorMade Ghost Putter you see on eBay for $39.95 seems too good of a deal to be true, chances are it is. There's a thriving business in counterfeit clubs, and they're a lot tougher to weed out than finding the ones spelled "Pinng" and "Titlist."

      Good news, though: Life just got a little bit tougher for those trying to pawn off knockoff clubs on an unsuspecting public. Via Hooked On Golf, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has shuttered more than 175 websites trafficking in counterfeit clubs. This follows the closure of another 60 websites in January.

      According to the U.S. Golf Manufacturers' Anti-Counterfeiting Working Group (boy, that's not an unwieldy title at all), more than 130 defendants representing the more than 175 sites sold clubs, balls and other accessories. But if you visit those sites now, boom: no more.

      The group tries to educate consumers about the dangers of counterfeit clubs via its website

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    • There are plenty of memorable landmarks along the PGA Tour, including marble walls, insane bunkers and the lunatic coliseum out in Scottsdale, Arizona. (The list, alas, does not include majors, so no Rae's Creek.) Where does the lighthouse at Harbour Town Golf Links, site of this weekend's RBC Heritage, rank? Only one landmark on the Tour beats it ... and if you think, you can probably guess which one.

    • Harbour Town Golf Links / Getty ImagesIt's tournament time! The PGA Tour heads down the road from Augusta, Ga., to Hilton Head, SC, for the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links. Here's a tournament primer to get you prepared for the week.

      The course: The Pete Dye designed Harbour Town Golf Links is one of the top stops on the schedule each year. Despite being one of the shortest at 6,973 yards, the par 71 course was ranked as the 21st most difficult (out of 51) on tour in 2011. What the course lacks in length, it more than makes up for with small greens and incredibly narrow fairways. This is a shot-maker's course where hitting the proper spot is absolutely critical if you want to take home the Tartan jacket given to the winner each year. Harbour Town's 18th hole is one of the most famous finishing holes in golf. The 472-yard par-4 has famed Calibogue Sound as a backdrop and on days when the wind is up, the hole can almost play like a short par-5. The postage stamp green has little room for error on the left side of the green; wayward shots usually find the marsh, making par nearly impossible.

      The schedule: The tournament runs Thursday-Sunday. It'll be broadcast on the Golf Channel from 3 to 6 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday, and on CBS from 3 to 6 p.m. ET on Saturday and Sunday.

      The field: Luke Donald (No. 1) and Webb Simpson (10) are the only members of the Official World Golf Ranking top 10 in the field this week. Kyle Stanley, Mark Wilson, Bill Haas, Jim Furyk, Matt Kuchar and Ernie Els also plan to tee it up at Harbour Town. Even though the tournament has the unenviable position of being the week after the Masters, tournament officials have embraced the role over the years. The tournament's family friendly atmosphere is a big reason why some of the top players in the game make the trip to Harbour Town each year.

      One name you won't see in the field this week is five-time RBC Heritage winner Davis Love III, who pulled out of the tournament with cracked ribs. He hasn't played since the Arnold Palmer Invitation in March.

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    • Bubba Watson took his turn on David Letterman's show Monday night, and pretty much charmed everybody in the viewing audience. "How would you describe your style of play?" Letterman asked. Bubba's reply: "Awesome."

      Bubba's not ours anymore, golf pals. He belongs to the world now.

    • This is great: Augusta as the world's most gorgeous putt-putt course:

      Unconventional, Augusta. We approve. Particularly the pirate ship in Rae's Creek. That was a nice touch.

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      You have to appreciate equipment companies like Ping Golf. Earlier this year when Bubba Watson put the all-pink Ping G20 in play, the equipment giant decided to sweeten the pot a bit to help out Phoenix-area charities, giving them $10,000 upfront and another $300 for every drive Watson hit more than 300 yards with the flashy driver (currently, Watson leads the PGA Tour in driving distance with an average of 313.1 yards).

      It was an impressive gesture on Ping's part. Watson, one of the longest hitters on tour, has helped raise more than $61,000 for local Phoenix charities, so the campaign has certainly been paying dividends.

      As well as things have been going, they're about to get even better: Ping announced it'll be releasing Bubba Watson's all-pink driver to the general public, with 5 percent of all proceeds going to "Bubba Long in Pink. Driven by PING," which is Ping's part of Watson's charity initiatives.

      [ Related: Bubba Watson's shot steals Louis Oosthuizen's thunder ]

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    • Nice look. (Getty Images)

      Hey, Bubba Watson, great job winning that green jacket. But it's been a couple days now. So what are you going to do for an encore?

      Yes, it's the way of the world these days: You get a few minutes to celebrate your achievement, and then we start projecting forward. Get back on the horse! Anyway, here's the question: Can Watson follow up his amazing 2012 Masters win with more majors victories?

      Sure, we'd like to think that everybody who wins a major is destined to win many more, but with 14 different winners in the last 14 majors, and 12 of those being first-time winners, well, the odds aren't good. You're not going to see anyone challenging Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods anytime soon; heck, anybody who wins multiple majors these days is probably on the short list for the Hall of Fame.

      [ Related: Masters champ Bubba Watson's first sports love wasn't golf ]

      So could Bubba join that austere group? Let's consider:

      The case for: Remember, the Masters wasn't Watson's first dance in a major

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    • AUGUSTA, Ga. — You wouldn't expect to find jungle undergrowth at Augusta National, but if there was anyone in the Masters field you'd pick to find it, it would be Phil Mickelson.

      Sure enough, Mickelson drove an approach shot on the fourth hole deep into foliage that looked like it came off the set of "Apocalypse Now," and that was enough to kill his chances at a fourth green jacket. He would take two shots to get out of the jungle and six shots on the par-3 hole overall, and that was enough to keep him out of a playoff with Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen.

      Mickelson actually didn't play that badly, relatively speaking; after the triple-bogey, he clambered his way back up the leaderboard to finish the round exactly where he started, at minus-8. In the end, though, poor putting killed his chances every bit as much as one ugly hole did. Mickelson left multiple putts inches short or just wide. Those are the kinds of shots that will burn at him for an entire year.

      So, no green jacket, no

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    • c0408bubbaFollow Jay Busbee on Twitter at @jaybusbee.

      AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters tournament involves approximately 100 players taking a total of around 20,000 strokes. But in the end, it came down to just two: Louis Oosthuizen's astonishing albatross on No. 2, and Bubba Watson's ungodly pop-fly wedge shot from the woods on the second hole of a playoff. Both shots are now part of Masters lore, but only one man won a green jacket.

      The Masters that began with so many players finished up with just two, Oosthuizen and Watson, in a sudden-death playoff: Both players got good looks at a birdie on 18, with Watson barely missing a Masters-winning putt. Possibly rattled by that, Watson stuck his tee shot on No. 10 into the deep woods right of the green, but then uncorked a shot not even a video-game player could imagine: a straight-up wedge that landed within 15 feet for birdie. Needing two shots to win, Watson put his first putt close then tapped in his second for his first major win.

      Oosthuizen played a

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    • The lucky albatross. (Getty Images)

      -Follow Jay Busbee on Twitter at @jaybusbee.

      AUGUSTA, Ga. — At Augusta National, history wafts through the pines and across the fairways. And every so often, it drops right in your lap.

      Standing in the fairway at the par-5 second hole, one stroke behind the leaders and 260 yards from the pin, Louis Oosthuizen unleashed one of the most magnificent shots in Masters history. His approach hit 28 yards short of the pin, then rolled as if down a gutter, and with one final rotation, dropped into the cup. It was the first albatross, a 3-under-par shot (also a double eagle), ever made on No. 2, and only the fourth in the entire history of the Masters. And it vaulted Oosthuizen from back in the pack into a two-shot lead.

      Smiling his characteristic gap-toothed grin, the one that's given him the nickname "Shrek," Oosthuizen then did the unthinkable: He tossed the potentially historic ball into the crowd.

      [ Related: Masters tickets are attainable if you dig deep ]

      The lucky recipient? A gentleman

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