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• Hangin' with Rickie Fowler. Rickie is my homeboy; is he yours too? He will be soon... [Wei Under Par]

• While you were sleeping, Tiger Woods grabbed himself a share of the HSBC Champions lead, along with Nick Watney. (You slacker.) One stroke back? Phil Mickelson. Yeah, buddy! [Golf Digest]

• Great headline: "Franco flops in Franco at Franco." Carlos Franco shot a 79 in the Carlos Franco Invitational, held at -- yep -- Carlos Franco Country and Golf Club. Nice! [Local Knowledge]

• Gary Player isn't just a champion golfer; he's also a horse breeder. Yes, he is one of the coolest men alive. [LA Times]

• Kevin Streelman is about to get a $1 million check for winning the Kodak Challenge. That rainout at the Viking pretty much washed out anybody's chances of catching him in the season-long best-18-holes tourney. [CBS Sports]

• Inside the mechanics of filling the field with sponsor exemptions at the final full-field event of the season. Good reading. [Golf Channel]

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